Summer Session - Librarian

THIS POSTING IS FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY. CURRENT CCPS EMPLOYEES MUST APPLY THROUGH THE INTERNAL PROCESS. 

The library media specialist provides instructional leadership for the teaching of information literacy skills, develops and maintains a media center collection rich in both print and non-print materials, and manages the media center as a flexible, multi-tasked learning environment.  Collaborates with school faculty and administrators to develop a program that supports the instructional curriculum. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Teach the skills of information location, access, evaluation, use and communication as they relate to the program of instruction to both students and teachers.

• Maintains the media center’s print, non-print, and electronic collections and manages circulation of curricular support materials and equipment.

• Collaborates with teachers in planning assignments providing information literacy instruction.

• Performs collection development by selecting, ordering, and adding new items to replace and/or update media center resources.

• Introduces new instructional materials and technologies to staff.

• Supervises library assistants and volunteers in the media center.

• Plans and directs special projects involving literacy and library promotion.

• Prepares or assists in preparation of the media center budget.

• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.

• Assesses student learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.

• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities. 

• Performs other duties as assigned.

  
  Budgetary Responsibility:

  Develop the media center budget considering current and future resource needs and submit to the principal.

  Report Preparation:

  Generates reports as related to circulation of library materials and budgetary procedures.  Prepares reports as requested by summer school principal and/or district library specialist.

  Equipment Operation: 

  Operates and instructs others in the operation of computer and electronic equipment for the manipulation media in various formats, such as projectors, digital cameras, monitors, and DVD players.

  Contacts:

  Other library media specialists, faculty, administrators, staff, students, parents, community leaders, public and academic librarians.

  Work Direction:

  N/A

  Supervision:

  N/A

  Decision Making:

  A high level of independent decision-making is required within areas of direct responsibility.  Supervisor’s approval is required for decisions that affect areas beyond those under direct management of the position or to meet fiscal policies and procedures.  

  Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: 

  N/A

  Physical Demands:

  Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to use a telephone, to enter data into a computer terminal; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear, understand speech and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at normal levels indoors and on the telephone. Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

  Work Environment:

  The school library media center is the normal work environment.  The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.  Some exposure to dust and mold is likely in the work environment.