Librarian

[b]Librarian (part-time)[/b] Atrium School seeks a passionate, collaborative, and knowledgeable part-time school librarian (3 days a week) to join our community of learners and teachers beginning in the 2025-26 school year. Atrium School is a progressive, inclusive PreK – Grade 8 independent school in the vibrant East End of Watertown, MA. Our program encourages deep academic curiosity, creativity, and exploration to foster each child's intellectual and personal growth. Our students are diverse and original thinkers who develop confidence in themselves and respect for others within a joyful, energized community of nurturing and challenging teachers, engaged parents, and enriching community partnerships. Atrium has a very strong and joyful culture built around reading and literature. This role is an exciting opportunity for a librarian/teacher who has a passion and familiarity with children’s literature and seeks an environment supportive of their creativity and innovation. We welcome educators with diverse and collaborative experiences, who demonstrate a strong commitment to justice-based and anti-bias educational practice and contribute positively to the lives of young people. We seek a candidate with the following qualifications and the ability to advance the school’s mission and core values. [b]Qualifications:[/b[ -The spirit and qualities of innovation, reflection, initiative, collaboration, and kindness -Bachelor’s required, master’s degree in library science or teaching-related field preferred -Minimum of three years experience as a classroom teacher or children’s librarian in a public library setting -Excellent communication skills with students, colleagues, parents/guardians, and the greater community -Experience and capacity to teach diverse, multicultural perspectives -Commitment to professional development and reflective practice [b]Responsibilities:[/b] -Support students and staff to be critical thinkers and effective users, evaluators, and creators of information, and passionate and versatile readers in multiple genres of literature -Create a caring and thoughtful environment with equitable access to the library’s physical collections -Collaborate and co-teach with colleagues to support curriculum through information literacy skills and utilizing diverse, complex, and culturally responsive texts -Coordinate and manage a small team of library volunteers -Oversee the physical collection, including performing equity audits, maintenance, collection selection and development, and organization of the library -Provide resources to the school community that support curricula, current events, and school and community culture -Communicate library resources and programs to school staff and families -Instill and support a love of reading and stories in students [b]In addition, faculty at Atrium:[/b] -Are passionate experts in their content areas and instructional skills; they write skillfully and frequently -Enjoy and have great capacity to nurture the whole child, and value the broad array of learning approaches that every child possesses -Collaborate daily with multiple colleagues to plan and carry out complex, integrated learning experiences that cross grades and subject areas -Initiate and continually plan their own growth within a supportive atmosphere that prioritizes professional development At Atrium, we believe diversity and inclusion are key drivers of creativity and innovation and that a diversity of thoughts, experiences, backgrounds, personalities, and identities helps us think bigger and better, enabling us to reach our goals more effectively. We encourage applications from individuals who will add to the racial, cultural, and gender diversity of the school community and who are committed to building and sustaining a community that is richly diverse and includes a wide range of family structures and racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds. For further information about the mission, program, and community at Atrium, please visit www.atrium.org. To apply for this position, please submit a resume, a cover letter, and the names of three references to Jenee Uttaro at [b]juttaro@atrium.org[/b]. Please list how you heard about the position in your cover letter. No phone calls, please.