AIMA (Alabama Instructional Media Association) is a professional organization dedicated to the improvement of instruction through the utilization of media and technology. It provides a forum for school library media specialists, administrators, curriculum specialists, teachers, library media educators, graduate students, professional association leaders, and retired library media professionals, to promote excellence in education in Alabama through effective school library media programs. AIMA is the state affiliate of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, the American Association of School Librarians, and the Alabama Education Association.
Mission
The purposes and objectives of the Alabama Instructional Media Association are:
to promote the effective use of instructional media.
to keep educators adequately informed about media services and materials.
to recruit personnel and to encourage and promote professional growth.
to serve as an organization to coordinate research on evaluation in the use of instructional media.
to plan and conduct long range programs for the development and improvement of instructional media in general, and to cooperate with other organizations and agencies whose interests and purposes are similar to this organization.
to provide a framework for members to meet on state level as well as the district level