Taonui School Library Development Plan

Action plan
2009 - 2011

Actions Marked Ongoing:

Library Management
Detail Responsibility Timeline
Provide appropriate professional Principal Ongoing
development for the library manager

Set up a library procedures manual Library Manager Ongoing

and NLNZ Adviser
Support for literacy
Detail Responsibility Timeline
Include the library in the staff meeting Stephen Ongoing
agenda

Indicate use of the library in literacy Staff Ongoing

and curriculum planning

Increase student knowledge of how Staff Ongoing

the library can support their reading

Develop our students’ ability to choose Staff Ongoing

appropriate books to read
Access to information
Detail Responsibility Timeline
Provide improved access to library Julie in Ongoing
during students free time, before consultation with
school hours and during some winter students and
lunchtimes community
Library Collections
Detail Responsibility Timeline
Select text-based and online All staff Ongoing
resources carefully so they assist
students engaging in inquiry

Target all purchases to meet identified All staff Ongoing

student needs

Decide as a staff team what curriculum All staff Ongoing

support materials are required
Term-by-term lists:

Term 1 2009
Action Responsibility Timeline
Library Delegate a teacher with Principal End of term 1
Management library responsibility 2009

Establish appropriate Principal End of term 1

staffing levels required to 2009
manage out library
efficiently
Library Survey students to Stephen End of term 1
collections establish their interests 2009
and needs

Organise a ‘request book’ Julie Christie End of term 1

so that students can be 2009
involved in selection of
resources

Library Approve the five year-plan BOT End of term

environment property plan one 2009

Survey students, staff, Staff End of term 1

community and National 2009
Library for ideas that might
be included in any
refurbishment planning

Draw up a refurbishment Stephen, End of term 1

plan Education 2009
Service and Jan
Watts

Term 2 2009
Action Responsibility Timeline
Information Develop and trial an Staff End of Term 2
Literacy inquiry model for the 2009
school.

Library Prepare and present a Principal End of Term 2

Management submission for BOT, 2009
detailing the required
Resourcing.

Provide a job description Principal End of Term 2

for the library manager 2009
position.
Support for Update staff knowledge Julie End of term 2
literacy relating to the organisation 2009
of the library collection
Access to Investigate providing Stephen and End of term 2
information tuition so that parents and staff 2009
community members can
access students and
school blogs and the
school wiki

Provide staff PD relating to Jan Watts and End of term 2

the search function within Julie 2009
the library management
system

Train students to use the Staff End of term 2

search function within the 2009
library management
system

Library Engage Education BOT End of Term 2

environment Services to manage the 2009
refurbishing project

Term 3 2009
Action Responsibility Timeline
Library If successful, appoint an Principal & BOT Beginning of
Management appropriate person to Term 3 2009
manage the library.
Access to Consider borrowing rights Julie and End of Term 3
information for parents and community Stephen 2009
members

Term 4 2009
Action Responsibility Timeline
Information Document a school-wide Staff End of term 4
literacy skills programme. 2009
Library Set up a library procedures Library Manager By the end of
Management manual and NLNZ Term 4 2009
Adviser
Support for Encourage student self- Staff and End of Term 4
literacy assessment of library use students 2009
and key competency
development
Access to Consider an update to Stephen to End of Term 4
information Access-it library investigate 2009
management system grants
Version 8.00

Provide Version 8.00 Access-it and End of Term 4

training for the library Jan Watts 2009
manager
Library Put in place a collection Julie and Jan End of Term 4
Collections development policy and a Watts 2009
buying plan
Library Organise a formal opening Staff and End of Term 4
environment students 2009

Term 1 2010
Action Responsibility Timeline
Information Implement the skills Staff From the
Literacy programme at al levels beginning of
term one 2010

Term 4 2010
Action Responsibility Timeline
Information Review and if necessary Stephen and End of Term 4
literacy revise the skills Jan 2010
programme

Jan Watts
April 2009.