Library Media Specialist, Cambridgeport School, (Cambridge, MA)

Posted February 29, 2024

Overview:

The ICTS school based team, comprised of a Library Media Specialist, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Technology Support Technician work as a team to provide support at the building level. 

Under the supervision of the principal, and the Assistant Director of Library Media Services, the Library Media Specialist will work to:

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

Key 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
• Promotes a love of reading and lifelong learning
• Promotes instructional technology to improve learning
• Collaborates with the Instructional Technology Specialist to deliver curriculum addressing the ICTS learning expectations
• Provides resources and programs that promote independent reading and writing in a variety of genres
• Maintains an organized and welcoming facility that helps students become independent users of the library
• 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 the instructional strategies of the school community
• Other duties as assigned

How to Apply

For more information and to apply, please go to the following: https://cpsd.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=5676