Lower School Librarian 2016-2017, Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY

Posted February 12, 2016

Rye Country Day School is seeking a dynamic Lower School (PK-4) librarian passionate about teaching and eager to collaborate with the entire lower school faculty. The ideal candidate will take a leadership role in creating learning activities that develop a love of reading and promoting existing and emerging technologies that support teaching and learning. The candidate should be well-versed in children’s literature, research skills, and PK-4 curricula. Collection management skills should reveal a commitment to diversity. Candidates should have a MSLIS or MLS degree from an accredited library program and at least 3 years experience as a lower school librarian. An excellent work ethic, strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and a sense of humor are expected.

Goals:

• To create and maintain a library space that is inviting, safe, flexible and conducive to student learning
• To develop and maintain a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles of our school community
• To encourage the use of instructional technology to engage students and improve learning
• To collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists to design and implement lessons and units of instruction and assess student learning and instructional effectiveness
• To empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information
• To work collaboratively with other Librarians in the Middle and Upper School

The Lower School Librarian is a faculty member who values the mission of the school and is committed to teaching within a student-centered learning environment. The librarian is a lifelong learner and a visionary educator who values the intersection between storytelling, exploration and access to information. In collaboration with classroom teachers, the librarian designs and implements a program that supports the various grade level curricula while instilling a love of learning, fostering multiple literacies, ensuring equitable access to information and empowering students to be enthusiastic readers and creative and critical thinkers.

For more information about our school see our website:   http://www.ryecountryday.org/

If interested, please contact:

Maureen S. Irwin
Director of the Library
Rye Country Day School
Rye, NY 10580
maureen_irwin@ryecountryday.org
914-925-4547