Media Coordinator @ Farmville Middle School

Job Description

Pitt County Schools

SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA COORDINATOR (076) JOB DESCRIPTION

Must hold a valid Professional Educator License as a Media Coordinator at the Master Level or be eligible for a provisional Media Coordinator License.

To be eligible for a provisional Media Coordinator license one of the following is required:

• Hold at a minimum a bachelor level teaching license
• Have a bachelor degree in media
• Complete 18 graduate semester hours applicable towards a school media coordinator program

A provisional license holder must affiliate with a college or university with an approved School Media Coordinator program at the Master level. In addition to courses, the State Board of Education requires the Praxis II test for Media Coordinator to be passed by the end of the coursework through ETS. All requirements for a provisional license must be completed within 5 years.

Certification information is located on the NC Department of Public Instruction's website: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Principal and District Level Supervisor

Coordinates and directs the activities of school library media support personnel such as library media assistants, technical assistants, student assistants, and/or volunteers

• Collaboratively creates, aligns and implements a program informed by state and national guidelines and research-based best practices
• Provides leadership in collaboratively planning, promoting, and sustaining the school library media program, services, and resources
• Establishes the library media center as both a physical and virtual shared space, open, equitable and accessible for knowledge construction, collaboration and inquiry-based learning
• Provides leadership in creating digital age learning environments
• Participates in and/or leads the development and implementation of the school improvement plan
• Participates in the recruitment hiring process and/or mentoring of school-based educators
• Works collaboratively with school personnel for strategic planning, to create professional learning communities, and to integrate information and instructional technology into all curricular areas
• Models and leads digital teaching and learning concepts and strategies
• Participates in and/or leads a Professional Learning Community and/or School Improvement Team
• Provides professional development on integrating information and instructional technology into all curricular areas
• Advocates for effective library media programs
• Provides leadership in communicating the impact of the library media program on twenty-first century content and skills
• Models high ethical standards and educates students, teachers, and other members of the school community to use best practices in copyright, ethical access and use of resources, intellectual property, and digital citizenship
• Partners with other libraries and community organizations to promote the use of best practices in copyright, ethical access and use of resources, intellectual property, and digital citizenship

• Creates a welcoming and accessible physical space that facilitates participatory learning, promotes collaboration, and accommodates flexible grouping to support multiple learning styles, personalized learning, and reading enjoyment
• Establishes a learning environment that facilitates access to resources and addresses the learning needs of all members of the school community
• Utilizes data to understand the diverse needs of the school community and to recommend to school and/or district administrators changes to education programs and policies
• Fosters global literacy, awareness and cultural understanding
• Collaborates with teachers to develop culturally relevant classroom instructional practices
• Leads professional development on resources and instructional strategies to meet the needs of a diverse population of students
• Uses technology, research-based, and innovative instructional strategies to deliver instruction, engage students, and cultivate and support students' reading interests
• Collaboratively designs differentiated instruction that assures the integration of content, pedagogy, and technology across the curriculum
• Guides students to utilize critical thinking and creativity in the creation of new content
• Facilitates the collaborative design of learning experiences that cultivate creativity
• Leads and promotes school wide literacy
• Leads professional development in the design of learning experiences that result in student-created content

• Makes their skills and expertise as well as the learning space and resources of the library media center flexibly available and easily accessible to all members of the school community
• Systematically collects and utilizes data to collaboratively develop and regularly update the collection development plan
• Ensures that the library collection is aligned with and supports the NC Standard Course of Study and provides for the recreational and…