• Job Description

  Req#: 609
  Position Type:
  Teacher/ Library/Media
  
  
  Date Posted:
  5/28/2025
  
  
  Location:
  '); ' District Wide
  
  
  2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR
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  Job Description:
  Title: LIBRARY/MEDIA SPECIALIST
  
  Reports to: Assigned administrator/supervisor
  
  Job Objective: Teaches and promotes the effective use of library/media resources.
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
  · Holds/maintains required Ohio Department of Education credentials.
  · Ability to develop and implement clear pathways to successfully achieve program objectives.
  · Acts according to the Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators.
  · Comprehensive knowledge of digital technologies and best practices in an academic environment.
  · Demonstrated leadership abilities and a willingness to take on challenging tasks.
  · Embraces high-performance standards (e.g., engagement, proficiency, resilience, etc.).
  · Maintains a record free of criminal violations that prohibit public school employment.
  Preferred Attributes: Active listening, creative problem solving, and good time management skills.
  
  Physical Demand Level1: Light strength (occasionally lifting/carrying 11 to 25 lbs.). Duties require communicating verbally, far/near visual acuity, fine/gross manipulation, reaching at or below shoulder height and overhead, standing/walking, stooping, and using a traditional keyboard.
  1 Abridged listing of U.S. Department of Labor physical demand characteristics.
  
  Note: Legally acceptable alternative qualifications, additional assignment-specific skills, and other physical demands deemed appropriate by the board may be delineated at the time of appointment.
  
  Essential Functions:
  1. Helps staff and students use information, media, and technology resources effectively.
  · Maintains an orderly circulation system. Catalogs acquisitions. Keeps books, periodicals, and reference materials properly shelved. Maintains the school’s electronic library media resources.
  · Supports the K-12 Library/Media Program through book selection/purchasing processes, program planning, training, and on-going guidance to educators and aides.
  · Processes loans/returns. Prepares overdue notices. Reserves teacher-requested materials.
  · Conducts orientation sessions. Helps students understand copyright and intellectual property laws.
  · Helps assess student readiness skills and access age/skill-appropriate learning experiences.
  · Uses a variety of strategies to introduce library/media resources and enhance students/staff skills (e.g., accessing stored work, E-learning resources, E-mails, peer communication/collaboration, tracking progress, websites, etc.). Helps stimulate student interest in life-long learning.
  · Manages technology lab reservations. Provides technology lab equipment training as needed.
  · Helps staff and students use program resources (e.g., computers, peripherals, videos, CD-ROMs, audiotapes, etc.). Guides students in the use of the Internet/Web-related technologies (e.g., digital tools, online catalogs, classroom blogs, compilation sites, WebQuests, etc.).
  · Responds to technical support requests. Assists students as needed to access stored work, e-learning resources, peer communication/collaboration, track progress, etc.
  · Guides students in the development of research skills. Provides programs that encourage reading.
  · Helps students develop educational goals that are attainable, measurable, relevant, and specific.
  · Participates in team meetings. Uses comprehensive assessments to obtain objective student data. Plans services relevant to needs. Supports student access to inclusive educational opportunities.
  · Helps students identify additional library/media and distance learning resources in the community.
  · Uses positive behavioral interventions and supports to maintain discipline. Helps students acquire appropriate functional skills (e.g., communication, self-regulation, socialization, etc.).
  · Updates the library/media collection in compliance with the district’s instructional materials and equipment selection policy. Prepares an end-of-year fixed asset inventory report.
  · Maintains effective document and records management systems. Prepares timely files. Monitors reporting deadlines. Complies with district records retention and disposal policies.
  
  2. Diligently attends to job details. Pursues quality results. Performs all aspects of the job.
  · Develops mutually respectful relationships with co-workers. Functions as part of a cohesive team.
  · Maintains a professional appearance. Wears work attire appropriate for the position.
  · Respects privacy. Ensures the veracity and security of confidential information.
  · Sustains an acceptable attendance record. Consistently complies with established work schedules.
  
  3. Maintains open/effective communications. Serves as a reliable information resource.
  · Fosters goodwill and encourages relationships that enhance public support for the district.
  · Refers administrative procedure and district policy questions to an appropriate administrator.
  · Supports equality, diversity, and inclusion. Uses tact and diplomacy to resolve differences fairly.
  
  4. Pursues opportunities to enhance job knowledge and skill proficiency.
  · Keeps current with standards and practices associated with work duties.
  · Updates personal skills as needed to use task-appropriate technology effectively.
  
  5. Keeps current with emergency preparedness and response procedures.
  · Complies with health and safety protocols to mitigate workplace risks.
  · Protects district property. Takes precautions to prevent the loss of equipment and supplies.
  · Takes action to address harassment or aggressive behavior. Complies with all legal statutes when dealing with discrimination, inappropriate behavior, or suspected child abuse/neglect.
  
  6. Performs other specific job-related duties as directed.
  · Helps implement district strategies to advance organizational goals.
  
  Performance Evaluation: Employee performance is evaluated according to applicable law, board policies, contractual
  agreements, and district administrative procedures.
  
  Working Conditions: The district offers equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, genetic
  information, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex (including gender identity, pregnancy, and sexual orientation), or any other legally protected category.
  
  The district maintains a drug and alcohol-free work environment to prevent the adverse impact of substance abuse on employee performance and, to protect the rights of co-workers and the public.
  
  Safety is essential to job performance. All employees are required to comply with workplace health/safety regulations and district policies when duties entail any of the following situations:
  
  Encounters with aggressive, angry, rude, or unpleasant individuals.
  Exposure to air-borne particulates, chemicals, combustible materials, electrical hazards, loud noises, moving mechanical parts, odors, slippery/uneven surfaces, etc.
  Exposure to blood-borne pathogens or contagious diseases.
  Exposure to severe weather conditions or temperature extremes.
  Movements that require balancing, bending, climbing, crouching, kneeling, or reaching.
  Operating or riding in a vehicle. Working in or near vehicular traffic.
  Performing tasks that require complex sequencing, dexterity, strength, stamina, etc.
  Traveling to meetings and work assignments.
  Working at heights, in confined spaces, or under diminished/variable lighting.
  
  This job description document does not establish a contract or alter board-authorized employment agreements. Employee benefits, classifications, contract durations, skill sets, wage rates, and work schedules may vary by assignment. This summary document describes typical job functions and does not represent an exhaustive list of all possible work responsibilities.
  
  Employee duties may change in response to collective bargaining agreements, funding variables, modified operating procedures, program/service adjustments, regulatory compliance, technological innovations, and unforeseen events.
  
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• About the company

  Chagrin Falls High School is a public high school located in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States, an eastern suburb in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area.

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