Media Leads

K-12 Library Media Services is supported by a distributed leadership model that provides compensation to school-based media coordinators to serve as Media Leads to support and lead the media coordinators within the school district.

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

The Media Leads for the 2023-24 school year are:

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.

Welcome to Durham Public Schools!  The information in the handbook linked below, along with information found on the Durham Public Schools Central website and several other sources listed in the following pages will help answer your questions and provide a ready reference guide to media and technology programs.