Secondary Librarian, - St Louis, United States - St. Louis Public Schools

Description

Position Title: Secondary Librarian-Media Specialist

Payroll/Personnel Type: 10.5 Month

Job #: 8205

Reports to: Director of Library Media-Literacy Specialist

Shift Length: 6.5 Hours a Day

Union Eligibility: Eligible

Position Summary

Under the supervision of the Library Specialist, the Secondary Librarian - Media Specialist serves as instructional resource consultant and materials specialist to pupils, teachers, and administrators.

Essential Functions

• Plan the library media program at assigned school location
• Integrate instructional resources (both book and non-book) of the school into the centrally administered library media program
• Provide an organization of these book and non-book resources to assure easy access to users
• Select resources (both book and non-book) for the library media center and its program
• Teach the use of the library media center and its resources (both book and non-book) to pupils and teachers
• Publicize the services and resources of the library media center
• Keep conversant with current educational research, trends, methods and materials
• Supervise students in the presence and absence of classroom teacher
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively analyze factors concerning risk, liability, safety, and occupational hazards
• Must demonstrate effective identification and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent experience and skills in the use PC and Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies/organizations and the public
• Must project professionalism coupled with strong leadership qualities

Experience

• Acceptable personal traits - speech, appearance, character, attitude, etc., as observed
• Training in library procedures
• Experience in elementary or secondary education, and demonstrated knowledge

Education

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree (required)
• Minimum of 18 semester hours in Library Science (required)
• Master's Degree (preferred)
• Missouri Teaching Certification (required)

Physical Requirements

• Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment
• Very limited or no exposure to physical risk

SLPS believes in taking care of its employees. We offer a fully-insured health care plan along with some amazing perks Here are some of the highlights of our benefits plan and perks, but you'll want to check out for all of the details.

• Fully-paid health insurance for self
• $30,000 of tuition reimbursement (certificated staff)
• $40,000 group term life insurance
• Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs
• Pension plan
• Robust wellness programs

Please note benefit and perk eligibility may vary by employee status, employment date, and job classification.