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Applying for Position:
Librarian and Technology Integration Specialist

This opening calls for specific administration and teaching qualifications set by the school.

CalWest's client school in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area seeks a Librarian and Technology Integration Specialist starting August 2024.

Responsibilities:

  • Create a welcoming, safe, and supportive library environment reflecting and affirming the unique and diverse interests and experiences of all students, open during lunch recess daily
  • Implement a library schedule that includes library orientation, read-aloud, readers advisory, digital citizenship (Common Sense Media), and information literacy instruction, including effective and ethical use of print resources and online databases, website evaluation, and citation
  • Build and maintain a current collection of print and online resources, including picture books, early readers, graphic novels, fiction, nonfiction, and hi-lo titles, as well as eBook and research databases well-suited to the learning needs of an LD population
  • Manage library circulation; provide all cataloging and processing of new materials using Opals
  • Media Flex Library Management System; maintain library website, including library catalog and research databases
  • Teach quarterly elective classes for middle-school students
  • Collaborate with classroom teachers to support the creation and implementation of research projects
  • Identify and implement new trends in educational technology into work with faculty, staff, and students
  • Train and support faculty in the use of software and technology related to teaching and learning
  • Develop, coordinate, and/or teach workshops for instructional technology applications and assist faculty in group and 1-on-1 settings, as needed
  • Create and maintain reading lists and resource guides including summer reading
  • Plan annual book fair (October) and school author visits
  • Develop and manage a budget for the library including expected purchases and maintenance

Qualifications:

  • MLS/MLIS, or M.A. Ed, Teacher Librarian Services Credential
  • Experience with school/library management and student instruction
  • Deep knowledge and love of children’s and middle school “Teen” literature
  • Experience and comfort with integrating and teaching educational technology
  • Experience with children with Language-Based Learning Differences
  • Experience providing library services to the LD community
  • Experience with Apple iPad features and apps (1:1 iPad model), including Apple Teacher Certification
  • Knowledge of the Responsive Classroom model
  • Experience with Opals Media Flex Library System
  • Experience with Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Curriculum


CalWest and our partner schools are unable to respond to all applicants.

Candidates may be submitted to multiple positions during their time with CalWest. Also, candidates may not be chosen to move forward in the search they initially expressed interest in pursuing.

Our client schools make the final decisions.

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