JOB DESCRIPTION: LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST
SALARY SCHEDULE: CERTIFIED TEACHER SCHEDULE
DEPARTMENT: SECONDARY INSTRUCTION
FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT
SAFETY-SENSITIVE: YES
POSITION SUMMARY:
A school library media specialist, is the person in charge of maintaining library resources for a school. This includes both fiction and non-fiction books, as well as magazines, educational software, DVDs, and other related materials. Media specialists also advise users on what types of equipment to use depending on the lesson, presentation, or event, as well as how to use that equipment.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
- Master’s Degree
- Appropriate Oklahoma Teaching Certification
- A minimum of three (3) years of successful teaching preferred.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Operates and supervises the media center to which assigned.
- Evaluates, selects and requisitions new media center materials.
- Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials, and makes media center materials available to supplement the instructional program.
- Maintains a comprehensive and efficient automated system for cataloging all media center materials, and instructs teachers and students on use of the system.
- Presents and discusses materials with a class studying a particular topic, on the invitation of the teacher.
- Counsels with and gives reading guidance to students who have special reading problems or unusual intellectual interests.
- Arranges frequently-changing book-related displays and exhibits likely to interest the media center's patrons.
- Supervises media center aides in the performance of their duties.
- Weeds obsolete and worn materials from the collections.
- Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.
To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee’s eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee’s supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
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