SY 24-25 Teaching Librarian - New Orleans, United States - International School Louisiana

Description

Job title: Librarian
Work Location: Uptown Campus
Unit/Department: Instructional
Reports to: Assistant Principal or Principal

Full-time

Exempt

Mission: Our mission at International School of Louisiana is to provide a challenging education emphasizing language immersion, international awareness, the celebration of diversity and community responsibility. The employee must understand and support the school mission.

Summary: The Librarian plans, directs, implements, and evaluates the library program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Student Behaviors

• Establishes behavioral standards for students in the library
• Assists students in becoming effective and discriminating users of library resources
• Helps students develop habits of independent reference work and skills in the use of reference material in relation to planned assignments.

Environment

• Organizes library material, equipment, and facilities for effective and efficient utilization and circulation.
• Plans, equips and maintains attractive facilities.
• Keeps the collection current within the constraints of the annual budget by purchasing quality print and non print materials.
• Establishes an attractive and easily accessible collection of materials and an environment that is conducive to learning.
• Maintains the library catalog.
• Effectively utilizes, volunteer, student and/or other personnel to provide quality library service to users.
• Maintains appropriate records of library materials
• Processes materials simply and efficiently.

Teaching Skills

• Through a working knowledge of books and authors in the collection, assists students with reading selections.
• Is aware of and supports the curriculum through collection development.
• Provides leadership in all aspects of the school media program.
• Develops a research and library skills program relating to the needs of the students.
• Guides students in finding and using a wide variety of materials.
• Attempts to instill in students the ability to be self learners by promoting the spirit of inquiry and teaching effective fact-finding skills.
• Plans with teachers, when appropriate, for meaningful and effective grade appropriate reference work and/or literature appreciation activities for their students.
• Actively plans with teachers and groups of teachers to integrate library services and multimedia materials with the instructional program.

Assessment of Program

• Evaluates and selects materials needed to meet both the curricular and individual needs of students, teachers, and administrators who will be using the Library.
• Determines the needs of teachers and students as a basis for the selection of new materials and equipment.
• Does a periodic inventory of library collection as well as library AV equipment and library computers.
• Supervises the withdrawal of outdated and worn out materials.

Interpersonal Relationships

• Demonstrates positive techniques to promote students' self image.
• Interacts positively with other staff members
• Provides a positive role model for students (e.g., follows school policies and procedures, appropriate, language, courteous, sensitive to individual differences).
• Makes appropriate adjustments to change and handles conflict and frustration constructively.
• Coordinates and cooperates with other school libraries as well as with public libraries.
• Helps staff make full use of the services and resources of the library.
• Maintains an appearance appropriate for professional assignment.

Professional Growth

• Shows professional growth by continuing with education, attending conferences and workshops, keeping current on new technology developments, reading professional literature, etc.
• Reads literature for appropriate grade level

Technology Leadership

• Assists staff and students with technology.
• Maintains a working knowledge of software
• Provides basic instruction to staff or students for equipment use.

Other

• Performs related duties as assigned by campus leadership
• Maintains compliance with all school policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications, Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Teaching experience valued
• Louisiana or Out of State Teaching Certificate preferred
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Meets assigned building and district responsibilities
• Works to complete building goals and district exit outcomes.
• Allocates and manages expenditures of assigned budget funds on the basis of curricular and replacement needs.
• Develops and promotes library programs, its routines, usage scheduling, and procedures.
• Develops a collection that supports the curriculum.
• Organizes and supervises the ordering, checking, processing, and maintaining of media center materials.

Work Environment:

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the work day;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 40 pounds;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements;
• Normal setting for this job is an office/school setting.

ISL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires ISL to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

Professional Conduct: Employee acknowledges that he/she is required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional conduct includes but is not limited to: neglect of duty, dishonesty, and engagement in acts that are contrary to ISL policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.

Chain of Supervision: Assistant Principal or Principal

Supervises: N/A