Elementary School Library Teacher; SY

Position: Elementary School Library Teacher (SY2026-2027)
Needham Public Schools is an inclusive, dynamic, and multicultural community seeking an energetic, skilled, and warm Library Teacher to join our team. To enhance our goals of supporting every child, Needham Public Schools seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

About Needham Public Schools (NPS): NPS has a deep commitment to the success of our diverse students and families and to the professional accomplishments of its educators. Needham devotes itself to cultural proficiency, equity, and community collaboration to fulfill the vision of the Portrait of a Needham Graduate. This METCO district comprises 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 nationally-ranked high school serving approximately 5,500 students.

NPS is committed to addressing equity in the district by focusing on improving academic performance for historically marginalized students and ensuring our schools are safe for every child and free of bias, bullying, and hurtful acts that demean and diminish. Read more about our equity work here.

Reports to:

Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation, K-12

School Librarian:

* Fosters a creative, flexible environment so that the school library is an essential part of the learning community

* Develops and maintains resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and instructional strategies and priorities of the school community

* Cooperates and networks with other libraries/agencies, within and outside of the District

* Establishes equity-centered, data-informed procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, resource sharing of resources in all formats

* Evaluates, promotes and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, specifically in the area of school library and research skills

* Promotes the ethical use of information: copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property

Teacher Responsibilities:

* Promotes a love of reading and lifelong learning

* Collaborates with classroom teachers as an instructional partner

* Collaborates to design, teach, and assess learning experiences that incorporate inquiry learning, information literacies in various formats, critical thinking and self-assessment

* Provides and plans professional development for teachers, as directed

* Promotes instructional technology to improve learning, and collaborates regularly with technology integration specialist

* Teaches students to build on prior knowledge to construct new knowledge

Leader:

* Partners in literacy initiatives alongside school-based instructional coaching teams and participates regularly in literacy based professional development to gain an understanding of literacy instructional strategies at the elementary level to support and lead staff

* Participates in school improvement activities; as directed

* Benchmarks the school library program to school, state, and national standards

* Advises the Director on purchasing, curation and district initiatives as needed

* Stays current in professional practices, educational research; maintains active professional memberships

* Collaborates regularly with district-wide school library team in support of district projects and initiatives

* Collects and analyzes data to improve instruction, demonstrates correlations between the school library program and student achievement, specifically literacy initiatives

* In collaboration with the Director, administers the school library budget to support program and district goals

* Participates in the recruiting, hiring, training and supervising of library staff and volunteers; contributes to the evaluation of support staff as needed

Reports to the Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation, K-12

Qualifications:

* Current Massachusetts DESE license for Elementary Library Teacher

* Classroom teaching experience strongly preferred

* Experience using instructional technology tools and resources strongly preferred

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary is based on education and experience per Unit A contract. Salary range for a Bachelor's $63,217-$101,212.

Selection Procedure:

All resumes will be screened and selected candidates will participate in a thorough interview…