Library Educational Support Personnel

Middleborough Public Schools John T. Nichols, Jr. Middle School - Middleborough, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Full-time

Instructional Support >
Paraprofessional / IA

Student Services >
Librarian/Media Specialist

• Responsible for the overall school library functions including maintaining the library catalog; processing, circulating, and shelving books and various learning materials; stamping, labeling, mending, and cleaning library books and other learning resources; and assisting with regular inventories.
• Assists with preparation of classroom materials and activities.
• Works individually or in small groups of students to reinforce material
• Aids individual children in need of special assistance.
• Provides guidance and assistance to students in the selection of books and in using other library resources.
• Adds library copies into a database utilizing the electronic library system.
• Assists with presenting educational information to students
• Aids students in accessing research materials to support units of study.
• Assists in the selection and ordering of library materials.
• Helps maintain an orderly and functional room environment conducive to learning.
• May assist in coordinating events such as book fairs and planning activities that encourages and motivates students to read.
• May read-aloud and provide book talks to groups of students
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Participates in professional development, when appropriate.
• Establishes good relationships with students, faculty and administration
• Ability to work with students one-to-one and in small groups to provide support, as needed
• Supports and promotes a positive school culture by providing a warm, inviting, and structured environment where students feel safe, welcome, and aware of the expectations.
• Perform circulation tasks such as charging, discharging, reserving, scheduling and delivering on library materials
• Accurately maintains media files and records
• Keeps the library collection orderly and inventories library materials
• Assists with displays and other projects, as applicable
• Assists with distributing overdue notices, letters to students, and lists of overdue books
• Assists with other tasks as requested and implements policies developed by administration

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Middleborough Public Schools is to prepare all students to excel in life.

STRUCTURE AND PHILOSOPHY“The overarching purpose of all schooling in our society is to help students become responsible citizens, lifelong learners, and healthy, caring, ethical, and intellectually reflective individuals. The skills, knowledge, and personal competence that students acquire in school should enable them to be successful now and in the future.” (Excerpted from This We Believe, National Middle School Association, Columbus, Ohio.)Nichols

Middle School offers an environment that fosters the growth of the individual student and eases the transition from the elementary classroom to the specialized subject program of the high school.

Our school is designed to meet the unique educational, personal, physical, social, and emotional needs of adolescents. In addition to developing interpersonal relationships and respect for the values of others, each student has the opportunity for maximum growth in knowledge, confidence, and self‑esteem.

We offer a varied program of studies including unified arts and extracurricular activities that foster a student’s curiosity and willingness to learn while developing and strengthening basic skills. We provide an environment that encourages student…