Company Info

Zion ESD6
2800 29th Street
Zion, IL, United States
Phone: 8476518352
Web Site: https://www.zion6.org/employment

Library Media Specialist

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Job ID:

20689

Location:

Zion, IL, United States 

Category:

Education

Salary:

40,000+
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Job Views:

2291

Zip Code:

60099

Employment Type:

Full time

Posted:

05.04.2023
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Occupations:

Education: Classroom Teaching level3

Job Description:

Job Title: Library Media Specialist/Technology Teacher

Location:  Building Based

Reports To:  Building Principal 

Job Description:
The Library Media Specialist in Zion ESD 6 works as teachers, instructional leaders, instructional partners, and program coordinators who manage the daily functions of the Library Media Center (“learning commons” or “learning workshop”). They work with stakeholders to accomplish goals that include: 1) ensuring that all students and staff have opportunities to become effective creators, users, and curators of ideas and information  2) collaborating to design and implement information literacy and digital literacy instruction  3) working as part of the library team to develop a creative vision for the learning commons whose goals integrate with the school and district goals and 4) establish the learning commons as a central space for learning, making, critical thinking and collaboration.
 
Qualifications
  • Professional Educator License with Library Information Specialist endorsement(s) and/or Media endorsement

Job Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities:
The criterion indicated below are on the ISTE standards and are intended to describe various types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them from being required if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.
 
Facilitator
  • Implements and reflects on processes that support continuous improvement and a rich learning environment that prepares our students for the evolving world.
  • Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and discerning, technologically literate, ethical users of information.
  • Ability to facilitate learning about digital literacy with the goal of creating a culture of digital citizens.
  • Supports all stakeholders with the use of instructional technology and information resources.
 Designer
  • Skilled in differentiating instruction to meet the learning needs of all students and foster critical thinking.
  • Vision to design flexible spaces conducive to learning and creation.
  • Knowledge of, or desire to learn about and implement Makerspaces
  • Continually contribute to curriculum design, implementation, and reflection.
  • Analyst
  • Collect and analyze data to periodically evaluate the school library media program for continuous improvement against measurable goals and communicate program results with administrators, staff, and the community.
  • Experience in evaluating and selecting print and digital resources.