Media Center Paraprofessional

Position:Media Center Paraprofessional Location:Woodland Elementary School Schedule:2025-2026 School Year Salary:Per Contract To Start:August 25, 2025 (plus two mentoring days prior to start date, TBD) Qualifications: ●Experience in working in a school library/media center setting. ●Strong knowledge of children’s literature ●Knowledge of basic library/media center operations. ●Strong classroom management skills . ●Must possess excellent computer skills. ●College degree preferred. ●Multi-lingual preferred. Responsibilities: ●Instruct students in the location, use and choice of printed materials that are appropriate for their reading and interest levels. ●Teach responsible behavior in the care, use and return of books. ●Choose grade level, culturally diverse books to read to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Select materials and activities that meet curriculum needs, promote enjoyment of reading, and align with 3-5 standards. Each class visits once every other week. ●Provide structure, routine, and expectations for students to provide a safe and pleasant environment conducive to reading and learning. ●Supervise students in the Media Center setting, ●Purchase, maintain and eliminate books for the school library using only approved vendors for purchasing. ●Establish and implement efficient procedures to catalog all materials for the Media Center, using Follett Destiny and/or other software programs. Maintain a complete and accurate inventory of all materials. ●Manage the Media Center Budget with consideration for current and future resource needs. Maintain records, files, statistics and reports as needed. ●Oversees the structure and display of the Media Center, arranging and changing displays, shelving books in an appealing and meaningful way and ensuring books are neat, organized and accounted for. ●Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with students, classroom and specialty teachers, support staff, administration and community members. ●Lead efforts in community outreach and schoolwide events including, but not limited to the Memorial Day Program, Scholastic Book Fair, Giving Tree, Cards for Seniors, etc. ●Supervisory duties such as lunch/recess duty and/or arrival and dismissal duty. ●Perform other duties as directed by the Principal or an Assistant Principal.