Librarian (part-time), Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
Posted March 4, 2025
Description
Shady Hill School is seeking a learner-centered, justice-oriented part-time (50%) Librarian to join our team beginning in Fall 2025. The Shady Hill Library is an essential resource for our students, faculty, and apprentice teachers. Librarians provide weekly instruction, as well as reference, readers’ advisory and curricular support for the entire school community. Our library includes a collection of over 30,000 books and is heavily used, with over 20,000 materials circulating each year. This is a part-time (50%), salaried, in-person 10-month position with benefits. Specific schedule to be determined based on candidate availability as well as the 2025-2026 class schedule.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Library team to teach Beginners through 8th grade
- Build collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and apprentices
- Offer readers’ advisory services for the school community
- Update and maintain curriculum maps
- Perform circulation desk duties and various library administrative tasks
- Assist with general collection maintenance and processing of new books
- Work with parent volunteers
- Engage in professional development to enhance inclusive teaching and leadership practices. The school offers extensive professional development opportunities, including yearly trips to the People of Color Conference for BIPOC employees
In addition, the Librarian will share in responsibilities associated with the position or with membership on the faculty such as weekly lunch and recess supervision or other duties and participating in special events and outreach programs. Faculty members are expected to attend opening and closing meetings (August/September and June) and other faculty meetings as scheduled, as well as to serve on committees of the faculty as needed.
Qualifications
- M.L.S. and/or library experience strongly preferred
- Experience with Early Childhood, Elementary, and/or Middle School students required
- Ability to work collaboratively in a busy library
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Flexible thinking and excellent multitasking capabilities
- Up-to-date and extensive knowledge of children’s literature
- Employs multicultural, anti-bias, and anti-racist teaching strategies and uses materials that reflect cultural competency
- Demonstrated interest in professional development
Finalists will be expected to teach a demonstration lesson and provide a writing sample. Annual salary is determined according to a step scale commensurate with experience.
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]. Please be sure to include “Librarian” in the subject line of the email.