SY Library Media Specialist

Position: SY 2026-27 Library Media Specialist
Position Type:
Media Specialist/Media Specialist

Date Posted:
5/7/2026

Location:
Hamden High School

Date Available:
08/24/2026

Closing Date:
08/15/2026
HAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HAMDEN, CT 06517

Job Title:
Library Media Specialist

Employee Qualifications:
1. Current Connecticut certification (062)
2. Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited university preferred
3. Demonstrated strength in library organization and professional practices
4. A thorough knowledge of best practices and standards, including the district's curricula, the Connecticut Information and Technology Framework and Grade Level Expectations, and the recommendations of state and
national library media organizations (CASL, CECA, ALA, AASL)
5. Demonstrated strength in interpersonal skills, time management, organizational abilities and communication skills
6. Such alternatives or additions to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed here are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reports to:
Director of Reading and language Arts in collaboration with the building principal

Job Goal:
The library media special must work as experts who ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats; by providing instruction to
foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas; and by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students. (Information Power:
Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1998), p.1).

Essential Performance Responsibilities:

As a Teacher:
1. Plan lessons and teach classes according to designated schedule.
2. Provide provisions for absences (e.g. contact substitute service and provide plans, reschedule classes).
3. Collaborate with students to analyze learning and information needs to locate and use resources that will meet those needs, and to understand and communicate the information the resources provide.
4. Increase knowledge about current research on teaching and learning.
5. Constantly update personal skills and knowledge in order to work effectively with teachers, administrators, and other staff to provide them with opportunities to develop skills in information literacy, including the
uses of information technology.
6. Assumes other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Language Arts or building or the building principal.

As instructional partner
1. Collaborate with teachers and others to identify common links across student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes, and a wide variety of print, non-print, and electronic information resources.
2. Take a leading role in developing policies, practices, and curricula that guide students to develop a full range of information and communication abilities.
3. Work closely with individual teachers in the critical areas of designing authentic learning tasks and assessments and integrating the information and communication abilities required to meet subject matter standards.

As information specialist:
1. Provide leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats.
2. Bring an awareness of information issues into collaborative relationships with teachers, administrators, students and others.
3. Model for students and others strategies for locating, accessing, and evaluating information within and beyond the library media center.
4. Master technology resources and maintain a constant focus on the nature, qualify, and ethical use of information available in these and in more traditional tools.

As program administrator:
1. Work collaboratively with members of the learning community to support the curriculum through collection development of print and non-print resources.
2. Advocate for the library media…