Elementary Library/Media Specialist

• Minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Library and Information Studies from an accredited program.
• Demonstrated evidence of technology proficiency with a variety of tools and resources.
• Demonstrated evidence of excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated evidence of excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated evidence of personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, teachers, administrators and parents.
• Preferred one (1) to three (3) years Library Media experience.
• Such alternatives to these qualifications as may be acceptable and appropriate.

• Demonstrates and maintains knowledge of the curriculum, instruction, instructional materials, information, and instructional technologies.
• Participates in the district’s implementation of the Common Core standards.
• Provides and promotes a positive educational environment in the library media center.
• Works with the principals, teachers, technology integrators, and students to ensure that the library media center is an integral part of the school’s curriculum.
• Participates on district curriculum, library, and technology committees.
• Remains current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to school library programs.
• Shares collaboratively developed and up-to-date district policies with the learning community concerning such issues as materials selection, circulation, reconsideration of materials, copyright, privacy, and acceptable use.
• Encourages the use of the instructional technology to engage students and to improve learning, providing 24/7 access to digital information resources for the entire learning community.
• Advocates, as an active, accessible and informed proponent, for school library programs and the guiding principles of the profession.

• Collaborates with teachers and students to design and teach engaging inquiry and learning experiences and assessments that incorporate multiple literacies and foster critical thinking.
• Collaborates with technology integrators to maintain library media collections (print and electronic) based on needs of curriculum, student abilities and learning styles, instructional methods and needs of teachers, and quality of materials.
• Participates in the implementation of collaboratively planned learning experiences by providing group and individual instruction, assessing student progress, and evaluating activities.
• Plans and implements staff development opportunities with technology integrators related to library services.
• Assesses and implements the use of new technologies with technology integrators for educational applications and information use.
• Participates in the curriculum development process at both the building and district level to ensure that the curricula include the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy) necessary to meet content standards and to develop lifelong learners.
• Joins with teachers and others to plan and implement meaningful experiences that will promote a love of reading and lifelong learning.
• Provides and plans professional development opportunities within the school and district for and with all staff, including other Library Media Specialists.

• Motivates, guides, and advises students in their reading, viewing, and listening skills.
• Organizes (arranges, catalogs, and classifies) learning resources collection for maximum and effective use.
• Assesses and implements the use of new technologies for library media center management, to include electronic circulation and cataloging.
• Assists students and staff in identifying, obtaining, using, and/or producing media in appropriate formats for specific learning objectives.
• Informs the school community of materials, equipment, and research, including current developments in the field of instructional technology.
• Promotes literacy among staff and students, including group presentations (book talks, author visits, etc.) as well as individual reading recommendations.
• Cooperates and networks with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school.
• Evaluates, promotes, and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, connect the school with the global learning community, communicate with students and teachers, and provide 24/7 access to library services.
• Provides guidance in software and hardware evaluation, and developing processes for such evaluation.
• Understands copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property, and assists users with their understanding and observance of the same.

• Guides students through processes (in various disciplines at various grade levels) in research, thinking, and communicating which include the skills and strategies needed to retrieve, evaluate, organize, share, and apply information effectively to enable students to become more independent learners (preferably utilizing Big 6).
• Teaches students how to read for understanding, for exposure to diversity of viewpoints and genres, and for pleasure.

• Promotes the resources and services of the library media center.
• Assists the Principal in developing and justifying the library budget.
• Develops flexible circulation, loan, and utilization policies for collections and services.
• Coordinates the work of student assistants and volunteers.
• Assesses the informational and instructional needs of students and teachers based on the American Association of School Library standards and Common Core standards and establishes short and long range goals based on identified needs.
• Adheres to federal and state laws pertaining to media including those regarding copyright, privacy, and access to materials.
• Develops and implements procedures for preview, evaluation, selection, and acquisition of materials and equipment consistent with the district policy.
• Evaluates and maintains materials and equipment with input from technology integrators.
• Provides access to resources outside the school through interlibrary loan, networking and other resource sharing agreements.
• Ensures that school library program goals and objectives are aligned with school and district long-range strategic plans.
• Uses effective management principles, including the supervision of personnel, resources, and facilities, in developing and implementing program goals and objectives.
• Arranges for flexible scheduling of the school libraries to provide student accessibility to staff and resources at points of need.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the principal.

• Frequently stooping, bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Frequently reaching, extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Occasionally standing, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Frequently walking, moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Occasionally lifting, raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Occasionally grasping, applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Frequently talking, expressing, or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which one must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly hearing and perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work.

Contoocook Valley School District