Librarian/Media Specialist - Elementary

Job Title: Librarian/Media Specialist Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Campus Principal Pay Grade: Professional Pay Grade
Dept./School: Assigned Campus(es)

Primary Purpose:

Supervise and manage the school library/media center. Provide services and resources that allow students to develop skills in locating, evaluating, synthesizing, and using information to solve problems. Serve as teacher, materials expert, and curriculum adviser to ensure that library/media center is involved in instructional programs of the school including distance or virtual learning. Develop the library setting as a robust and creative learning space with multiple opportunities for collaboration, research, design, and synthesis of learning.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education/Certification:

Master's degree required

Valid Texas librarian or learning resources specialist certificate or endorsement

Google Certification preferred

Special Knowledge/Skills:

Knowledge of library science

Ability to instruct and manage student behavior

Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Experience:

Minimum of three years successful experience as a teacher in a K-12 classroom.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Provide the leadership and expertise necessary to ensure that the school library program is aligned with the mission, goals and objectives of the school and the school district, and is an integral component of the learning/instruction program.

2. Ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

3. Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.

4. Instill a love of reading and learning with all students and ensure equitable access to information.

5. Collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists to design and implement lessons that support student learning and instructional effectiveness.

6. Evaluate, select, and requisition new library materials.

7. Maintain a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all library materials, and instruct teachers and students on use of the system.

8. Assist teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials, and make library materials available to supplement the instructional program.

9. Compile budget and cost estimates based on documented program needs.

10. Provide leadership and instruction in use of instructional technology.

Working Conditions:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain Emotional control under stress. Ability to lift 30 pounds. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.