Librarian Media Specialist

LIBRARIAN MEDIA SPECIALIST –  SCHOOL YEAR (Job Code 033, TS 380 – 190 Days) – Akron Public Schools

Location: Akron Public Schools

Salary: Starting Salary Range: $48,967.10 – State Teachers Retirement Position. Supplemental contract may be issued for two weeks of extended time. Collective Bargaining Unit: AEA

• Master's in Library Science, Instructional Technology, or a related field
• Ohio Media Specialist certification or teaching licensure
• Minimum of three (3) years of successful experience in teaching and/or library services with a strong focus on instructional collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to integrate digital tools and information literacy into curriculum
• Experience with various social, cultural, and economic student populations
• Experience in an urban setting
• Ability to communicate effectively with administrators, staff, parents, students, and community
• Willingness and ability to plan and develop new educational initiatives
• Commitment to use best practices and research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment

• Collaborate with students and members of the learning community to analyze learning and information needs, locate and use resources, and communicate information provided by those resources
• Maintain current research knowledge on teaching and learning and apply findings to various situations
• Instruct students to access, evaluate, and use information from multiple sources to learn, think, and create new knowledge
• Maintain a current collection that meets diverse needs, developed collaboratively and in consultation with school library resources
• Act as curricular leader and full participant on the instructional team
• Update personal skills and knowledge to work effectively with teachers, administrators, and staff
• Work with teachers, administrators, and staff to expand understanding of information issues and provide specific opportunities to develop literacy skills, including ICT use
• Identify links across student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes, and resources across print, non-print, and electronic media
• Lead the school community in developing policies, practices, and curricula guiding students to college and career readiness
• Commit to collaboration, designing authentic learning tasks and assessments, and integrating communication skills with subject matter and arts standards
• Provide leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats
• Promote awareness of information issues within collaborative relationships with teachers, administrators, students, and others
• Model for students and others strategies for locating, accessing, and evaluating information within and beyond the library media center
• Manage electronic resources, focusing on quality, ethical use, and constant improvement
• Collaborate to define library media program policies, guiding all related activities
• Advocate for the library media program, steering it creatively in the 21st century
• Manage staff, budgets, equipment, and facilities, planning, executing, and evaluating program quality daily
• Provide student leadership opportunities through literacy activities, integrating arts
• Communicate program goals, statistics, and programming to Media Services and building principal
• Report to and be supervised by the Building Principal

If you require any special services (e.g., interpreter, braille, large print, or wheelchair-accessible accommodations) covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, please call the Department of Human Resources at . If you use a TTY/TTD, please call the Ohio Relay Service at

Akron Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and transgender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry or genetic information (collectively, "Protected Classes").

For questions regarding position qualifications or application procedures, please contact Karen Stepic, Instructional Technology and Library Media Supervisor, at .