Collection Development Plan

Collection Development Plan

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  Chiquisha Tomlin<br />CollectionDevelopment Assignment<br />FRIT 7134- Spring 2010<br />March 3, 2010<br />DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND LEARNERS<br />I work at Northeast Health Science Magnet High School, which is located in Macon, Georgia. It is one of six high schools in Bibb County. In this school district, there are seven middle schools and 23 elementary schools. At Northeast, there are currently 883 students enrolled. Northeast received its name because of the side of town it is located. There are 63 certified teachers, 3 administrators, and 15 classified staff members. The school is a Title I Distinguished school. This means that our school receives federal monies to supply books, and other teaching materials and resources because of our high percentage of low socioeconomic status. In order for your school to be Title I, fifty percent of the school’s students have to be economically disadvantaged. Eighty-five percent of Northeast students are economically disadvantaged.<br /> Technology is very valuable to our school and our school district. The use of technology helps to enhance learning across the curriculum. Technology is widely used mainly in our middle and high schools; therefore, teachers, staff and students place a great value on making sure that the technology is ran smoothly and is in operation. The media center is convenient located in the middle of the vocational building of our campus, near the main office. The media center currently has 13, 707 books in collection, which means that there are 16 books per student in the media center. The media center has two mobile carts that hold 30 laptop computers in each. Also, there are 2 Promethean Boards, 28 student desktop computers, a LCD projector, and a screen. There is also a room that houses many VCRs and TV monitors for our closed-circuit television which also displays our school announcements.<br />Macon is located in the heart of Georgia, in Bibb County. Bibb County’s total population is 154, 709 as of 2007. The majority of the population is centered in Macon, Payne City, Culloden, and Lizella. Bibb County was incorporated as the 54th county on December 9, 1822, named after Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, who was a physician and later served as a governor of Alabama. Fifty percent of Bibb County’s population is Caucasian, forty-seven percent is African-American, one point eight is Asian, one point thirty-one is Hispanic or Latino and the rest is Native American. The median household income in Bibb County is $34, 532. Bibb County’s top employers include GEICO, YKK Zipper Manufacturing Plant, and Coliseum Health Systems.<br />There is only one Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teacher at Northeast and that is me. The FACS classes are usually filled with 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Usually, special needs students are put into my classes to fill up their schedules. This can be somewhat of a difficult task- especially if I have no co-teacher. This year, I have 2 students who are special needs. One has a learning disability (dyslexia) and the other has cerebral palsy and has the mental capacity of a Kindergarten student. These students are both seniors. At Northeast, we have 87 students are in special education and 2 students who are ESOL or English for Speakers of Other Languages. Therefore, the need for books that are multicultural are dire. <br />CURRICULUM REVIEW<br />For this project, I chose to focus on eating disorders and nutrition. This subject is mainly taught in the high school pathway of Nutrition and Food Science as a part of CTAE or Career Technical Agriculture Education in Family and Consumer Sciences. The following standards are addressed within this unit:<br /> FCS-FNW-2. Students will become aware of the effects of disordered eating. <br />Examine and discuss the causes and effects of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder.
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  Identify health risksassociated with Pica [Geophagia (clay), Pagophogia (ice), Amylogpagia (starch), Plumism (paint chips)].
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  c. Identify nutritionallyvulnerable groups: women, growing children, and cultural groups. FCS- FNW-5. Students will apply the Dietary Guidelines throughout the lifespan as they relate to modern life. <br />a. Discuss how maintaining a healthy weight and being physically active will promote fitness. <br />b. Explain how to build a healthy base following the My Pyramid, choosing whole grains and a variety of fruits and vegetables daily, and keeping foods safe to eat. <br />c. Discuss the guidelines for choosing sensibly: moderate total fat consumption, limit intake of sugars, choose and prepare foods with less salt. <br />StandardConceptTasks/Activities/ProductsResourcesFCS-FNW-2Disordered EatingDefine anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Identify causes of eating disorders.Identify groups that are mostly affected by eating disorders.Use a Venn diagram to chart difference.Define picaIdentify groups who are nutritionally vulnerableUnited streamingText book (Food for Today; Food, Nutrition, & Wellness)Flip chart paper and markers for making graphic organizers.MyPyramid.govFCS-FNW-5Dietary GuidelinesDefine dietary guidelinesDemonstrate how to be actively fit by doing daily walks around the trackExplain the MyPyramid guide as it relates to teenagersDiscuss how to build a healthy base by using the MyPyramid.Create menus that are within the Dietary guidelines and MyPyramid. Create meals that are low in sodium.MyPyramid.govTextbook (Food for Today; Food, Nutrition, & Wellness)Construction paper and magazines for students to create a 3-D MyPyramid.United Streaming<br />COLLECTION REVIEW<br />In my research of finding resources and books for my focused curriculum in the media center, I must admit that I was a bit curious and nervous. My reason for this is because when I go into the media center, I’ve always assumed that the media center focused around the academic contents and fiction books more so than elective classes such as nutrition. The media center at Northeast is divided with the fiction books on one side and the non-fiction books on the other. The student computers divide the sections up. The fiction books are lined in alphabetical order according the author’s last name. The non-fiction books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal System. In my findings, I first asked one of the student helpers to look up anything related to food and nutrition. The Winnebego Spectrum system returned five books; one of those books was a Food and Menu Dictionary. Unfortunately the dictionary was lost. The system didn’t return any audiovisuals about food and nutrition. Then, I asked the student worker to type in eating disorders. The system returned eight books, 1 DVD, and 1 VHS. After searching to see which section the literature was founded, I went over to that section. The food and nutrition books were founded in section 641 of the non-fiction section. As I pulled the books off the shelf, I noticed that they were in great condition. One of the books seemed to look as if the spine had never been broken. As I flipped through the books, it was obvious that the books had never been checked out. To my surprise, the books ranged in years from 1989-1995. These books were definitely out of date because it still had the old Nutritional Pyramid Guide in it. The new MyPyramid was adopted in 2005.<br />The books about eating disorders were found in section 616 of the non-fiction section. The one DVD and VHS that were found in the database were located inside the media room along with other videos. Unfortunately, the VHS reel of the tape was broken. This signifies that the tape was not taken care of properly. In my collection findings, I hope to find videos that are more up to date and books that has the latest information them and find books that are in other languages. I would like to ensure that I target our learners who speak other languages. The books that were about eating disorders had information in them that were still pretty current; however, I do feel that it’s time to update the books. The books have existed since 1990 and some 1992 and 1995. <br />Summary of collection needs:<br />Choose DVDs and books that can be translated into Spanish, to target our 2 Spanish speaking students.
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  Choose books thatcan go as far back as 10 years.
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  Choose books thatare mostly non-fiction but have some fiction books that may target eating disorders.
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  Choose encyclopedias thattalk about nutrition and eating disorders since food science and nutrition is a high demand class to take as an elective.BUDGET SUMMARY<br />All in all, through my research I did formulate an opinion about some of the vendors. I felt that it would be beneficial to the media center if food encyclopedias were purchased; simply because the food and nutrition class is in high demand- kids are crazy about cooking! Also, Food Science is another class that is offered and it is offered as a fourth science that is recognized by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The most costly resource was the multi-volume encyclopedias, which were a little over two thousand dollars. My grand total was $3,785.33. I also purchased some fictional books that centered on eating disorders. I must say that I like the PermaBound vendors the most because they had a lot of resources that you could choose from. The following wiki is a page I created for teachers to use to help guide student projects: http://nutritionwebsources.pbworks.com/FrontPage<br />