Library Media Specialist 2026-2027

Job Overview

The Library Media Specialist offers a library program to develop a culture of literacy and inquiry to promote student success and lifelong learning. The Library Media Specialist empowers students and staff to become effective users of ideas and information; to help them acquire literacy, inquiry, and digital learning skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate, select and order new instructional materials, both print and digital, that meet the needs of the library program and meet defined district policy and procedures
• Provide instruction in research skills and inquiry methods to students and staff
• Provide opportunities to help learners become creative problem solvers and independent users and producers of ideas and information
• Model effective strategies for developing multiple literacies
• Inquire Collaborate with teachers to plan and deliver instruction that supports the curriculum
• Provide instruction based on the inquiry approach to learning
• Promote student inquiry to pursue, create, and share knowledge
• Offer professional development opportunities that promote best practices in inquiry-based teaching and learning
• Encourage the learning community to read a variety of literature for information and pleasure to develop their reading life
• Elevate literacy instruction through participation in national, state, and local reading initiatives
• Develop a collection reflective of diversity, student choice, and reading for information
• Protect the intellectual freedom of students and staff following defined FBISD policy and procedures
• Use and promote the use of digital resources and technologies across content areas for discovery, collaboration, critical analysis, creation, and presentation of learning
• Offer creative, innovative, and ethical use of current and emerging technologies
• Remain current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to school library programs
• Create and maintain a positive and welcoming climate in the library
• Develop procedures for circulation of library materials and use of the library facility
• Maintain current collection through selection, inventory, and weeding of materials
• Utilize best practices to plan and develop the school library program
• Provide a cohesive, comprehensive campus Library program servicing the needs of campus and district users
• Maintain lines of communication with the Assistant Director, including attendance at library meetings and in-service
• Manage and coordinate job duties and expectations for library paraprofessional staff, student workers, and volunteers
• Develop and manage the library budget following defined district policy and procedures

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree preferred, must have completed at least 12 hours of graduate study in a Library degree program leading to a Master's Degree in Library and/or Information Science or related field; must be able to complete the School Librarian degree and certification within 2 years
• Valid Teaching Certification Issued by Texas Education Agency appropriate to subject and grade level of assignment
• Minimum of 2 years Classroom teaching experience

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Work is performed in classrooms, offices, work stations and meeting rooms
• The position requires occasional walking, standing, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting/carrying work related items weighing less than 40 pounds, such as books, papers and presentation materials
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• Work involves everyday risks and discomforts which require normal safety precautions when operating equipment or performing job duties
• May work prolonged or irregular hours and must be able to maintain emotional control under stress