Greenfield Public Schools is hiring: Library Media Specialist/school Librarian i
Greenfield Public Schools, Greenfield, MA, United States, 01302
DUTIES: • Evaluates, promotes and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning • Understands the school's curriculum so that he or she can develop a collection that coordinates with long-term teaching goals as well as current and emerging needs • Utilizes a variety of interactive tools to provide services, information, and tutorials to the learning community • Promotes a love of reading and lifelong learning • Fosters a library/media center environment that is creative, flexible, active, inviting, collaborative, and conducive the student and faculty learning so that the school library is an essential part of the learning community • Provides intellectual, physical, and virtual access to print and digital learning materials that are efficiently organized and conveniently stored according to accepted standards • Develops and maintains resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and instructional strategies of the school community • Curates information and resources in order to support the curriculum, extracurricular activities, faculty professional development, and family engagement • Cooperates and networks with other libraries and related agencies • In partnership with the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning, establishes procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and resource sharing of resources in all formats; and evaluates continually the currency, quality, depth, and breadth of the collection • Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property • Encourages both formal and informal input from the school community into the types, quality, and format of the information resources provided • Manages scheduling in the library/media center space *Responsible for teaching digital literacy standards to grades 5,6,7 *Collaborative member of the Unified Arts Teaching Team SALARY: Per the GEA Master Agreement Salary Schedule