TITLE:

                Library Media Specialist

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

• To provide all students with an enriched library environment containing a wide variety of materials that will invite intellectual growth
• To aid and promote students acquiring the skills needed to take advantage of library media resources
• To assist students and staff in retrieving analyzing, organizing, communicating, and evaluating information and ideas that encourage the utilization of library materials, no-print resources and technologies

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Virginia State Teaching Certificate with endorsement in Library Media Specialist PreK-12
• 1 to 2 years of successful classroom teaching, preferred
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

REPORTS TO:

                Principal or Designated Administrator

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Communicate effectively with students, staff, administration, and the general public
• Maintain an appropriate teaching and learning environment in the library media center
• Listen and respond to information requests in a manner that encourages further inquiry
• Exhibit ethical behavior
• Demonstrate a commitment to the profession
• Implement standardized procedures for classifying, cataloging, processing, and circulating resources for the internal holdings collection
• Implement procedures for ongoing inventory and maintenance of resources and equipment
• Organize and maintain current bibliographic records
• Coordinate the internal holdings acquisition process for resources, equipment, and supplies as well as external information access points
• Design, establish, and communicate goals, policies, and procedures for the implementation of an effective library media program
• Prepare and administer the library media budget based on program needs
• Utilize existing and assess emerging technologies for instructional and management applications
• Identify and apply criteria appropriate for selecting resources of all formats and at all grade levels and accompanying equipment
• Ensure the school’s philosophy, curriculum, and instructional needs of teachers is reflected in the evaluation and selection process
• Recommend strategies and creative uses of resources
• Provide specific instruction and resources in response to information needs identified in the curriculum development process
• Motivate and guide students in the development of an appreciation of literature
• Motivate and guide students in the development of reading, listening, and viewing competencies, including critical thinking skills for independent lifelong learning
• Assist students and teachers in retrieving, analyzing, interpreting, organizing, evaluating, synthesizing, and communicating information and ideas
• Participate as an educational partner in the curriculum development process at both the building and district levels
• Perform other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

                Involves limited physical tasks including lifting, and may involve operation of equipment such as computers,

                copiers, overhead projectors, etc.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

                Ten month extended contract; Salary based upon teacher’s scale extended days

EVALUATION:

                Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of

                Personnel