Librarian (Temporary Assignment)

Position: Librarian (Temporary Assignment)

Beginning of Spring through the end of the 2025–2026 school year

Location: Mary Rowlandson School

Pay: In accordance with CBA scale

The Nashoba Regional School District inspires and challenges all learners to realize their unique potential and become active contributors to their community.

Nashoba’s core values remain constant, provide the foundation for our work, and influence how we conduct ourselves and engage with others. Our core values are academic achievement and personal growth; voice, choice and agency; lifelong learning; a safe, caring and inclusive community; collaborative partnerships; innovation; and a sense of belonging.

Librarians are employed without regard to age, physical, mental or psychiatric disability, genetics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status.

NRSD welcomes employees with diverse racial, cultural, religious, class, and/or gender background and experiences.

Organizational Scope:

Reporting directly to the Building Principal and Department Head where applicable with indirect report to the Superintendent as the appointing authority.

Position Responsibilities:

• Directs activities related to the Library and related activities at the Elementary Level as required by the DESE.
• Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
• Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of the students.
• Provides library services and resources that meet the needs of all students and staff and support the MA Curriculum Frameworks.
• Creates a Library environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Ensures access to print and electronic resources by maintaining an accurate and efficient circulation system.
• Sets and maintains standards of student behavior.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units and projects to communicate these objectives to students.
• Assists teacher in employing a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media.
• Implements by instruction and action the district’s philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
• Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.
• Prepares students to become effective users of ideas and information from a variety of resources within, and beyond school using technological tools.
• Promote love of reading and appreciation of literature.
• Selects, purchases, organizes and maintains the library materials and supplies.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Makes provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so.
• Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for teacher aide(s) and volunteer(s) and, cooperatively with department heads, contributes to the evaluation their job performance.
• Continues with personal professional development
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Must be highly qualified by DESE licensure standards.

Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well with students, staff, administration, parents and the community.

Must be able to assist in the protection of students and school property, and assist in fire and other emergencies or emergency drills as required by law and School Committee policy.

The ability to work onsite in district schools and buildings is an essential function of this job.

Physical Demands:

Physical demands vary in keeping with the assignment and age of the students, but the position generally requires the ability to walk and stand on tile flooring, to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds, and to bend and twist regularly at the waist, knees and neck.

Depending on assignment, much of the work is performed in a typical classroom environment requiring minimal to light physical effort. This may include everyday discomforts and distractions typical of a school setting, such as proximity to students and colleagues, temperature variations, frequent interruptions and moderate noise. This position may require the ability to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.

Terms of Employment, Evaluation of Performance, and Salary:

The Librarian is a Nashoba Regional School District Unit A position. Terms of employment, including evaluation and salary, are covered by the provisions of the Unit A collective bargaining agreement currently in effect.