Lower School Media Specialist

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Job Title: Lower School Media Specialist

Classification: Exempt

Reports To: Lower School Principal

This full-time, ten (10) month position. The Lower School Media Specialist is responsible for serving as the primary steward of the library collection, fostering literacy, collaborating with faculty to support the K4-5th grade curriculum, and managing the full scope of library operations. A commitment to excellence and unparalleled customer service is expected of all Hebron employees.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

• Bachelor’s Degree in subject area or related field
• LMS or SLMS is preferred from an accredited institution

• Acknowledges Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
• Commits to faithful active service in a local Christian church and personal prayer and Bible study.
• Commits to model spiritual, academic, physical, and social growth personally and professionally.
• Maintains a Christian lifestyle that reflects the biblical perspective of integrity and appropriate personal and family relationships, personal conduct, and moral behavior.
• Displays a love for students and education.
• Commits to our foundational statements and governing principles.
• Commits to our employee code of conduct.

• Ability to work collegially and collaboratively while maintaining confidentiality.
• Strong customer service orientation demonstrating excellence in providing and modeling quality customer service.
• The ability to work as part of a team.
• High level of energy and a good sense of humor with the capacity for extraordinary time and effort demands.
• Displays a love for students and education.
• Proficient in Google or related software.

• Responsible for vetting library materials and curating a collection that reflects the core values of Hebron Christian Academy.
• Responsible for processing new books into the current collection: apply our HCA specific genre spine labels/making a matching marc record in our software sys.
• Maintains a clean and neat environment that is organized and user friendly.
• Operates circulation software (Mackin Vision) to check in/out or renew books.
• Weeds/deletes damaged/out-of-date materials that do not meet our criteria.
• Repairs/salvages current book bindings using the cover-one machine for books.
• Advises LS Principal on library needs and keeps her informed.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers to pull books supporting curriculum needs.
• Teaches library skills classes: book care, book genres, book location, etc.
• Manages library accounts and stays on top of students with lost/late books. Submits charges to the business office at the EOY for unreturned items.
• Performs an inventory assessment 1-2 times per school year.
• Organizes volunteers to assist with circulation desk management and shelving.
• Coordinates an annual book fair that excites readers and raises additional funds.
• Launches monthly choice boards for school wide digital reading opportunities.
• Promotes a love of literacy by curating a relevant collection, reading inspiring books that teach or entertain, and using creative lessons to motivate readers. Ex:
  Library VIP, Guess Who is Reading?, You’ve Been Book’d, book clubs, etc.
• Responsible for a summer reading plan/reward system to keep our readers engaged over the summer.
• Teaches weekly literacy lessons to K4-5th grade students.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of skills, duties, and responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.

Employment at Hebron Christian Academy is open to qualified individuals who are Christians of good character, without regard or reference to race, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, age, or disability. Hebron Christian Academy is a religious educational ministry, permitted to discriminate based on religion. All prospective and current employees must agree with Hebron Christian Academy's mission statement, and they must be willing to conduct their lives in conformity with the school's statement of faith and the school's declaration and agreement to ethical and moral integrity.

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