What are the responsibilities and job description for the IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS is hiring: Media Specialist in Olin position at IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS?
In North Carolina, the school’s library media coordinator may be identified by a variety of titles, such as librarian, library teacher, or media specialist. The official title for certification purposes is School Library Media Coordinator, and this position is considered a teaching certification. Under NCDPI, school library media coordinators are identified as support staff and are evaluated using the SLMC specific tool and rubric for support staff.
CERTIFICATION : Approved program requirements that must be met to qualify for K-12 School Library Media Coordinator certification are at the master’s degree level and were adopted by the State Board of Education in 1987.
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA JOB DESCRIPTION
REPORTS TO : Principal and Director of Digital Teaching and Learning
SUPERVISES : Coordinates and directs the activities of the school library media support personnel to include media / student assistants, and / or volunteers.
PURPOSE : To provide leadership, instructional resources, and services for the implementation of a school library media program that serves as an integral part of a student-centered educational process.
MISSION : to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas, information, and technology. The school library media coordinator empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information. (Empowering Learners : Guidelines for School Library Media Programs, ALA, 2009)
LEADERSHIP :
- SLMC provides leadership for the school library media program.
- SLMC serves as a site-based technology coordinator who facilitates the deployment, assessment, training, and collection of school district devices.
- Serve on School Improvement Team (SIT) and / or other decision-making teams to support school goals.
- Establish processes and procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and resource sharing of assets in print, online, and tech tools.
- Participates in a professional learning network at the school, district, state, and / or national level.
- Leads and coordinates professional development for staff to support blended learning, personalized learning, digital literacy, device software, resources, and instructional strategies.
- Community liaison to promote information literacy, technology updates, and school events.
21ST CENTURY LIBRARY PROGRAM :
EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES :
DEVICE MANAGEMENT :
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES :
CLERICAL RESPONSIBILITIES :
Compile statistics / Track data re : Media use, Resource use, Facility use, Tech devices.
Prepares manual and electronic documents and reports (e.g. collection statistics, scheduling reports / requests, renewal information, work orders, overdue lists, textbook orders, fines, web pages, costs, annual DLMI, etc.) for the purpose of providing documentation and information to others.
Maintain inventory of and order supplies including technology supplies and equipment.
Manage circulation of resources (print and non-print) to provide access throughout the day including ILL.
Processes and maintains resources and equipment : inventory, library books, periodicals, software and related media materials (e.g. logging into master files, barcoding, shelving, producing required reports, etc.) for the purpose of providing students and staff with required materials.
Evaluates books, media, and / or periodicals for retention within collection (e.g. repairing damaged books, recommending retirement of books, media, periodicals, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the availability of books and library materials.
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