Educational Media

The mission of the Educational Media and Instructional Materials Department is to provide services and support to the school library media programs as well as instructional resources to all schools and centers.

The department’s staff of one director, three coordinators and seven support personnel assists the school library staff (a certified librarian and in some schools, a library media assistant) at all schools and centers in providing services and materials to students and teachers. In addition, the department also coordinates the procurement and distribution of textbooks and instructional resources.

Educational Media and Instructional Materials Policies

• IFA Instructional Materials

• IFA~E(1) Challenged Materials Flowchart

• IFA~E(2) Reconsideration of Materials Form

• IKBB Divisive Concepts Complaint Resolution Process

• IFA~E(3) Selection Policy

• IFA~R Instructional Materials

• IFA~R(1) Instructional Materials

• KEB Solicitations – Policy

• KEB~R(1) Solicitations – Regulation

• State BOE Rule IFBD 160-4-4-.01

• State BOE Rule CGB 160-5-1-.22 (Personnel Required)

The mission of the school library media programs is to provide access to information and ideas that are fundamental to functioning successfully in today’s information and knowledge-based society. School library media programs provide opportunities for all members of the school community to become skilled users and creators of information in a variety of formats in preparation to become career and college ready.

Educational Media provides a number of specific services through four units:

Instructional Materials provides the following services and support for all schools and centers:

• acquisition services for textbooks and instructional materials
• facilitation of textbook adoption
• support for schools through Building Textbook Administrators (BTA) and Building Textbook Coordinators (BTC)
• information updates for textbook portal
• management of textbook rebinds, replenishment and discards
  • DeKalb County School District Instructional Materials

Lummie Baker
Director - Educational Media and Instructional Materials
678-676-2423

Tracee Pearson
Coordinator II - Educational Media
678.676.2423

Ebonie Cleaves
Coordinator II - Educational Media
678.676.2423

Dr. Angelique Vachon-Conner
Coordinator II - Instructional Materials
678.676.1471