LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST-SECONDARY

Requirements

• Function effectively as a member of an instructional team.
• Have a strong commitment to the library media program.
• Hold or be able to obtain a valid Oklahoma Library Media Specialist Certification.
• Experience: 2+ years of teaching.

Responsibilities

• Empowers all members of the learning community to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, curators, and ethical users of information.
• Collaborates and co-teaches with classroom educators to establish learning objectives and assessment strategies to develop individual and group inquiry-based learning experiences.
• Develops and maintains a teaching and learning environment that is fun, inviting, safe, flexible, collaborative, inclusive, and conducive to learning.
• Fosters exploration, discovery, creation, and innovation in a growth mindset.
• Supports learners' success by guiding them to read for understanding, breadth, and pleasure.
• Empowers learners to work with each other in successful collaborations and to constructively assess their own work and the work of their peers.
• Models and champions digital citizenship and safety and adherence to copyright and fair use requirements.
• Teaches all members of the learning community to engage with and use information in a global society.
• Models and develops a commitment to respect equity, diversity, and inclusion in collection development and within the learning community.
• Supports learners as they make meaning for themselves to create new knowledge by collecting, organizing, and sharing resources of personal relevance.
• Adds to broader educational issues with other educators in the building, at the district level, and at the professional association level.
• Develops and supports the school's and the school library's mission, strategic plan, and policies.
• Manages the staff, budget, and the physical and virtual spaces of the school library.
• Evaluates, introduces, and models emerging technologies for the learning community, and uses technology tools to supplement school resources.
• Participates as an active leader of the local and global learning community, building relationships with organizations and stakeholders.