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Library Media Specialist @ St. Francis School District
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Professionalism
Communications and Group Dynamics
Access
Collection Management and Use
Technology
Administration
Instructional Leadership

The ability to serve as a learning facilitator and a leader in the development of effective strategies for teaching and learning.
The candidate can:
Participate in the curriculum development process at the building level.
Collaboratively plan with other faculty to provide instructional activities, opportunities and resources that respond to students' learning styles.
Collaborate with teachers and instructional technology staff to assure that information and technology literacy is integrated into the curriculum.
Plan for development of students' reading, listening, viewing and critical thinking skills.
Plan for the development of students' information and technology skills.
Motivate and guide elementary and secondary students in appreciating literature.
Demonstrate knowledge of children's and young adult literature, including multi-cultural literature, as well as related media.
Collaborate with teachers and instructional technology staff to plan and design instruction and to identify and gather appropriate instructional resources.
Monitor, assess, and employ existing and emerging technologies for possible applications to the instructional program.
Articulate clearly the role of the library media program in the educational program.

The ability to develop, manage, and evaluate school library media programs to meet educational goals.
The candidate can:
Apply sound management principles to the administration of the library media program.
Interpret and implement state laws and regulations and school district policies and procedures for the management of an effective school library media program.
Develop short and long range plans for the school library media program with faculty, administrators, and other library media professionals.
Prepare, justify, and administer the school library media program budget based on instructional program needs and state regulations and policies and funding program requirements.
Participate in planning, arranging, and using school library media program facilities to support the instructional program.
Assign, instruct, and direct support staff, volunteers, and student assistants. Participate in the evaluation of support staff.
Assess the effectiveness of the library media program in meeting instructional objectives.

The ability to use technology effectively with students and faculty to facilitate teaching and learning.
The candidate can:
Select, apply, and use the appropriate software, hardware, and communications technologies to promote effective teaching and learning.
Produce media in graphic, multimedia and electronic formats in support of the library media and instructional programs.
Provide instruction to students and staff in the effective use and production of Technology and information resources in multiple formats, both local and remote.

The ability to build and maintain resource collections that include both internal and external access points to support the educational goals of the school and the personal, developmental and curricular needs of students and teachers.
The candidate can:
Develop, implement and revise collection management policies and procedures that reflect the school's philosophy, goals and objectives.
Identify and apply criteria appropriate for evaluating resources and accompanying technology in all formats and at all grade levels.
Use appropriate collection management principles and procedures for selection and evaluation of resources in collaboration with teachers.
Develop a partnership with faculty to ensure that the collection includes resources appropriate to learner characteristics such as abilities, interests, needs and learning styles.
Ensure that the evaluation and selection process provides curriculum-related resources that reflect the cultural diversity and pluralistic nature of American Society and support a variety of instructional strategies and learning styles.
Implement recognized standardized procedures for classifying, cataloging, and processing resources.
Maintain appropriate electronic systems for collection management and user access.