Summary
Description
Media Specialist (0.5 FTE)
District Media Specialist (0.50FTE)
Position Description
Rockford Area Schools is currently seeking a Media Specialist (0.50FTE) for the 2023-24 school year. The Media Specialist position will be based at Rockford High School and:
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Directs, organizes, and supervises the personnel and services essential to a library media program centered on students’ needs and the instructional goals of the schools.
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Develops and maintains a long-range plan for library media instruction and services and collaborates with classroom teachers to develop specific subject-area projects that integrate information literacy skills and technology literacy standards.
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Evaluates the collection of each library, and establishes a collection development plan and annual budget that will ensure that the collections support the schools’ curricula and encourage student recreational reading; the collection development plan will include selection and deselection, a challenged materials procedure, and an intellectual and academic freedoms statement.
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Develops and implements programs that encourage recreational reading.
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Acts as a consultant to teachers and staff on matters dealing with information and technology literacy and advises them on techniques and resources to enhance classroom instruction.
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Stays informed of emerging technologies and the potential impact on instruction and learning, providing systematic whole group, small group, and 1:1 instruction to teachers and staff on use.
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Encourages and stimulates the search for effective and innovative methods of instruction.
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Works closely with teachers and principals to plan for staff and curriculum development to meet specific building and district-wide goals/needs.
An appropriate license issued by the State of Minnesota is required.
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Contact Information
Paul Menard, Principal
Rockford High School
Rockford Area Schools
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