Essential Duties
Planning and Preparation The Environment: Building the Learning Environment
Learning Space
Work with school leadership to ensure that library hours, space, and seating provides flexible and optimal access for all learners and allows for creativity and collaboration
Creates a welcoming and accessible library space for all staff, students, and families
Collection Selection, Development, and Information Access
Builds, maintains and organizes a comprehensive, current collection supporting different levels, languages, cultures for maximum use
Anticipates resource needs, both print and digital, through collaborative partnerships and regularly borrows, lends, and responds to requests from other libraries
Collaborates with teachers and administrators to select and evaluate appropriate materials, both digital tools and print resources that enhance teaching and learning
Resource Management: Budget, Policies, and Staffing
Spends Common School Fund allocation in accordance with state guidelines
Communicates policies and procedures to the school community (students, staff and families)
Instructs and directs support staff, volunteers, and student assistants
Curate, track, and monitor both digital and print resources via resource manager
Instruction and Assessment: Innovation Teaching for Learning
Collaborative Planning
Collaborates with teams of teachers to implement information literacy, research, and digital citizenship best practices while planning, teaching, reflecting and adjusting
Assists in developing collaborative projects and across the building
Information and Technology Skills Integration
Consults with teachers, staff, and school-based leadership and offers professional development to staff to integrate information and technology skills into all curricular areas
Models the use of online digital content and collaborative learning to support and extend student and staff learning opportunities anytime, anywhere
Models and facilitates safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies
Teaching and Learning
Supports reading and creates an environment where reading is valued for lifelong learning
Provides collaborative instruction that addresses multiple literacies such as written, audio, visual and digital
Leads and models the use of emerging resources that allow students and staff to interact with, curate and present information
Models and promotes diversity, cultural understanding, and global awareness
Support students and teachers in Gradual Release of Responsibility, moving students from dependent to independent learners
Professional Responsibilities and Growth: Empowering Learning Through Leadership
Staff Development
Collaborates with district and building leaders to conduct needs assessments, and to develop and implement technology-rich professional learning opportunities for staff members
Advocacy
Advocates for, promotes and reports about the role and services of the school library media program, and its impact on student achievement
Seeks administrative support to ensure that the library media program is a key component of student achievement
Communicate with students, staff, parents, and community and district partners to create awareness and promote the library and available resources
Serves on school-based decision-making teams
Advocates for equity and is passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstances, receives an excellent education
Professional Development
Seeks and participates in learning opportunities which support professional growth in areas aligned to SIP goals, and the Ignite Plan, and stays current on issues and trends in order to provide building level leadership and expertise
Remains current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and education research applicable to school library programs
Employees with disabilities must meet qualification standards that are job-related and consistent with business necessity and must be able to perform the “essential functions” of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Position Competencies
High Expectations For Every Student
Quality Instructional Practice
Cultural Competence
Data Proficiency
Team Collaboration
Student & Family Engagement
Resilience & Results Orientation
Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree. Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in one of the following areas:
Initial Instructional Library Media Specialist
Professional Library Media Specialist
Library Media Supervisor
Applications are considered on a rolling basis. MMSD will consider applicants who are fully licensed before considering applicants who are not yet licensed.
If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position. An application must be on file within 30 days of starting your employment with MMSD. Failure to do so will result in your contract being voided.
The district does not provide financial support for the continued education that is required to achieve the certification. The district does not select or endorse any particular certification program that leads to the required Wisconsin teaching license. An unlicensed candidate can be considered, but they must be hired by a school district in order to apply for a One-Year License with Stipulations with DPI.
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