Job Title: | Library Media Specialist |
Terms of Employment: | 10-month (210 Day) |
FLSA Status: | Exempt |
Work Location: | William Fox Elementary School |
Immediate Supervisor: | School Principal |
General Description:
Duties performed typically in a school setting. Performs professional work providing teaching and/or training services to students in a specialized subject. Work requires frequent standing sitting light lifting up to 10 pounds walking vocal communication for expressing or exchanging ideas hearing to perceive information at a normal spoken word level and visual acuity for preparing and analyzing written or computer data.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assists students in identifying locating and interpreting information housed in and outside the library media center.
- Promotes the development of independent search habits by enhancing the students ability to evaluate those sources found.
- Provides instruction in accessing evaluating and communicating information and in the production of media to fit within the curricula.
- Participates in building district department and grade-level curriculum development and assessment projects.
- Plans jointly with teachers and administrators to provide and evaluates instruction in information access.
- Works with teachers to improve instructional activities.
- Provides an inviting environment in the library media center that promotes reading and research.
- Maintains stores secures and loans audiovisual equipment and sends equipment for repair as needed.
- Coordinates all instructional TV activities in the school. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Postgraduate or Collegiate Professional License with endorsement in Library Media Pre K-12 or eligible for endorsement.
- Teaching experience is preferred.
- Hands on experience with circulation and collection analysis required.
- Must be proficient in selecting evaluating organizing and processing instructional materials and equipment.
- Must be proficient in the production and use of a variety of media (print and nonprint) and in organizing managing and evaluating media programs.
- Must be highly proficient in applying the principles of curriculum planning learning and teaching as they relate to informational skills and to the role of the library-media specialist.
- Must have an understanding of the knowledge skills and processes of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) and how curriculum can be organized to teach these standards to students.
- Must have an understanding and knowledge of the skills and processes of the issues surrounding ethical access and use of information including copyright intellectual freedom privacy and security.
- Must be highly proficient in the use of technology in the classroom.
- Must demonstrate understanding of and proficiency in grammar usage and mechanics and their integration in writing.
- Bilingual skills to include Spanish are a plus.
HOW TO APPLY:All applicants (including RPS employees) must submit an online application. Please access website at:
Please upload the following information with your application: a current resume transcript and license if applicable.Three references names and contact information will be required if you progress to the interview step of the selection process.Richmond Public Schools will conduct a background investigation fingerprinting and tuberculosis screening as a condition of employment. EOE.
PAY SCALE:Teachers salary scale
START DATE:Based on School Board approval
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority