Provides leadership, professional development and teaching in support of all students. Focus is on instructional resources and services for implementation of a school library media program that serves as an integral part of a student-centered educational process and helps prepare students for a globally competitive world. Current annual starting salary is $53,737 per year for candidates with a master’s degree in library science.
Essential Duties:
- Aligns teaching with the NC Standard Course of Study and the NC Information and Technology Skills
- Models, coaches and collaborates with teachers on inquiry problem-based learning, digital citizenship, literacy, evaluation of resources and research process.
- Empowers students as reader/writers, creators and innovators in a welcoming, collaborative, and personalized learning environment.
- Builds instructional and community partnerships to enhance teaching and learning.
- Plans and facilitates personalized professional development in the areas of literacy, digital learning, personalized learning and resource access.
- Models data-driven decision making under the guidance of school leadership, continuously seeking opportunities to improve teaching and learning with technology and library media programs in the school.
- Works closely with school leadership and professional learning communities (PLCs) to encourage use of data-driven decision making in support of student achievement and growth.
- Works with school leadership to design and implement long range plans to ensure balance among teaching, literacy, digital learning, collaboration, print/digital collection development, and program management.
- Works with school leadership to develop a vision for implementation of the Digital Learning Plan and the NC Digital Learning competencies for the school.
- Organizes the media center and resources in a manner that supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and maximizes intellectual and physical access to resources
- Implements an ongoing collection development and evaluation process using data, in collaboration with the Media and Technology Advisory Committee, focusing on a variety of formats and resources to meet diverse learning needs.
- Advocates the principles of intellectual freedom, copyright and digital citizenship.
- Serves on the leadership team(s) such as School Leadership, Instructional Leadership Team and the Media and Technology Advisory Committee.
- Leads, with the principal, in the ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of the school’s digital learning media programs.
- Collaborates and/or takes the lead on additional projects as directed by the principal.
- Prepares and submits accurate reports for the NC Digital Learning Materials Inventory (NCDLMI) as directed.
- Performs related duties as assigned.