Documentalist Teacher (Professeur Documentaliste)

Description

The Documentalist Teacher (librarian) recruited will have to set up the documentation and information center within the school.

The documentalist teacher at the LFNO has, among others, the following attributions:

• Responsible for the documentation and information center (CDI), a place of education, reading, culture and access to information.

• Train all students in information and documentation and contribute to their training in media and information literacy.

• Ensure access to documentary resources dedicated to the post-baccalaureate courses of the French curriculum.

• Through their expertise in the field of information and communication sciences, contribute to the teaching and measure enabling the acquisition of a culture and mastery of information by all students.

• Under the authority of the head of the school or their representative, the documentalist teacher is responsible for the library, the documentary collection, its enrichment, its organization, and its exploitation.

• Serve as the secondary campus testing coordinator and French university system coordinator.

• With the other members of the teaching and educational community and within the framework of the school project, develop a documentary policy and ensures its implementation in the school.

• Develop a reading policy in coordination with other teachers, including English-speaking teachers, based in particular on their knowledge of general and children's literature.

• Contribute to the cultural, social, and civic education of the student. Implement and participate in projects that stimulate interest in reading and the discovery of artistic, scientific, and technical cultures, taking into account the needs of the students, local resources, and the school project.

• Play a key role in the implementation and monitoring of the French Ministry of Education educational pathways, in particular the future pathway, PEAC and citizen pathway.

Job descriptions are created to provide a framework of responsibilities and do not include all the tasks that may be required. LFNO employees embody an "all hands on deck" mentality and do whatever it takes to get the job done, regardless of their specific title or responsibilities.

We benchmark annually comparably-sized schools in our area to offer competitive salaries.

Depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for this role, the salary range for this position is between $50,000 and $57,000. The range for most candidates is $50,000 - $52,800.

Requirements

Requirements to apply:

• Diploma: CAPES in Documentation

• Minimum seniority desired in the position: 5 years

• Experience in a general education high school is required

• Spoken languages: French and English

Expected skills:

• Ability to collaborate and adapt to a multicultural and bilingual context

• Excellent command of information technology and its integration into the classroom

• Aptitude for innovation and project-based pedagogy

• Experience teaching Media and Information Literacy (EMI)

• Good knowledge of management software

• Experience with a web radio would be an asset