Temporary Full Time Media Specialist (.5 Willagillespie/.5 Awbrey Park)

Eugene School District 4J•Eugene, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary full-time (1.0 FTE) position, at 2 different locations, for the 2026/27 school year. Anticipated daily schedule: 8 am - 4 pm. The above salary references a 1.0 FTE salary. The library media specialist/teacher-librarian is a school leader who collaborates with administration and building staff to support library, school, and district initiatives. The library media specialist/teacher-librarian integrates information and emerging technologies to shape learning and instruction. The library media specialist/teacher-librarian leads the school community in becoming critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information through the development and administration of a strong school library program. The library media specialist also supports staff with curriculum development through the use of library and on-line resources.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Knowledge of instruction and assessment, including the ability to analyze and compare digital solutions from a variety of vendors.
Knowledge of CCCS, AASL, and ISTE standards.
Instructional technology skills, including experience using hardware necessary for the job.
Ability to collaborate and work effectively with other educators.
Strong organizational skills.
Knowledge of literature across the targeted grade levels, genres, and content areas.
Knowledge of culturally responsive teaching practices and culturally relevant materials selection.
Skill in using tact, discretion, initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines.
Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting critical deadlines, and following up on assignments with a minimum of direction.
Ability to work collaboratively with a broad and diverse population of students, families, peers and colleagues.
Valid Oregon teacher's license with Library Media Endorsement

Responsibilities

Designs and executes a comprehensive school library program that is aligned with the school and district strategic plans as well as state and national school library and technology standards.
Works collaboratively with members of the learning community to define the policies and best practices of the school library program, and to guide and direct all activities related to it.
Uses effective management principles, including the supervision of personnel, resources, and facilities, in developing and implementing program goals and objectives.
Creates and maintains the school library as a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, accessible, and conducive to student learning.
Establishes policies and procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, resource sharing, and weeding of the materials collection (both print and digital) to ensure that it is culturally relevant, up-to-date, in excellent condition, and accessible to the school community.
Plans and manages programming and events to support the library, school and district goals such as school-wide events, book fairs, clubs, Oregon Battle of the Books, etc.
Develops and administers a library budget aligned to library, school, and district goals and objectives.
Conducts action research that involves assessment and evaluation to inform library program decisions.
Ensures equitable physical access to school library facilities by providing barrier-free, universally designed environments.
Maintains a system of asset management, which includes frequent communication to students and parents regarding late books, lost books and fines.
Provides leadership and expertise in the selection, acquisition, evaluation, and organization of information resources and technologies in all formats, as well as expertise in the ethical use of information.
Ensures equitable access and responsible use of information.
Develops and maintains a collection of culturally relevant and up-to-date resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the instructional strategies used within the school community.
Supports effective implementation of instructional technology to foster high quality, student-centered, and culturally responsive instruction by researching and evaluating new digital resources, online subscriptions and software tools.
Manages digital subscriptions and resources that align with curriculum and learning targets across the content areas.
Provides teachers and students with training in educational technology tools and applications such as citation software.
Provides adaptive tools and content for students with special needs and English language development students and collaborates with district support personnel when necessary.
Maintains the OPAC (online public access catalog) and the online library web pages to provide access to the school and school district resources.
Provides guidance in the understanding and practices around copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property.
Networks with other libraries, librarians and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school.
Informs teachers, students, parents and administrators about new materials, equipment, and services that meet information and access needs through frequent communications such as emails, newsletter items, web pages and announcements.
Is a teacher and instructional partner working with educators to create connections between students' information needs and the library's information resources.
Empowers students to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
Participates in the curriculum development process at both the building and district level to ensure that the curricula include the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy) necessary to meet content standards (CCCS, AASL, ISTE) and to develop lifelong learners.
Collaborates with teachers to design and teach engaging learning experiences and assessments that incorporate multiple literacies, including educational technology.
Conducts professional development opportunities within the school and district.
Offers assistance to teachers in the selection and purchase of instructional materials, and in the use of information resources such as online subscriptions, databases and software.
Engages the school community (students, teachers, parents) in issues around safe, ethical and responsible digital citizenship.
Provides examples and assistance in documentation of student learning, assessment technology tools, rubrics, etc. as well as models for differentiation and scaffolding.
Promotes a philosophy of independent learning by which students develop their own interests and engage in their own intellectual pursuits along with their formal programs of study.
Promotes and maintains a school-wide culture of reading and literature appreciation and lifelong learning, consulting with students, parents and school personnel to provide high interest and culturally relevant reading materials.
Collaborates with teachers and administrators on school and district literacy goals and plans.
Manages reading programs such as Oregon Battle of the Books, ORCA, author visits, book fairs, book clubs etc.
Reinforces literacy instruction with resources in a variety of formats and genres including informational texts.
Guides teachers and students in choosing appropriate reading materials to meet the needs, interests and skill levels of individuals by using lexiles, genres, word counts etc. to determine the right fit for individual readers and for classroom instruction.
Creates reading lists, delivers book talks and creates other promotional opportunities to highlight library resources.
Supports students and reading support specialists with readers advisory and materials consultation.
Is an active leader within the school community, an advocate for the school library, and a professional member of the wider library community.
Fosters an environment where collaboration and creative problem solving thrive.
Models innovation and openness to new ideas while welcoming and encouraging input from others.
Anticipates future developments and is an early adopter and promoter of emerging technologies.
Serves on decision-making teams in the school and takes an active role in school improvement and accreditation activities.
Shares expertise by presenting at faculty meetings, parent meetings, and school board meetings.
Collects and analyzes data to improve instruction and to demonstrate correlations between the school library program and student achievement.
Advocates for the school library program maintaining frequent and timely communication to stakeholders through the school and library website, parent newsletter, e-mail, and other formats.
Demonstrates an ongoing commitment to maintaining intellectual freedom and promotes the ethical use of information.