DPS Media Coordinators' Handbook

Media Leads

Following the retirement of the previous Director of Media Services, executive leadership repurposed that position and implemented a model that provides compensation to school-based media coordinators to serve as Media Leads to help support and lead the media coordinators within the school district. 

This role of the Media Lead is to promote and empower the media coordinators and media programs in our schools.  They will each lead a cohort and will provide onboarding, mentorship, and ongoing training opportunities.  

Current Media Leads:

Chris Alston, Y.E. Smith Elementary  (christine_alston@dpsnc.net)

Elementary East Cohort: Bethesda, Burton, Club Blvd., Eastway, Fayetteville Street, Glenn, R N Harris,Merrick Moore, Morehead, Oak Grove, WG Pearson, EK Powe,YE Smith, CC Spaulding, Spring ValleyGeorge Watts

Sally Winstead, Creekside Elementary (sally_winstead@dpsnc.net)

Elementary West Cohort: Creekside, Easley, Eno Valley,  Forest View, Hillandale, Holt, Hope Valley, Lakewood, Little River, Lyons Farm, Mangum, Parkwood, Pearsontown,  Sandy Ridge, Southwest

Kathleen Graves, Ignite Online Academy (kathleen_hill-graves@dpsnc.net)

Middle School Cohort: Brogden, Carrington, Githens, Ignite, Lakeview, Lakewood Montessori, Lowe’s Grove, Lucas, Neal, Rogers-Herr, Shepard

Kim Gugino, Durham School of the Arts (Kimberly_Fawks-Gugino@dpsnc.net) 

High School/Secondary Cohort: City of Medicine, Durham School of the Arts, Durham School of Tech, Early College, Hillside High, Holton PLC, Hospital School, Ignite!, Jordan, Middle College, Northern, Riverside, School for Creative Studies, Southern

A list of media coordinators, school instructional technology facilitators, and technology champions can be found here.