This posting is for the 2024-2025 school year.

SUMMARY

Supervise and manage the school library/media center.  Provide services and resources that allow students to develop skill in locating, evaluating, synthesizing, and using information to solve problems.  Serve as teacher, materials expert, and curriculum adviser to ensure that library/media center is involved in instructional programs of the school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Provide group instruction and individual guidance to student to help them locate resources and use research techniques.
• Supports teachers on appropriate use of materials and help them schedule materials for classroom instruction.
• Serve as information resource for users of library/media center materials and provide staff development opportunities for teachers on the availability and use of campus and district learning resources.
• Take a leadership role in promoting and demonstrating the use of new technologies and media with students, teachers, and other adults.
• Effectively plan school library program to meet identified curriculum needs.
• Make resources available to students and faculty through a systematically developed collection within the school library and through access to resources outside the school.
• Provide access to the library media center throughout the school day, scheduling classes flexibly to encourage use at the point of need and organize and manage the library media facility in a manner that encourages access.
• Manage acquisitions, processing, organizing, distribution, maintenance, and inventory of resources.
• Create a library/media center environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity level, interest of students, and board policy.
• Carry out discipline in accordance with board policies and administrative regulations.
• Interact with students to promote positive attitudes toward school library.
• Compile, budget and cost estimates based on documented program needs.
• Comply with federal and state laws, the Texas Education Agency, and board policy in the library/media services area.
• Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of the library/media center program and make changes based on the findings.
• Maintain a positive and effective relationship through communication with supervisors, colleagues, students and parents.
• Participate in ongoing and current professional development opportunities in order to provide innovative library services.
• Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by Supervisor/Superintendent.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise library aides, student aides and volunteers
• Monitor state library standard and campus library expenditures to ensure proper alignment of the library collection with resource allocation

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  There may be alternatives to the below qualifications as the Board of Trustees may find appropriate.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree (or 6 graduate hours in a School Librarian MLS program, transcript required)

Valid Texas librarian or learning resources specialist certificate or endorsement.

Valid Texas teacher certificate with a minimum 2 years of experience as a classroom teacher.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from students, administration, staff, parents, and the general public. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

 SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Knowledge of library science
• Ability to instruct and manage student behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of technology advances, hardware, software and Web 2.0 resources of the district
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to walk.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.  This position must be able to multi-task in a busy environment and maintain control under stress.  This position requires climbing, stretching, bending and frequent lifting of books and boxes.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to travel to multiple campuses, as assigned and is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.  Employee may also be required to occasionally travel out-of-district for school functions and/or activities.