Library Media Specialist/School Librarian

DUTIES: •Evaluates, promotes and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning •Understands the school's curriculum so that he or she can develop a collection that coordinates with long-term teaching goals as well as current and emerging needs •Utilizes a variety of interactive tools to provide services, information, and tutorials to the learning community •Promotes a love of reading and lifelong learning •Fosters a library/media center environment that is creative, flexible, active, inviting, collaborative, and conducive the student and faculty learning so that the school library is an essential part of the learning community •Provides intellectual, physical, and virtual access to print and digital learning materials that are efficiently organized and conveniently stored according to accepted standards •Develops and maintains resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and instructional strategies of the school community •Curates information and resources in order to support the curriculum, extracurricular activities, faculty professional development, and family engagement •Cooperates and networks with other libraries and related agencies •In partnership with the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning, establishes procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and resource sharing of resources in all formats; and evaluates continually the currency, quality, depth, and breadth of the collection •Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property •Encourages both formal and informal input from the school community into the types, quality, and format of the information resources provided •Manages scheduling in the library/media center space *Responsible for teaching digital literacy standards to grades 5,6,7 *Collaborative member of the Unified Arts Teaching Team SALARY: Per the GEA Master Agreement Salary Schedule