OAR 581-022-2340: Media Programs

(1) School District Media Services: The school district shall provide a coordinated media program. The district shall: (a) Adopt Program goals for: (A) Media instruction for all grade levels; and (B) Support services. (b) Provide appropriate instructional facilities, materials, equipment, and services which support the school district, program and course goals; (c) Assign responsibilities to certificated media specialists and other personnel for the development, implementation, maintenance, and supervision of media services; (d) Organize media services and materials required for the achievement of district and building media program goals; and (e) Evaluate district and school media programs. (2) School Media Services: The school district shall provide in each school a media program consistent with district, program and course goals which: (a) Provides an organized media center with materials, equipment and services supervised by appropriate certificated personnel; (b) Identifies instructional activities designed to achieve media skills goals; and (c) Includes instruction that addresses the ability of each student to: (A) Locate and retrieve organized print and nonprint media; (B) Use media to record and express ideas and knowledge; and (C) Listen to, view, interpret and analyze media materials. (3) In determining whether the assignment of certificated media and other staff is appropriate, the following shall be considered: (a) The district, program and course goals of the media services program; (b) The number of schools, students and staff to be served; (c) The access students and staff have to media services defined in the media program; (d) The number, certification and training of personnel assigned to media program responsibilities including specialists, teachers and aides; (e) The extent to which staffing patterns vary from general statewide practice; and (f) The extent to which the media program enables students to attain instructional goals.