Librarian/Media Specialist

Accredited by NEASC

Faculty / Full-Time

Qualifications:

IB experience preferred

Advising:

○ This includes the start of the day: helping students to be organized for classes from a

○ Communicate with parents bi-weekly in the form of a parent contact (email or phone

Leader:

○ Raises awareness in the form of monthly book days or weeks that help students to

○ Demonstrates proficiency in communication that is high touch provides a supportive

○ Partners with the Assistant Head of School for Academics and dept heads to plan

● They anticipate future obstacles and continually evolve to meet challenges. The school

○ Maintaining a cooperative relationship with administration, staff, students, parents,

○ Sharing expertise at faculty meetings, as well as at external and

○ Creating an environment that is conducive to collaboration with teaching staff, active

○ Sharing with the school community and adhering to collaboratively developed and

○ Embracing the use of instructional technology to engage students and improve

○ Remaining current in professional practices and developments, information

○ Identifying and requesting to attend professional development activities intended to

Instructional Partner:

○ Leads professional development once per month for a total of five times per year on

○ Reports monthly circulation numbers to Assistant Head of School for Academics to

○ The continuous learning cycle of inquiry, action, and reflection; all learning activities

○ Reading for understanding, pleasure, and the exploration of diverse viewpoints and

○ Collaborating with peers to enhance learning through creating dynamic and effective

○ Using a variety of techniques and methodologies that are accessible to myriad

○ Incorporating best practices in differentiation and being able to demonstrate this on a

○ Incorporating the use of technology to make subject matter learning relevant and

○ Demonstrating knowledge of and ability to use research-based principles of effective

○ Providing instruction based on current information literacy curricula as designated by

Other:

● Participates in the residential life program, which includes weekend duties approximately five

If interested, please submit a cover letter and current resume by June 1st, 2023

Qualifications:

Masters’ degree in education preferred

Expertise in the following:

● Transliteracy

● Emerging technology tools

● Flipped Learning

● Academic integrity

IB experience preferred

Key Responsibilities:

This position reports to the Assistant Head of School for Academics. This is a 10-month position

(September through June 30th):

Advising:

● Advise students who need individualized support, particularly for executive functioning

○ This includes the start of the day: helping students to be organized for classes from a

materials management perspective and check out at the end of the day: supporting the

planner, prioritizing, and organizing what to bring home.

● Serve as an advocate and coach for each advisee

○ Communicate with parents bi-weekly in the form of a parent contact (email or phone

call) to keep parents informed about their child’s overall academic and

social/emotional progress.

Leader:

● As a leader, the school librarian creates an environment for students that nurtures the

continuous cycle of inquiry, action, and reflection, as well as encourages students to be

creative problem-solvers:

○ Raises awareness in the form of monthly book days or weeks that help students to

draw links between the real world, information literacy, and digital literacy

○ Coordinates extended essays in the DP program

● The school librarian is an exceptional communicator and an enthusiastic team member:

○ Demonstrates proficiency in communication that is high touch provides a supportive

disposition and adheres to a 24 hour turnaround time for email responses

○ Partners with the Assistant Head of School for Academics and dept heads to plan

professional weeks

○ Sits on committees as designated by the Assistant Head of School for Academics

○ Contributes weekly to the newsletter

● They anticipate future obstacles and continually evolve to meet challenges. The school

librarian demonstrates his or her role as a visible, active leader in the school/library

community by:

○ Maintaining a cooperative relationship with administration, staff, students, parents,

community, and where applicable, local public libraries

○ Participating in school improvement activities

○ Sharing expertise at faculty meetings, as well as at external and

nationally/internationally recognized conferences, on an annual basis

○ Creating an environment that is conducive to collaboration with teaching staff, active

and participatory learning, and resource/research-based instructional practices

○ Sharing with the school community and adhering to collaboratively developed and

up-to-date policies concerning issues such as materials selection, circulation,

reconsideration of materials, copyright, privacy, and acceptable use

○ Embracing the use of instructional technology to engage students and improve

learning while providing 24/7 access to digital information resources for the entire

learning community

○ Remaining current in professional practices and developments, information

technologies, and educational research as it pertains to IB programs

○ Identifying and requesting to attend professional development activities intended to

increase the school’s “librarian” instructional effectiveness

Instructional Partner:

● As an instructional partner, the school librarian works with teachers and other educators to

build and strengthen connections between student information and research needs, curricular

content, learning outcomes, and information resources:

○ Responsible for training teachers on the IB interface and google

○ Teaming with content teachers and meeting weekly for planning purposes

○ Co-teaches a course on academic writing for diploma students

○ Leads professional development once per month for a total of five times per year on

topics as determined by the Assistant Head of School for Academics

○ Reports monthly circulation numbers to Assistant Head of School for Academics to

help determine topics

● The school librarian supports students’ success by guiding them in:

○ The continuous learning cycle of inquiry, action, and reflection; all learning activities

are designed around this premise

○ Reading for understanding, pleasure, and the exploration of diverse viewpoints and

genres

○ Using information for defined and self-defined purposes

○ Accessing, evaluating, and communicating information regardless of the format

○ Building on prior knowledge and constructing new knowledge

○ Collaborating with peers to enhance learning through creating dynamic and effective

partnerships with teachers

○ Self-assessing work and the work of collaborative learning groups

The school librarian instructs students by:

○ Using a variety of techniques and methodologies that are accessible to myriad

learning profiles, while simultaneously promoting high levels of achievement

○ Incorporating best practices in differentiation and being able to demonstrate this on a

consistent basis

○ Incorporating the use of technology to make subject matter learning relevant and

enhance student learning outcomes

○ Demonstrating knowledge of and ability to use research-based principles of effective

instruction

○ Providing instruction based on current information literacy curricula as designated by

the IB

○ Engaging in diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of student learning

Other:

● Tracks how all time is spent in the aforementioned areas through the use of an activity log

● Leads two seasons of after school activities

● Participates in the residential life program, which includes weekend duties approximately five

times per year

If interested, please submit a cover letter and current resume by June 1st, 2023

Alexandra R. McMullen

Assistant Head of School for Academics

amcmullen@standrews-ri.org