Library Media Specialist, Merriam Elementary School, Acton, MA

Posted June 18, 2020

Merriam Elementary School in Acton Massachusetts is looking for a Library Media Specialist to start August 26, 2020.

Ensure that students and staff are effective and responsible users of ideas and information.
Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, ethical users of information, and media literate.
Ensure equitable access to information and library resources.
Collaborate with all educators to design and implement units of instruction and assess student learning.
Align the School Library Media Program with the goals of the school and district.
Explore with students and staff different modes of communication and technology.
Integrate district-wide initiatives for digital literacy and digital citizenship.

Teacher:

Supports the collaborative development of inquiry learning, digital learning, information and technology literacies, critical thinking, and self-assessment.
Collaboratively develops and teaches units of instruction that integrate information literacy and digital literacy standards and assesses student learning.
Creates a rigorous student-centered environment that seamlessly blends reading, literacy and available instructional technologies to maximize the learning experience for each student.
Supports, supplements, and elevates the literacy experience through guidance and motivational reading initiatives.
Communicates effectively with families, colleagues, and the community to promote students’ learning and to support the school’s goals.

Leader:

Serves on decision making, school improvement, and school based-curriculum teams.
Benchmarks the School Library Media Program to school, state, and national standards.
Promotes the integration of existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning.
Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, student images, and licensing of intellectual property.
Stays current in professional practices, educational research; actively participates in professional memberships.

Library Administrator:

Fosters a creative, flexible environment so that the School Library Media Center 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.
Builds and maintains a library collection that reflects the student body, is diverse, meets the interests and needs of all learners, and supports the district’s mission and goals.
Establishes procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and sharing of resources in a variety of formats.
Develops and manages the library budget to support program goals
Recruits, schedules, and trains volunteers.
Administers the library including maintaining the collection, managing the Destiny catalog, establishing vendor relationships, and evaluating and improving the library space.
Cooperates and networks with other libraries and agencies.

A highly qualified candidate will be state certified as a Library Media Specialist.
Completed a teacher preparation program/educational degree.
Preferably hold a master’s degree from a program accepted by the American Library Association or a master’s program in Library and Information Science.

Deadline to apply is 6/25/2020.

To apply go to the job application portal here. The original job description can be found here.