Library Media Specialist

This position is for the 2024-2025 School Year

Position Purpose: The Library Media Specialist leads student and staff in the effective use of ideas and information. The Library Media Specialist empowers students to be curious, creative and critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.

Responsibilities:

1. Reading Advocacy
Develop and implement activities that motivate students to read, write, view, speak, and listen for learning, enrichment, and personal pleasure.
Integrate and model reading strategies in interactions with students.
Promote reading across the curriculum.

2. Teaching
Guide students and assist educators to use a broad range of appropriate resources to interpret, evaluate, develop, transform, and use information. Provide students with group and individual instruction and resources that meet diverse learning needs, reflect current information pursuits, and incorporate changes in technology and education.
Teach and assess identified national and state library and technology standards.

3. Build Learning Experiences with Teachers
Collaborate with educators and students to design, implement, and evaluate inquiry-based learning experiences. Provide instructional assistance to staff and students in the use and integration of instructional technology resources.
Engage in curricular leadership through participation in school and district committees and staff development.

4. Library Management Services
Staff Development: Help plan and implement staff development, especially efforts involved with improving reading, copyright, inquiry-based instructional approaches, research, and technology integration.

5. Program Planning
Engage with the school community (students, teachers, parents) to:
Assess the needs of the school and establish annual and long-range goals that are part of the school and district-wide strategic planning process and reflect the school’s mission and goals;
Build a program that supports the mission, goals and objectives of the school;
Evaluate success in achieving these goals.

6. Advocacy and Marketing
Promote library programs, services and resources through a wide range of communication formats and strategies.

7. Manage Resources, Facilities, Budgets and Services
Develop and manage the library budget.
Develop, organize, maintain and circulate a current, well-balanced, high-quality collection.
Evaluate, select and order age-appropriate, reviewed sources that support or enrich the curriculum and personal reading goals of the district and building.
Maintains the currency of the collection by weeding obsolete resources.
Provide ubiquitous access to materials in physical and digital forms. Analyze staffing needs, train and work with library staff members to support the program.
Continuing Professional Development: Continue to develop own professional practice through participating in professional organizations, attending professional development activities, and engaging professional learning networks.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Education
ND Teaching License
Minimum one year teaching experience
K-12 media certification (LM02) or willingness to file a plan of study to complete

Preferred Qualifications:
Two to three years teaching experience
Demonstrated experience working with diverse populations

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Application Procedures
All applications for open Fargo Public Schools positions must be made viawww.applitrack.com/fargo/onlineapp. Paper submissions will not be accepted. Application materials must clearly explain how experience and education are related to the minimum qualifications and job duties. Applicants for administrative, teaching, professional and other certified staff positions will need to attach: 1) Cover Letter 2) Resume/CV 3) Three (3) Letters of Reference 4) Complete transcripts for each degree from the institutions conferring the degrees. In addition, Teacher Applicants will need to attach: Current teaching license.

Applicants who are residents of ND and eligible to claim veteran's preference must upload a Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran's preference must include a current statement of disabled status from the Veterans Affairs Office.

For more information or questions please call 701-446-1000 or email humanresources@fargo.k12.nd.us.
The Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or other status protected by law.