Library Media Specialists are required to develop goals for their professional evaluation. These personal professional goals should be in alignment with the program goals the media specialist develops for the school library program. The following resources can be used in developing personal professional goals and program goals.

Pyramid for Understanding Goals, Objectives, and Strategies

• Goals and Objectives Planning Form
• Overview for Writing Goals and Objectives
• Sample Goals and Objectives for Library Media Specialists
• SOCS Matrix (Strengths, Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies) This chart is a way of helping the library media specialist think about the library program in terms of strengths of the program and support for the library program within the school, from the district, and from the state. After identifying the strengths, then the media specialist can identify the opportunities available to build on the identified strengths. What challenges exist that the media specialist should address as part of this brainstorming activity? The last step in to list strategies that would take advantage of the strengths and opportunities and would diminish or eliminate the challenges.

   

• Things to Consider When Writing Goals and Objectives