Job Goals: To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information in a variety of mediums To ensure equitable access to information To collaborate with classroom teachers to design and implement units of instruction and assess student learning Supervision: Reports directly to the building principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Collaborate with classroom teachers as a partner in the instructional process Collaborate to design teach and assess learning experiences that incorporate inquiry learning information literacies in their formats critical thinking and self-assessment Provide and plan professional development within the library/media specialist area Promote instructional technology to improve learningStay current in professional practices educational research; maintains active professional membershipsServe on decision making teams school improvement and accreditation activities; presenting at meetings Foster a creative flexible environment so that the school library is an essential part of the learning community Develop and maintain resources appropriate to the curriculum the learners and instructional strategies of the school community Establish procedures for selection acquisition circulation resource sharing of resources in all formats Evaluate promote and use existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning Promote the ethical use of information: copyright fair use and licensing of intellectual propertyRecommended Minimum QualificationsMassachusetts Teaching CertificationMasters Degree preferredExpertise in a school library setting The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The City of Amesbury is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of Amesbury does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age genetic information national origin ancestry disability veteran status or membership in the armed services marital status or any other protected category under federal or state law.
School Librarian (0.7 FTE)
