Media Coordinator Job Description (html) (.doc)
Media Coordinator Performance Appraisal Instrument (.doc)
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTION
CERTIFICATION: Approved program requirements that must be met to qualify for K-12 School Library Media Coordinator certification are at the master's degree level and were adopted by the State Board of Education in 1987.
REPORTS TO: Principal and Media Supervisor
SUPERVISES: Coordinates and directs the activities of school library media support personnel including library media assistants, technical assistants, student assistants, and/or volunteers.
PURPOSE: To provide the leadership and instructional resources and services for implementation of a school library media program that serves as an integral part of a student-centered educational process
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. MAJOR FUNCTION: Planning and Implementing for Teaching and Learning
- Assesses learning and information needs of students and staff
- Plans and works collaboratively with teachers to use appropriate resources that address curricular needs and learning goals
- Works with the principal and school leadership team to provide flexible access to the instructional services of the school library media coordinator
- Instructs students and staff in the effective use of the media center and its resources
- Incorporates information literacy into day-to-day instruction
- Advocates and promotes reading and life-long learning through motivational activities
- Collaborates with the Instructional Technology Facilitator to provide leadership in the school's use of instructional technology resources to enhance learning
- Follows a plan for personal professional development and actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally
2. MAJOR FUNCTION: Planning and Implementing for Information Access, Evaluation, and Use
- Creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning
- Works with the principal and school leadership team to provide flexible access to school library media center resources to accommodate individuals and groups simultaneously
- Organizes school library media facilities and resources in a manner that supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and maximizes intellectual and physical access to resources
- Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services--within the school library media center, throughout the school, and through remote access
- Works cooperatively with other libraries and agencies to share resources that enhance teaching and learning
- Adheres to and communicates copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and ethical use of all resources
- Advocates the principles of intellectual freedom
3. MAJOR FUNCTION: Planning and Implementing for Program Administration
- Works with school staff to design and implement short- and long-range plans that ensure balance among all aspects of the school library media coordinator's role and responsibilities
- Develops and implements an ongoing collection development and evaluation planning process, in collaboration with the Media and Technology Advisory Committee, that focuses on a variety of formats and resources to meet diverse learning needs
- Evaluates and selects resources that build a collection addressing curricular needs and learning goals in collaboration with teachers, technology staff, and students
- Maintains a collection addressing curricular needs and learning goals
- Evaluates the school library media program on a continual basis according to accepted standards of quality
- Plays a leading role in the school's budgetary process to ensure funding for the school library media program to support school-wide goals
- Leads, in partnership with the Instructional Technology Facilitator, the Media and Technology Advisory Committee in effective decision making to promote the media and technology program
- Interacts effectively with students, staff, administration, parents, and the community to promote and expand the school library media program
- Prepares and submits accurate reports as required
- Adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations
- Carries out non-instructional duties as assigned and/or as need is perceived
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