Lower & Middle School Librarian/Instructional Technologist

Goals of Position:

• Ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information
• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to design and implement units of instruction, and assess student learning

 Roles and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with classroom teachers as partners in instructional process, and design, teach, and assess learning experiences that incorporate inquiry, information literacies, and critical thinking
• Foster a creative, flexible environment within a professional, neat physical space that establishes the library as an essential part of the learning community
• Promote a love of reading and lifelong learning, as well as the ethical use of information
• Provide and plan for ongoing professional development for faculty in collaboration with division heads, director of teaching and learning, and head librarian
• Through implementation of a school-wide, scaffolded program, teach students to build on prior knowledge to construct new knowledge
• Evaluate, promote, and use existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning
• Stay current in professional practices, educational research and maintain professional memberships
• Develop and maintain resources appropriate to the curriculum, learners, and instructional strategies of the school community
• Manage library outreach efforts, including visiting authors, and partnerships with other libraries and agencies
• Manage parent volunteers in LS and Terry libraries
• Establish and implement procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and sharing of resources in all formats

Scheduled Duties:

• Teach weekly library classes for grades PK-3
• Collaborate with faculty in grades PK-5 to effectively integrate technology into curriculum, including co-teaching during IPC and other classroom periods as needed
• Present regularly at faculty meetings as part of ongoing professional development in technology and information sciences
• Complete arrival, dismissal, lunch and recess duties as assigned
• Write narrative comments for student progress reports
• Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

• Master’s degree in education, library science, or instructional technology
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven skills in collaboration and instructional leadership
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

For consideration, qualified and interested candidates should e-mail C.V. and cover letter to dobrien@derbyacademy.org. No phone calls or faxes, please.

 Derby Academy is committed to diversity in hiring and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability.