Media Specialist

School Library Media Coordinator (076)

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Library Science or related field
• Valid teaching license with K-12 School Library Media Coordinator certification
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the School Library Media Coordinator cover five distinct areas as outlined by North Carolina's standards and evaluation instrument for School Library Media Coordinators. These include:

Leadership

• Collaboratively creates, aligns, and implements a program informed by state and national guidelines and research-based best practices
• Provides leadership in planning, promoting, and sustaining the school library program, services, and resources
• Participates in the development and implementation of the school improvement plan
• Models and leads 21st-century teaching and learning concepts and strategies
• Provides professional development on integrating information and instructional technology into all curricular areas
• Models high ethical standards and educates students, teachers, and other members of the school community on the use of best practices in copyright, ethical access and use of resources, and digital citizenship
• Advocates for effective media programs

Learning Environment

• Creates a welcoming and accessible space that facilitates active, collaborative learning and flexibly accommodates multiple learning styles, 21st-century skills, and reading enjoyment
• Establishes a learning environment that facilitates access to resources and addresses the learning needs of all members of the school community
• Utilizes data to understand diverse needs of the school community and to make data-driven recommendations for continual program and school improvement
• Leads professional development on resources and instructional strategies to meet the needs of a diverse student population
• Fosters global literacy, awareness, and cultural understanding
• Facilitates the collaborative design of learning experiences that cultivate creativity and critical thinking

Program Administration

• Collects and utilizes data systematically to develop and regularly update a collection management plan
• Ensures the library collection is aligned with and supports the NC Standard Course of Study and provides for the recreational and informational needs of students
• Uses collection management plan data to administer the program budget and solicit external resources to support collection development
• Encourages teachers and students to apply an inquiry-based approach to learning
• Works to ensure library resources are flexibly available and easily accessible

Instruction

• Integrates 21st-century skills in instructional design, delivery, and assessment to meet curriculum objectives and produce positive learning outcomes for students
• Teaches students to use effective strategies for accessing, evaluating, and synthesizing information resources to support learning
• Collaborates with teachers to integrate effective strategies for accessing, evaluating, and synthesizing information resources to support teaching and learning
• Champions reading for information, pleasure, and lifelong learning
• Builds positive relationships with students to discover reading interests and assist in finding engaging and appropriate materials to encourage a love of reading
• Involves stakeholders in leisure reading activities

Reflection and Growth

• Collects and uses relevant data to improve professional practice, the library media program, and the overall school program
• Conducts action research to determine the impact of the school library media program on student learning and achievement
• Actively seeks ongoing professional development to improve professional practice and the effectiveness of the library media program
• Adapts professional practice based on research and student data to support school goals
• Shares the results of monitoring activities with stakeholders and uses the results to improve the school library media program