Library Media Specialist - MES

Job Description

Job Title: Library Media Specialist

Contract Length: 191 days

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary

The position is responsible for providing all students with an environment that offers a wide variety of materials to foster intellectual growth and research, and for aiding all students in acquiring the skills needed to take full advantage of media center resources.

Essential Duties

• Operates and supervises the media center to which they are assigned.
• Assists teachers in selecting books and other instructional materials and makes media center materials available to supplement the instructional program.
• Informs teachers and other staff members concerning new materials the media center acquires.
• Maintains a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all media center materials and instructs teachers and students on the use of the system.
• Works with teachers to plan assignments likely to lead to extended use of media center resources.
• Helps students develop habits of independent reference work and skills in using reference materials in relation to planned assignments.
• Helps teachers and students conduct research online and through other technological means.
• Arranges frequently changing displays and exhibits that are likely to interest students.
• Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members to assess and help students solve learning, health, and attitude problems.
• Participates in faculty committees and sponsors student activities.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

Other Duties

• Maintains professional competence by attending staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, and other professional activities.
• Participates in various student and parent activities that occur in school, including PTA, student clubs, and after-school activities.
• Creates an effective learning environment through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards, and activity/learning centers.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required)

• Must possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or a related field.
• Possess or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement in Media Specialist.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in regular classrooms, outdoors, and on thephonee; physical agility to lift to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are usually performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Criminal Justice Background check, Fingerprinting, TB Assessment

Supervision Exercised: Dependent on grade level and subject; may include instructional assistants, volunteers, tutors.

Supervision Received: Principal

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The applicant will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator. Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The Accomack County School System does not discriminate based on age, sex, handicap, race, religion, color, or national origin in its employment practices.

"We are an equal opportunity employer."