Media Center Specialist SY

Starting Date: Aug 24, 2026

Malden Public Schools seeks a talented, energetic, and flexible educator to join Salemwood School as a Media Center Specialist. The educator will collaborate with all faculty and students, support the district Technology and Media departments, and empower students to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information.

• Participate in the development and delivery of a rigorous curriculum that will provide students with a rich understanding of educational standards including those of the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) and the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS).
• Collaborate with teachers to design and teach engaging learning experiences and assessments that incorporate the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy), foster critical thinking, and promote a love of reading and lifelong learning.
• Evaluate, promote and use existing and emerging instructional technology to improve learning outcomes.
• Manage Media Center circulation borrowing system for staff and students utilizing Follet Destiny Library Manager for book and digital collections and Destiny Resource Manager for student Chromebooks and other devices.
• Organize technology and media events for the library.
• Collaborate with departmental and district staff to develop and maintain a collection of print and digital resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the instructional strategies of the school community.
• Provide resources and programs that promote independent reading and writing in a variety of genres and reading levels.
• Work closely with District K-8 Librarian(s) to ensure the print collection is up to date, well and effectively organized and meets the needs and interests of the K-8 student body.
• Ensure that students and staff are effective and ethical users of ideas and information, including principles of copyright and fair use.
• Provide students and staff with flexible access to and assistance in using information and educational technology resources.
• Teach two classes a day integrating the Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) and American Association of School Librarians (AASL) curriculum standards with a daily preparatory period built into the incumbent's schedule.
• Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information.
• Teach research skills required to locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and use information from a variety of sources.
• Educate students and staff to be safe and responsible digital citizens and users of Malden Public Schools online resources and tools.

• MA DESE license in Digital Literacy/Computer Science, and/or Library all Levels.
• Preferred: A Masters of Library or Information Science or related degree.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

The Malden Public Schools is committed to cultivating an ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse and inclusive environment where different backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated. We believe the differences within our environment will positively impact student outcomes and benefit our employees and community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.

Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

• Van Huynh, Principal
• Salemwood School
• Email: vhuynh