Charlotte Country Day School

Position Title: Middle School Librarian

Department: Middle School

Reports to: Head of Middle School

FLSA: Exempt

Term: 10 months

Mission Statement

Through excellence in education, Charlotte Country Day School develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership, and a responsibility to serve.

School Overview

Charlotte Country Day School (Country Day) is one of the largest independent, co-educational schools in the Charlotte area and one of the 15 largest in the continental United States. Enrollment is very strong, and the school is thriving. Highly regarded for the rigor of its academic program and the breadth of its offerings in the arts, athletics, community service, and leadership, Country Day is noteworthy for a long tradition of positioning itself at the forefront of curricular innovation.

A strong, forward-thinking institution, Country Day offers every child a chance to shine. The school is a diverse, inclusive community with strong academic and co-curricular programs designed for students to learn to think critically, act respectfully, and show sensitivity to the feelings and needs of others. The unique curriculum offered by Country Day prepares and strengthens students for participation in their local and global communities. With its focus on diversity, service, global study, and technology, Country Day has positioned itself as a school of the 21st century.

Country Day is committed to living as an authentic, inclusive community. Our pursuit of this commitment to community recognizes and affirms the richness brought by difference and discovered through commonality.

Position Purpose: Our Librarian should work in all aspects of the library program in creating and promoting a student-centered culture in which the library is an inviting, service-oriented space for students and faculty. Students should be empowered to be enthusiastic readers, critical thinkers, researchers and ethical users of gathered information. We value a librarian who will ensure that our collection represents diverse perspectives and multicultural range of authors and topics.

Instruction and Collaboration:

• Provide guidance to students and faculty in information retrieval, effective searching, and evaluation of information and bibliographic attribution
• Collaborate with faculty to design and deliver instruction in information literacy including the research process
• Promote reading and the intellectual pursuit of personal interests through book talks, reader’s advisory, and general library interaction with patrons
• Plan and design lessons with faculty
• Provide collections (may include print and electronic resources) for classroom and/or

library use in support of specific units

• Advisory with grade level responsibilities

Administrative Duties / Collection Management:

• Oversee the maintenance and development of the MS library collection, including collection development, circulation, inventory, and evaluation
• Update and revise library pages within the school’s learning management system
• Maintain a professional relationship with the librarians of the lower and upper schools
• Assist in the maintenance of the library facility, including the maintenance of an inviting, clean and orderly, library atmosphere
• Assist in maintaining the periodical collection – processing, display and filing
• Generate materials’ displays to promote reading and the collection

Professional & Promotional Responsibilities:

• Curate Resource Lists
• Create and submit all proposed purchases for collection development
• Coordinate with vendors, parent volunteers, classroom teachers, and other librarians on the annual school book fair
• Collaborate with Diversity team and Middle School colleagues to provide guest author experiences
• Work to maintain collection through systemic weeding and development
• Attend conferences, workshops, and classes
• Maintain membership in relevant professional organizations
• Promote the library, its programs and resources throughout the school community and when applicable, in the broader community.
  

Circulation:

Circulation Desk:

• The library is available to patrons (with limited exceptions) between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. Librarians should staff the main library floor throughout the entire school day. Library Desk Schedules include only the minimum four periods of a librarian’s designated time. The balance of the daily schedule is flexible for additional instruction and library related tasks and responsibilities
• Responsibilities outside of the library may include, but are not limited to Grade Level, Team, Interdisciplinary, and other required faculty meetings and lunch duties, support of extra-curricular activities is encouraged for all faculty. This may result in limited time away from the library.
• On average, librarians spend three quarters or more of the school day in the library in support of library patrons and library programs.
• Assist in processing new materials
• Assist in preparing and maintaining reserve collections as requested by faculty (these may include print and electronic resources and may be held in the library or delivered to a classroom).

Maintenance of the Collections and the Facility:

• Identify and submit potential acquisitions of appropriate and diverse materials in all formats
• Assist in cataloging and processing of materials
• Assist in inventory of collections
• Foster a library environment which provides intellectual and physical access to all materials within an inviting, conducive to learning, clean and orderly environment

Volunteers:

• Assist in the training and monitoring of parent volunteers

Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in Library Sciences or Media Education, or equivalent work experience
• Strong IT skills and mastery of library management systems
• Enthusiasm for continual changes in the fields of education and library and information sciences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with diverse faculty and student populations

It is the policy of Charlotte Country Day School not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. This policy extends to recruitment, employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, compensation, training, benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment.