LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST

QUALIFICATIONS:  Minimum of a bachelor’s degree; valid Missouri teaching certificate; valid Missouri certification as Library Media Specialist

REPORTS TO:  Building principal

JOB GOALS:  To provide students and faculty with an enriched library media center environment containing a wide variety and range of materials that will assist with intellectual growth and aid students and faculty in acquiring the skills needed to take full advantage of media resources.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Standard 1:  Teaching for Learning

• Applies knowledge of the academic, personal, social, and cultural characteristics of students and relates them to learning through effective instructional strategies and assessments.
• Documents and communicates the impact of instruction on student achievement.

Standard 2:  Reading and Literacy

• Promotes and encourages reading for enjoyment, personal growth, and learning.
• Provides fiction and non-fiction literature appropriate to the students and grade levels served.
• Selects reading materials in multiple formats to facilitate maximum access for all members of the school community.
• Models a variety of research-based literacy strategies.
• Advocates for students’ intellectual freedom.

Standard 3: Information and Knowledge

• Provides access to information for students, teachers, staff, and administrators to satisfy all learning needs. 
• Teaches information literacy skills to build proficiency for student-driven research and individual creation of knowledge through critical thinking. 
• Promotes equitable access to resources in a variety of formats and services for a variety of needs.

Standard 4:  Leadership and Advocacy

• Provides leadership by articulating ways in which school libraries contribute to student achievement.
• Advocates for dynamic school library programs and positive learning environments by collaborating and connecting with the school community.

Standard 5:  Program Management and Administration

• Administers the school library mediaprogram using research-based data to analyze and improve services in alignment with the school’s mission to support student achievement.  
• Selects, acquires, catalogs, retrieves, integrates, circulates, preserves, and deselects information resources.  
• Manages fiscal, physical, and personnel resources.  
• Practices professional ethics with regard to intellectual property and information privacy.  
• Develops policies and procedures in support of the library program.

Standard 6:  Technology Integration

• Provides equitable access to technology for the school community.
• Continually upgrades technological skills to enhance student and teacher learning. 
• Integrates technology tools to communicate and facilitate learning.  
• Promotes digital citizenship instruction to support appropriate academic use of  information. 

Standard 7: Professional Development

• Seeks opportunities to grow professionally by taking advantage of information, events and services provided by local, state, and national organizations.
• Seeks opportunities for service through professional associations. 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: The school librarian assigned to the high school has an 11 month 220 day contract (11 months).  The school librarian assigned to each K-8 campus has a 10.5 month 210 day contract (10.5) months. Salary to be determined by the Board of Education and the salary schedule.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated by the building principal in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on the Evaluation of Professional Personnel.