Library/Media Specialist

Salary: Per A.B.E.A. Contract

Responsibilities:

The elementary library media specialist plays a vital role in supporting student learning, literacy, and information skills. Primary responsibilities include:

• Promoting literacy and a love of reading by curating a diverse and engaging collection of books and leading reading programs.
• Teaching information literacy skills, such as how to find, evaluate, and use information effectively and ethically.
• Collaborating with teachers to integrate library resources into classroom instruction and support curriculum goals.
• Managing the library space and resources, including books, technology, and digital tools.
• Fostering digital citizenship and helping students safely and responsibly navigate the digital world.

The Library Media Specialist holds many roles:

Teacher:

• Collaboratively develops and teaches units of instruction that integrate information and digital literacy standards and assesses student learning
• Creates a rigorous student-centered environment that seamlessly blends reading, literacy, and available instructional technologies to maximize the learning experience for each student
• Supports, supplements, and elevates the literacy experience through guidance and motivational reading initiatives
• Communicates effectively with families, colleagues, and the community to promote students’ learning and to support the school’s goals

Leader:

• Provides explicit weekly learning plans to assigned/partner school library/media assistant and serves as a mentor and coach to the assistant, meeting with them for a minimum of 1 hour weekly to support their work
• Serves on decision making, school improvement, and school based-curriculum teams
• Benchmarks the School Library Media Program to school, state, and national standards
• Promotes the integration of existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning
• Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, student images, and licensing of intellectual property
• Stays current in professional practices, educational research; actively participates in professional memberships
• Collaborates productively with team of Library/Media Specialists, Library Chairperson, principals, and district leaders to support reflection and continuous improvement of K-12 library programs

Administration of Library Space:

• Fosters a creative, flexible environment so that the School Library Media Center is an essential part of the learning community

• Develops and maintains resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and instructional strategies of the school community

• Builds and maintains a library collection that reflects the student body, is diverse, meets the interests and needs of all learners, and supports the district’s mission and goals
• Establishes procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and sharing of resources in a variety of formats
• Develops and manages the library budget to support program goals
• Recruits, schedules, and trains volunteers
• Administers the library including maintaining the collection, managing the Destiny catalog, establishing vendor relationships, and evaluating and improving the library space

? Cooperates and networks with other libraries and agencies

Qualifications: Massachusetts certification and experience working in a school setting preferred.

Application Procedure: Apply online
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We believe that our students deserve to learn from educators who reflect their backgrounds and life experiences, and we want our staff to reflect the wide range of student identities we seek to serve. To this end, our District is committed to increasing the diversity of our certified educators and leaders. We believe that by building a more representative workforce, our students will have better outcomes and be more prepared for an increasingly diverse world. We encourage the following to apply: candidates of color, individuals with diverse life experiences and non-traditional backgrounds, and allies in our diversity, equity, and inclusion work.