Upper School Librarian
The Blake School
- Minneapolis, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Guiding students' exposure to a diversity of viewpoints and genres
- Modeling effective inquiry-based strategies for locating, evaluating, applying, reflecting and presenting ideas in multimodal forms
- Modeling and promoting digital citizenship and ethical use of information
- Providing reference support to the community, including informed support to students working on research projects
- Mentoring a group of students through the schoolwide advisory program
- Create resources to help guide student research and support the research process
- Evaluate and promote academic technologies (i.e. Google Suite, Canvas, Hapara, Pear Deck, Flip, NoodleTools and other active learning and student-centered tools) and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, and communicate with students and teachers, augment student understanding and personalize instruction
- Collaborate with teachers as an instructional partner for certain systems including Canvas Learning Management System and Veracross
- Join educators to plan and implement meaningful experiences promoting a love of reading and lifelong learning
- Plan and execute passive and active programming in the library to build community, encourage curiosity and add whimsy to the school community
- Create and maintain the school library as a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, barrier-free and conducive to collaborative and hands-on student learning
- Promote an acquisition policy that reflects Blake's commitment to pluralism by ensuring that print and digital resources reflect the diversity that forms the fabric of our society
- Coordinate and manage the parent volunteer program for the library
- Lead and participate in professional learning opportunities with teachers and media and digital learning professionals at school or in local, state or national workshops
- Collaborate with Blake teacher librarians across the school to promote initiatives such as book clubs, summer reading programs, the Beardecott, best practices in instruction and design school-wide policies
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
- Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in library science, secondary education or a related field
- A minimum of three years of recent successful library media, preferably in an upper school environment
- Experience working with educators
- Knowledge of and experience using best practices in teaching and learning
- Knowledge of and experience using current digital tools and resources
- Knowledge of and experience using informational resources in a variety of formats
- Knowledge of and experience integrating current instructional technologies into curriculum
- Knowledge of ethical and lawful practices in the use of print and digital resources
- Skill in all aspects of library media center management and operations
- Enthusiastic learner of new and emerging technologies and pedagogies
- Evidence of sound written and oral communication skills
- Evidence of organizational skills
- Experience and interest in working with students and teachers whose diversity of identity, lived experience and thinking makes a community strong and empowers students to engage across differences
- Evidence of a strong commitment to service
- Ability to think innovatively and work collaboratively with a team
- Ability to coach and motivate educators and students
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable
- Ability to be welcoming, positive and considerate toward others, which promotes an environment of mutual respect and trust
- Experience supporting or developing mobile device-rich programs preferred, such as Blake's 1-to-1 MacBook Air laptop program
- Willingness to commit to lifelong learning
- Must be able to operate a computer or related equipment
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
- Must be able to safely climb, bend, pull, reach, kneel, and stoop
- Must be able to read, write and communicate in English