Media Coordinator - HES

MEDIA COORDINATOR

Hiddenite Elementary School

General Statement of Job

Under the general supervision of the school principal, provides the leadership and instructional resources and services for implementation of a school library media program that serves as an integral part of a student-centered educational process including an emphasis on STEM instruction.

Required education

• Master’s degree in Library Science or Instructional Technology and licensed by the state of North Carolina, preferred.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Assesses learning and information needs of students and staff.
• Plans and works collaboratively with teachers with an emphasis on STEM instruction.
• Instructs students and staff in the effective use of ideas and information and incorporates information literacy into day-to-day instruction.
• Advocates and promotes reading and lifelong learning.
• Leads in the school’s use of instructional technology to enhance learning.
• Works the principal and school leadership team to provide flexible access to school library media center resources.
• Creates and maintains an environment conductive to learning.
• Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services within the school library media center, through the school, and through remote access.
• Leads teachers, technology staff, and students in a collaborative process to select and evaluate resources that address curricular needs and learning goals of students and teachers in the information age.
• Keeps accurate inventories of print non print, and technology materials and equipment.
• Works cooperatively with other libraries and agencies to share resources that enhance teaching and learning.
• Implements an ongoing collection development and evaluation process, in collaboration with the Media and Technology Advisory Committee, that focuses on a variety of formats and resources to meet diverse learning needs.
• Adheres to copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and use of resources.
• Advocate the principles of intellectual freedom and ethical behavior.
• Works with school staff to design and implement short and long range plans to ensure balance among teaching, instructional technology, collaboration, collection development, and program management.
• Demonstrates professional integrity through ethical behavior.
• Carries out assigned non-instructional duties and adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.

Additional duties

Performs other related tasks as assigned by the principal and other central office administrators as designated by the superintendent.

Essential knowledge and abilities

• Must be adaptable for performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Considerable knowledge of library media terminology and appropriate uses of media and technology to enhance instruction and achievement.
• Considerable knowledge of the current literature, trends, methods and developments in the area of media and instructional technology.
• Considerable knowledge of the principals of organization and administration.
• General Knowledge of the NC Standard Course of Study and School board policies, procedures, and standards regarding education.
• Ability to identify and evaluate new and emerging technologies.
• Ability to use common audio-visual materials.
• Ability to use common office machines and specific computer driven work processing, spreadsheet, Webpage construction, research and file maintenance.
• Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments, or directions from supervisors.
• Require the ability to read and to prepare a variety of correspondence, reports, forms newsletters, procedures, etc.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Require the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristic of data, people, or things.
• Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, care, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

The knowledge and abilities 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 essential functions.