Position Type:
Elementary School Teaching
Date Posted:
5/3/2022
Location:
Orchard View Cardinal Elementary
District:
Orchard View Schools - website
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
Job Posting 22-23-3
LOCATION: Cardinal Elementary
POSITION: Librarian
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must possess a valid Michigan elementary teaching certificate K-8 and meet state requirements in the area of certification
- Must possess a valid Michigan Library Media (ND) K-8
- Must meet criteria for “highly qualified” status under No Child Left Behind Act
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establishes annual and long-range goals for the library media center.
Plans, administers, operates, supervises, and evaluates the media center, developing policies to ensure efficient operation and optimal service.
Prepares and administers the library budget, keeping records of all expenditures.
Maintains an efficient system of classifying, cataloging, and circulating all library materials; instructs teachers and students in the use of the library system.
Develops policies and coordinates procedures for challenged materials.
Establishes an environment that encourages learning and fosters use, encouraging appropriate conduct of students using the facility.
Supervises and trains paraprofessional, clerical, adult and student volunteers.
Participates in curriculum development and implementation by means of service on building and district committees.
Develops cooperative relationships with local public and academic libraries and other community organizations.
Prepares schedules, with input from teachers and building administrators, for integrated information skills instruction.
Keeps records of student use, circulation, purchases, and losses; provides regular reports on the library as required by the administration and as needed for planning purposes.
Supervises the regular inventory of library materials, evaluates the collection, weeds obsolete and worn materials, and updates inventory records and the catalog.
Promotes use of library media center materials through displays and published communications.
Works collaboratively with many groups within the school culture: parents, teachers, students, administrators, and community members.
Instructions (Teaching and Learning):
Assists teachers in identifying and accessing materials to support content-area instruction as well as professional growth.
Consults with teachers about students’ instructional needs and learning differences.
Develops a broad view of the entire school curriculum.
Collaborates with classroom teachers to design, implement, and evaluate instruction that ensures integration of literature and information literacy skills into student learning.
Helps students develop attitudes and skills leading to lifelong learning and library use.
Provides group and individual instruction in information skills, research strategies, and use of resources and equipment.
Promotes literacy, reading, and library use through such activities as book talks, displays, publications, and special events.
Provides reference and readers’ advisory services to the general student population, including students who have special learning needs or specialized intellectual interests.
Provides professional development for the faculty in such areas as new information technologies and information literacy.
Supports the continuing educational research of faculty and administrators.
Information Access and Delivery:
Functions as the informational technology leader within the school.
Develops policies, procedures, and criteria for selecting a balanced collection to support the curriculum, representative of diverse points of view of a pluralistic society.
Encourages faculty and student input concerning recommendations for purchase.
Develops and maintains information networks and services; organizes, retrieves, and disseminates resources to support learners’ needs.
Provides training to students and faculty in effective use of information systems.
Interprets and applies information technologies in curricular context.
Assumes a leadership role in fostering the principles of intellectual freedom; creates an environment to promote free inquiry and to exposes students to a broad range of ideas.
Ensures intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats for all learners.
Promotes awareness of information resources beyond the school facility.
Serves as a district/school resource for issues regarding ethical use of information including issues of copyright and intellectual freedom.
Prepares lists of topical and new materials to support class assignments and to promote interest in reading.
Provides orientation for new students and faculty.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Until filled
INTERNAL CANDIDATES MAY
SEND LETTER OF INTEREST TO: katherine.miller@orchardview.org
ALL OTHERS MAY APPLY AT: www.orchardview.org/employment
It is the policy of Orchard View Schools that no person shall on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, creed or ancestry, age, disability, height, weight, or marital status be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination, in employment or any of its programs or activities.