Media Specialist Job at Richland County Schools in Columbia

Position Type :

CERTIFIED / INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

Date Posted : 4 / 9 / 2024

Location :

SOUTH KILBOURNE ELEMENTARY

Job Title : Media Specialist

Classification Description

Function : To develop, implement and maintain integrated information technology programs and services to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

Directly responsible to :

Principals

Supervises :

Media Assistants (as assigned)

Responsibilities :

• Serve as a member of professional committees for the development of activities, training materials and programs to disseminate information technology.
• Support and participate in cooperative resource sharing with other information technology centers and local state and national information agencies through loan services and electronic communication formats.
• Involve patrons in selection and evaluation of materials, information databases and related equipment to support learning objectives.
• Provide teachers with information about new materials and current information technology developments in their specific instructional areas.
• Provide consultative services in selection, purchase, evaluation and use of information technology resources.
• Implement a public relations program that promotes literacy and use of the information technology center, services and resources.
• Maintain a central collection of statistical data, media / technology review, publisher / vendor catalogs and other pertinent information for educators.
• Provide a developmentally appropriate collection for resources that meet the information and recreational needs of all students.
• Participate in professional development opportunities provided and / or promoted by district, state and national organizations.
• Provide in-service training and information for teachers to promote effective utilization of information technology and the development of innovative instructional activities.
• Assist patrons in the production of learning materials such as multimedia, video, photography, etc.
• Partner with teachers in integrating information literacy strategies with appropriate curriculum activities.
• Participate in the design of the total school curriculum and instructional program.
• Provide facilities and opportunities for individual and group study and production of resources.
• Use open access model to provide patrons with full accessibility to the information technology resources.
• Establish an environment that encourages creative and independent use of all types of information technology.
• Contribute to students’ development in reading, viewing, listening, evaluating and communicating using available technologies.
• Plan collaboratively with teachers to ensure that a variety of resources and information literacy skills are integrated with classroom instruction.
• Plan, implement and evaluate information technology services to best meet student needs, district goals and school objectives.
• Monitor standards, guidelines, emerging practices and innovations in the library, media and information technology and education fields.
• Develop and administer the budget and maintain appropriate records.
• Organize and circulate information technology materials, services and related equipment for easy accessibility according to established district standards.
• Maintain a centralized, up-to-date bibliographic database for school information technology resources using the district automation system.
• Maintain and / or provide access to a professional library and education related informational databases to assist school educators.
• Manage the information technology center with procedures that facilitate maximum use of services and resources.
• Provide storage, distribution and system of accountability for information technology resources.
• Supervise staff assigned to the information technology center.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Minimum Training and Experience :

South Carolina certification as media specialist

Physical Requirements :

Must be physically able to operate a variety of automated office machines and equipment, including a computer, audio-visual equipment, typewriter, adding machine, telephone, etc. Must be able to exert up to ten pounds of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Physical demands are in excess of those for sedentary work; must be able to remain on feet for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift / carry weights of up to twenty-five pounds.

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