SLMS Positions 1. Default Section 100% of survey complete. Question Title * 1. Please tell us your geographic location? City/Town: State: -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming ZIP/Postal Code: Question Title * 2. What is your school district's name? Question Title * 3. Please tell us your SLMP setting: Elementary School High School Middle School Combined Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Is your school public or private? Public Private Question Title * 5. Has your district eliminated any School Library Media Specialist positions within the last year? Yes No Question Title * 6. If yes, how many positions out of the total SLMS within the district were eliminated? (example- 2 out of 10) Number eliminated Total positions Question Title * 7. Has your district eliminated any School Library Media Program support staff within the last year? (support staff refers to non-SLMS- library assistants, clerical support, paraprofessionals, etc.) Yes No Question Title * 8. If yes, how many positions out of the total support staff within the district were eliminated? Number eliminated Total positions Question Title * 9. Has your district cut funding/spending in any school libraries? Yes No Question Title * 10. If your district has cut funding/spending, but what percentage? (an estimate of percentage is sufficient) Percentage of budget cut Question Title * 11. Have you heard any discussion or feel pressure that cuts in either staffing or budgets could occur in the next school year (2009-2010)? Yes No Question Title * 12. Please add any additional information you feel is pertinent, including overall concerns of the current economic state to SLMS positions, quality of US education and/or lack of funds to support SLMP. Question Title * 13. AASL continues to advocate on behalf of School Library Media Specialist and School Library Media Programs everyday. We are often called upon to present a local example of the impact cuts to SLMPs have on the community. If you are willing to be contacted for follow-up information or perhaps to offer a quote please tell us the best way to reach you below. Done
