Director of Library Services Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master’s Degree in library science or related field
• Teaching experience
• Experience in classroom management and pedagogy to meet the needs of all learners
• Knowledge of children’s literature
• Technical skill including experience with databases and web-based research
• Personal traits for nurturing the growth of children and working cooperatively with adults: kind, enthusiastic, flexible, patient, able to communicate clearly, and sense of humor

Requirements

• Ability to create an atmosphere within the library that encourages people to come in and utilize both the resources and the space
• Partner with teachers to design and support inquiry-based learning experiences
• Teach weekly library classes to students in the Beginning School (pre-school, junior kindergarten, and kindergarten)
• Foster a lifelong love of reading and learning
• Select and maintain media that will support curriculum needs and student interests
• Prepare materials for circulation
• Model for students the strategies for locating, accessing, and evaluating information within and beyond the school library
• Curate materials for faculty instructional needs

Skills

• Instructional Liaison
• Media Specialist Administrator
• Information Specialist

Benefits

• Renbrook School is an affirmative action – equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, present or past history of mental disability, intellectual disability, learning disability or physical disability, including but not limited to blindness, veteran status, sexual orientation, and other protected classes.
• Renbrook School will make reasonable accommodations to known disabilities of a qualified applicant or employee unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on its operation.

Pay

• The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• The schedule for this position is part-time, with some flexibility to accommodate the parental leave.