Elementary Library Media Specialist

Library Medial Specialist

Hurld-Wyman Elementary

2024-2025 School Year

The Elementary Library Media Specialist reports directly to the Principal of the School and the Director of Technology & Innovation and is expected to work closely with all district personnel to provide high quality instruction to our divers student population.

Role & Responsibilities: The Library Media Specialist will:

• Develop students and staff as effective users of ideas and information

• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, ethical users and producers of information

• Instill a love of learning through reading

• Ensure equitable access to information and library resources

• Collaborate with Innovation Coaches to design and implement units of instruction focused on information literacy and being a responsible online citizen

• Utilize Atlas Curriculum maps to align genre-focused units with grade-level standards

• Leverage the School Library Program (SLP) to support with the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and district

Duties:

• Design, teach, and assess learning experiences in Library classes at three elementary schools

• Collaborate with classroom teachers as a partner in the instructional process

• Promote a love of reading and lifelong learning

• Provide resources and programs that promote independent reading and writing in a variety of genres

• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information

• Teach research skills required to locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

• Educate students and staff to be safe and responsible digital citizens

• Promote independent reading and writing in a variety of genres and reading levels

Instructional Partner

• Understand Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) and National School Library Standards (AASL)

• Collaborate with teachers to design and teach engaging learning experiences and assessments that incorporate the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy), foster critical thinking, and promote a love of reading and lifelong learning

• Design, teach, and support professional learning opportunities for staff

• Evaluate, promote and use existing and emerging instructional technology to improve learning outcomes

• Ensure that students and staff are effective and ethical users of ideas and information, including principles of copyright and fair use

• Provide students and staff with flexible access to and assistance in using information and technology resources

• Stay current in professional practices, educational research; actively participates in professional memberships

Library Manager

• Maintain an organized and welcoming facility that helps students become independent users of the library.

• Foster a creative, flexible environment so that the school library is an essential part of the learning community

• Maintain a collection of print and non print resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the instructional strategies of the school community

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of information literacy, children's literature, and digital learning

• Demonstrated experience in implementation and integration of instructional technology into a variety of content areas and grade levels

• Familiarity with emerging trends in libraries and digital learning to provide for the development of future-ready schools

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills

Minimum Requirements

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as an Elementary Teacher

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as Library Media Specialist (All Levels) OR within the first year of employment

• Additional certification in Instructional Technology or Digital Literacy and Computer Science, preferred.

At the Woburn Public Schools, we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced, acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end, Woburn Public Schools continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a district member of Mass Partnership for Diversity in Education.