Teacher-Librarian Job Description
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PROFESSIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND GROWTH
- Instruction reflects well-planned and effective methodology.
- Instruction reflects adequate and current knowledge of library skills, literacy promotion, and technology.
- Improves professional skills through inservice workshops, district meetings, continuing education, etc.
- Goal setting and cooperative planning with supervisor.
ADMINISTRATION
- Establishes policies and procedures for the Library/Media program.
- Provides ongoing evaluation for Library/Media program.
- Participates in curriculum planning on school and district level.
- Allocates annual media budget based on objectives and goals of the Library/Media program.
- Provides an atmosphere conducive to individual, group inquiry, research and study.
- Supervises, instructs and evaluates library parent and student volunteers.
PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
- Shows respect, consideration and fairness of students varying learning levels.
- Meets needs of students with special interests, abilities, and learning problems.
- Gives students personal help and positive reinforcement.
- Challenges students to think and express their thoughts through library related activities.
- Helps students set achievement expectations and evaluate their own progress.
- Makes clear to the students what they are learning and why.
MULT-ETHNIC / MULTI-CULTURAL EDUCATION
- Includes culturally diverse themes in lessons and instruction, including historical or other information as to cultures having significant impact on the world, nation or community.
- Aware and appreciates cultural diversity and the importance of communication skills reflecting sensitivity to the feeling of all persons regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.
- Materials in Library/Media centers supports the districts instructional program.
- Develops collection through selection and acquisition to reflect cultural diversity.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - MATERIALS
- Reviews, selects, and orders appropriate instructional materials and equipment with input from staff and students.
- Develops collection through selection and acquisition to reflect cultural diversity.
- Maintains, organizes, and inventories media center collection.
- Maintains, appropriate data for center operation, such as circulation and utilization.
- Keeps media collection up-to-date by systematic weeding.
- Reviews and maintains technology needs & problems of the Library/Media Center.
LOGISTICS AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
- Arranges seating and working areas appropriate for the kinds of learning experiences planned.
- Has aesthetically pleasing and organized room.
- Keeps room properly lit, ventilated, and free of hazards to health and safety.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - SERVICES
- Promotes use of center by preparing bibliographies, making displays, making teachers, parents and students aware of resources.
- Assists teachers in selecting appropriate media for units of study.
- Provides expertise and facilities for the production of a variety of educational materials by students and staff.
- Assists the staff in securing professional materials.
- Coordinates the school media program with district and community organizations.
EVALUATION
- Planning instruction for the Library curriculum.
- Uses tests and/or other evaluative information in planning instructional units and after instruction to determine if goals have been met.
- Consults principal, specialist, other teachers in the school, and students in evaluating own plans, methods, and results.
- Uses instruments and methods that effectively measure the students' attainment of learning goals.
- Makes clear to students how success in learning will be judged.
- Communicates effectively with parent and students regarding student achievement behavior.
- Communicates effectively with teacher, parent and student the Library/Media Services.
ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Cooperates with and supports faculty members.
- Observes the spirit and intent of rules and regulations of the school and school system.
- Assumes necessary non-instructional responsibilities.
- Provides complete data (fines, obsolete, lost, and circulation) to the school and district administration as requested for management purposes.
- Shares the responsibilities with all other employees for promoting the educational goals and developing pubic acceptance of the school system.
INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES
- Works with the teachers in planning and implementing the building's curriculum.
- Provides programs to ensure instruction in library skills including study habits, independence in learning, research and techniques of inquiry and critical evaluation.
- Shares information with staff concerning student progress, problems and achievements as observed in the media center.
- Provides staff inservice training necessary for the effective use of media resources, technology, equipment and media center.
- Includes appropriate multi-ethnic themes in program activities.