School Librarian

Mesquite ISD is seeking qualified candidates to apply for elementary librarian positions for the  school year. Candidates must have library certification or have passed the school librarian certification test to be interviewed. Mesquite is located on the east side of the DFW metroplex and serves about 38,000 students on 51 campuses. Each campus has a certified librarian who works to accomplish our mission to advance the ability to make informed decisions and think critically.

Librarians are supported by centralized budgets for print and digital resources, librarian specific professional learning throughout the year, and centralized acquisitions, cataloging and processing. We offer competitive salaries, dedicated book budgets, ongoing support, and a highly supportive school board and district administration.

If you are interested in working for a district with a School Board and district administration who are supportive of school libraries, apply here.

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Principal and Director of Library Services

To supervise and manage the school library facility, creating a teaching and learning culture centered on innovation, collaboration, exploration, deep thinking, and creativity. Provide resources, instruction, and experiences for all learners that support personalized learning, inquiry, critical thinking, and problem solving. Serve as teacher, instructional partner, and information specialist who embeds literacy, information and technology skills into the instructional program of the school.

• Master’s degree from accredited college or university
• Valid Texas teaching certificate
• Valid Texas librarian or learning resources specialist certificate

• Knowledge of current best practices in library and information science.
• Ability to instruct and engage students with a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, public relation, and interpersonal skills are required.

Previous successful teaching experience of at least two (2) years in the classroom.

• Serve on decision making teams in the school.
• Take an active role in school improvement efforts and initiatives.
• Ensure that library program goals are aligned with school and district improvement plans.
• Create an environment that is conducive to active and participatory learning, resources-based instruction, and collaboration with other teachers on campus.
• Create and maintain a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, and conducive to student learning.
• Participate in the curriculum development process to ensure that lessons include the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, etc.) necessary to develop critical thinkers and informed decision makers.
• Collaborate with teachers to design and teach engaging learning experiences and assessments that incorporate multiple literacies and foster critical thinking.
• Share information on district policies and best practices concerning such issues as selection of instructional materials, self-selected reading, reconsideration of materials, copyright, privacy, and acceptable use.
• Understand copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property, and assist others with their understanding and observance of the same.
• Encourage the use of instructional technology to engage students and to improve learning, providing 24/7 access to digital information sources for the entire learning community.
• Evaluate, promote, and use existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, connect the school with the global learning community, and communicate with students and teachers, and provide 24/7 access to library services.
• Evaluate the library program using district, state, and national program standards.
• Collect and analyze data to improve instruction and to demonstrate correlations between the library program and student achievement.
• Collect data that is used to inform continuous program improvement.
• Use a variety of evidence and…