Mercer School District Long-Range Library Media Plan 2024-2029
The Mercer School District's Long-Range Library Media Plan (2024-2029) focuses on empowering students to succeed in personal pathways, expand their potential, find joy in learning, and thrive in a diverse and global community. The plan emphasizes core beliefs in student individuality, shared educational responsibility, and the importance of creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. Core values include environmental awareness, integrity, respect, responsibility, positivity, and overall wellness. The plan outlines key areas of focus, including personalized professional learning, robust infrastructure, strategic investment in digital resources, community partnerships, student privacy advocacy, collaborative leadership, effective use of space and time, digital resource curation, instructional partnerships, student empowerment as creators, and the development of age-appropriate digital literacy skills across grade levels. The plan aims to cultivate a supportive learning environment that prepares students for success in the modern workforce and beyond.