Westmoreland County Public Schools
2025-26 Elementary Library/Media Specialist Job at Westmoreland County Public Sc
Westmoreland County Public Schools, Colonial Beach, Virginia, United States
POSITION TITLE: 2025-26 Library/Media Specialist
FLSA: Exempt Professional
QUALIFICATIONS:
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
FLSA: Exempt Professional
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's Degree with major concentration in library/media preferred
- Valid state teaching license
- Certification for School Library Media Specialist K-12
- Teaching experience preferred
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Foster an atmosphere which encourages student and staff library media center usage.
- Prepare and submit an annual budget for the library media center.
- Maintain accurate records of library media center reports such as: Expenditure reports, requisitions/purchase orders, Instructional Management System (IMS), circulation reports, technical work orders, etc.
- Inform staff of new professional resources that enhance teaching and learning.
- Collaborate with teachers to integrate information literacy into the curriculum.
- Provide staff assistance in designing activities that help students learn to identify, analyze, and synthesize information by using a variety of materials & formats.
- Participate in instructional planning by collaborating with classroom teachers to design, implement & evaluate resource-based teaching units.
- Provide information literacy skills instruction.
- Assist students and staff in the use and production of supplementary teaching/learning materials.
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS
- Promote the District adopted policies and regulations dealing with access, confidentiality, copyright and selection.
- Assist in the selection, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluating of building library media support personnel as well as student assistants and volunteers.
- Formulate long and short range goals (including a 5-year plan) and propose implementation & evaluation.
- Adhere to the district guidelines and procedures of cataloging and classifying all resources.
- Establish a plan for acquisition, maintenance and replacement of hardware and software.
- Coordinate resources and activities with networks and area libraries.
- Serve on building and district-wide curriculum and technology committees.
- Attend faculty meetings and other appropriate staff and department meetings.