High School Library Teacher, Needham High School, Needham, MA
Posted November 10, 2014
Long Term Substitute (January-June)
Teacher Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with classroom teachers as a partner in the instructional process
- Collaborates to design, teach, and assess learning experiences that incorporate inquiry learning, information literacies in their formats, critical thinking and self-assessment
- Provides and plans professional development
- Promotes a love of reading and lifelong learning
- Promotes instructional technology to improve learning
- Teaches students to build on prior knowledge to construct new knowledge
Leader:
- Participates in school improvement and accreditation activities; presenting at meetings
- Benchmarks the School Library Program (SLP) to school, state, and national standards
- Stays current in professional practices, educational research; maintains active professional memberships
- Advocates for SLP through an effective public relations program
- Collects and analyzes data to improve instruction, demonstrates correlations between the SLP and student achievement
- Administers the SLP budget to support program goals
- Participates in the recruiting, hiring, training and supervising of library staff and volunteers; evaluates support staf
School Librarian:
- Fosters a creative, flexible environment so that the School Library is an essential part of the learning community
- Develops and maintains resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and instructional strategies of the school community
- Cooperates and networks with other libraries/agencies
- Establishes procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, resource sharing of resources in all formats
- Evaluates, promotes and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning
- Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property
Reports to the Director of Technology and Innovation and High School Principal
Qualifications:
- MLS, Library and Information Science
- Classroom teaching preferred
- Technology applications and ability to use web tools
- DESE license as a library teacher
Selection Procedure:
All resumes will be screened and selected candidates will participate in a thorough interview process
Application Procedure:
Please apply online: www.generalasp.com/needham/onlineapp
Application Deadline: 11/21/2014
Applications will be considered only when a cover letter, resume, three letters of recommendation, license and transcripts have been attached to your online application.
It is the policy of the Needham Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, color, homelessness, sexual orientation, age, or disability in its education programs, services, activities or employment practices. The Needham Public School System is a member of METCO, Empowering Multicultural Initiatives (EMI) and the Greater Boston School Human Resources Network. Candidates who have a strong commitment to active anti-racism are encouraged to apply.