Substitute High School Librarian, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA

Posted November 14, 2016

This long-term substitute position is available immediately through February 16, 2017.

QUALIFICATIONS:

A highly qualified candidate will be state certified as a school librarian, have completed a teacher preparation program/ educational degree, and hold a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library
Association or from a master’s level program in library and information studies.

JOB GOALS:

To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information
To empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, ethical users of information
To instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information
To collaborate with classroom teachers to design and implement units of instruction, assess student learning
To align the School Library Program (SLP) with the mission, goals, and objectives of the school / school district

TEACHER:

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

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

TO APPLY:

Send resume, certification and two letters of recommendation to [email protected]