School Librarian

Job Summary:  

The mission of the Springfield School District Library Media Program is to ensure that students and staff are effective lifelong users of ideas and information through access to carefully selected and organized collections of diverse resources and participation in integrated learning opportunities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties may be assigned.

• To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and
• To empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of
• To instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to
• To collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists to design and implement lessons and units of instruction and assess student learning and instructional
• To provide the leadership and expertise necessary to ensure that the school library program is aligned with the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and the school district, and is an integral component of the learning/instructional

Administration of the Library

• Developing and maintaining rich and diverse library collections, in accordance with Springfield School District's library policy on materials
• Organizing the collection for maximum and effective
• Modeling effective strategies for developing multiple
• Providing 24/7 access to digital information resources for the entire  learning community.
• Cooperating and networking with other libraries and librarians to provide access to resources outside the
• Collecting and analyzing data to improve practices and demonstrate correlations between the school library program and student
• Providing sufficient flexible scheduling to balance skills instruction with open access to resources at point of
• Preparing, justifying, and administering the school library budget to support specific program goals.

  Library Management

• Creating and maintaining a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, and conducive to student
• Ensuring equitable physical access to facilities and services by providing a barrier-free environment.
• Directing and supervising the work of library clerks and
• Monitoring the conduct of library users to ensure a productive
• Establishing and maintaining a public relations program for the school and surrounding community to foster awareness of and commitment to library services and

Educational Duties

• Instructing students and staff in the availability and use of library resources.
• Training students and faculty in using research databases, locating library materials with online library catalog, and strategizing for optimal searching on the
• Collaborating with teachers to integrate information literacy skills across the
• Gathering and assembling materials for use by teachers and
• Using familiarity with differentiated instruction and learning styles to provide effective readers' advisory
• Researching and providing access to age-appropriate web resources for students and
• Motivating students and teachers to use materials through displays, book talks, and
• Understanding copyright, fair use and licensing of intellectual property, and assisting users with their understanding and observance of the same.

Professional Development

• Maintaining active memberships in professional
  • Remaining current in professional practices and
  • Attending library meetings and conferences at the regional, state, or national

Supervision Received: Reports to, receives daily work assignments from, and is evaluated by the Principal.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None