Position Type:
Elementary K-6 School Teaching/LMS - Library Media Specialist
Date Posted:
4/15/2026
Location:
West Elementary
Date Available:
26/27 School Year
OZARK R-VI SCHOOLS
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: MEDIA SPECIALIST/INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COACH GRADES 5-8
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Baccalaureate Degree in Education
2. Missouri Teaching Certification
3. Library Media Specialist Certification
4. Credentials File
5. Regular Attendance
REPORTS TO: Principal
JOB GOAL: The Media Specialist will be an extension of the schools instructional and literacy program; promoting information literacy across the curriculum and providing media and technology services to meet student and faculty needs.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Provide users (students and/or staff) information literacy instruction, training to become self-reliant users of information resources and technology including ethical use, and reading guidance and motivation through literacy lessons
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Collaborate in the design and delivery of curricular instruction (information literacy skills)
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Access to resources which support classroom instruction
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Possess knowledge of the availability of appropriate library materials
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Understand the interlibrary loan system to access needed materials not in the building collection
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Provide assistance with location and access of sources and information within sources, including Internet
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Circulate library resources, through check in, check out, shelving, holds, etc.
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Develop and maintain the library program including: selecting, ordering, processing, cataloging, inventorying, weeding or removing, and repairing
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Maintain patron records including maintaining up-to-date patron database, notifying students and staff of overdue materials, collecting fees for damages and lost books
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Maintain professional resources for teachers and involving them in purchasing decisions
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Develop and administer a budget
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Assess and guide the development of the district library services program through completion of state report as well as observations of the teacher librarian
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Foster an atmosphere which encourages student and faculty usage
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Develop, administer, and manage programs and facilities for the use of information resources and technologies
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Promote the appropriate use of online resources
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Provide leadership in collaborative planning for school technology, resources, and needs
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Collaborate with classroom teachers in the preparation, presentation, and evaluation of units or assignments that utilize information technology resources
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Assist staff and students with strategies for intellectual access to information and ideas for learning (find, judge, and use information) they can use within and beyond school settings
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Provide information and instruction in areas of information literacy, the Research Cycle, Acceptable Use Policy, ethics, intellectual property and copyright, and use of instructional educational technologies
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Promote the integrated use of technology as a learning tool
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Be able to move around the media center and lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Basic annual contract plus 20 days; compensation as per adopted salary schedule
TYPE OF POSITION: Exempt
EVALUATION: Evaluated annually by Principal
APPROVED BY SCHOOL BOARD: February 21, 2019