Media Assistant

Media Assistant: Part Time

Revised: April 2025

Portrait of a District 97 Leader:

• Champions the vision of the school district

• Models a forward-thinking and innovative mindset

• Stewards public funds with a high sense of responsibility

• Leads with an unrelenting commitment to universal student success 

• Demonstrates the ability to organize teams to achieve common goals

• Leads with an awareness of the cross-functional nature of district work

• Generates a culture of care for, learning with and service to the community

• Aspires to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and confidentiality

• Demonstrates a passion for working with a culturally, racially linguistically diverse district team of administrators, educators and staff in all roles

• Actively seeks feedback, including critical feedback intended for professional growth

• Understands the intersection of public school leadership, student learning and equity

• Courageously addresses adult behavior that does not meet professional expectations

About This Role

District 97 seeks a dedicated and dynamic part-time media assistant to join our team. The job of the media assistant is to to partner with the library staff to assist in the organization, utilization, and maintenance of library media resources. 

Essential Role Responsibilities:

• Organize subject collections

• Maintain equipment and set up as needed.

• Check materials in and out.

• Print and distribute overdue notices and update records as necessary.

• Shelve books.

• Repair and recover materials, fix labels, tape spines, glue pockets and assist in inventory and in maintaining literature grid collection, assign books to the bindery.

• Process, label and catalog new materials.

• Assist in keeping the Media Center in order

• Other duties may be assigned by the Principal/Media Specialists.

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Content Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Ability to work in a confidential business atmosphere.

• Ability to communicate and interact with individuals from varied educations and social backgrounds.

• Exhibit accomplished office equipment operator skills, e.g., computers, printers, fax, copiers, and phone systems.

• Highly skilled in the development and use of complex filing systems, both hard copy and database-related.

• Ability to work effectively in a constantly changing environment.

• Ability to maintain a cooperative nature under stressful business situations.

• Ability to work effectively with computer word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and other applicable software applications.

• Possess an above-average ability to relate individuals to names and situations

• Ability to represent the district/school with a professional and positive demeanor and appearance.

Education, Credentials and/or Experience

• High school diploma

• Six months to one-year related experience and/or training preferred

Physical Requirements: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.