What are the responsibilities and job description for the Media Coordinator, S. Ray Lowder Elementary School position at S Ray Lowder Elementary (360)?
Date: March 31, 2026
Position: Media Coordinator
Location: S. Ray Lowder Elementary School
Terms of Contract: 10 months, full-time, benefit eligible
Reports To: Principal
Monthly Salary: State Salary Schedule (plus local supplement)
FLSA: EXEMPT
Qualifications/Requirements:
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina School Library Media Coordinator License (Area 076).
Goal:
To provide all students with an enriched library environment containing a wide variety of materials that will invite intellectual growth, and to aid all students in acquiring the skills needed to take full advantage of media center resources.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain, operate and supervise the media center to which assigned
- Evaluate, select, and requisition new media center materials
- Assist teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials, and make media center materials available to supplement the instructional program
- Inform teachers and other staff members concerning new materials the media center acquires
- Maintain a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all media center materials and instruct teachers and students on use of the system
- Arrange for interlibrary loan of materials of interest or use to teachers
- Work with teachers in planning those assignments likely to lead to extended use of media center resources
- Promote appropriate conduct of students using media center facilities
- Help students to develop habits of independent reference work and to develop skill in the use of reference materials in relation to planned assignments
- Present and discuss materials with a class studying a particular topic, on the invitation of the teacher
- Participate at curriculum meetings
- Counsel with and give reading guidance to students who have special reading problems or unusual intellectual interests
- Arrange frequently changing book-related displays and exhibits likely to interest the media center’s patrons
- Prepare and administer the media center budget
- Supervise media center aides in the performance of their duties
- Remove and update obsolete and worn materials from collections
- Supervise clerical routines necessary for the smooth operation of the media center
- Must be able to perform heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of forces frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
Application Deadline:
Position Open Until Filled
Position Available:
August 6, 2026
Application Process: All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please visit the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Jordan Beam, Principal
jordan.beam@lincoln.k12.nc.us
S. Ray Lowder Elementary School
350 Kennedy Drive
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Phone: 704-735-2741
Fax: 704-736-4267
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON BASIS OF AGE,
HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEX