Description
Job Description* Librarian*
Department : Non-Academic Administration
Line Manager : Principal and Phase Leaders
Key Relationships:** Head of Departments and Teachers all across the phases
Job Purpose :
For all staff in school we share a responsibility to ensure that children are
always safe and properly supervised. Our school is committed to 'amazing
learning'- providing enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences so that
every pupil makes as much progress as possible. All staff are expected to
adhere to NIS policies and code of conduct and commit to promoting our vision
- 'A happy community school with amazing learning at its heart where pupils
are empowered to make choices, engage in meaningful learning experiences and
make exceptional progress'
We are looking for a professional school librarian:
*
To ensure that, all students and staff members are effective users of ideas
and information
* Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researcher and ethical users of information
* To instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information
* To collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists as necessary
* To provide the leadership and expertise necessary to ensure that the school library program (SLP) is aligned with the mission, goals, and objectives of the school as per NEASC and KHDA standards
Key qualities and skills:
* Proven working experience in school library
* Integrity and professionalism
* Kind, considerate and welcoming
* Ability to respond effectively to the needs of a diverse community
* Working knowledge of library systems
* Engaging interpersonal skills and excellent communication skills
* Ability to work and support students and staff
Key duties include:
As a Leader
As a leader the school librarian creates an environment where collaboration
and creative problem solving thrive. The school librarian is an excellent
communicator who instills enthusiasm in others by making them feel that they
are important members of a team. Strong leaders foster an environment of
creativity, innovation, and openness to new ideas, welcoming and encouraging
input from others to create consensus. They anticipate future obstacles and
continually retool to meet challenges. The school librarian demonstrates his
or her role as a visible and active leader within the school community, an
advocate for the SLP, and a professional member of the school library
community by:
* Taking an active role in school improvement and accreditation activities
* Benchmarking the SLP to School Standards
* Creating an environment that is conducive to active and participatory learning, resource-based instructional practices, and collaboration with teaching staff
* Sharing with the learning community collaboratively developed and up-to-date policies concerning such issues as materials selection, circulation, reconsideration of materials, copyright, privacy, and acceptable use
* Encouraging the use of instructional technology to engage students and to improve learning, providing 24/7 access to digital information resources for the entire learning community
* Maintaining active memberships in professional associations
* Remaining current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to school library programs
* Advocating for school library programs and the guiding principles of the school library profession; the school librarian is an active, accessible, and informed proponent of the school library profession by:
* Advocating, communicating, and promoting opportunities to improve the profession
* Maintaining frequent and timely communication to stakeholders through the school and library website, parent newsletter, e-mail, and other formats.
* Using local and international school library data and research to engage support
* Writing articles and submitting regular reports providing evidence of what the library and school librarian do to prepare learners to be successful in the twenty-first century
* Maintaining an effective public relations program
* Demonstrating a commitment to maintaining intellectual freedom
* Promoting the ethical use of information
As an Instructional Partner
As an instructional partner the school librarian works with teachers to build
and strengthen connections between student information and research needs,
curricular content, learning outcomes, and information resources. The school
librarian demonstrates his or her role as an essential and equal partner in
the instructional process by:
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and
responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be
identified.
Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a
manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job
description
Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming
environment to visitors and telephone callers.
Approvals
Line Manager:
Principal:
Employee:
HR:
T he International Schools Partnership
Nibras International School is part of The International Schools Partnership
(ISP).
The International Schools Partnership (ISP) is a growing group of committed
colleagues in financially responsible schools around the world, all of which
aim to be the school of choice in their local area. Learning is at the heart
of everything we do for our pupils, colleagues and parents. We are committed
to getting better, all the time.
ISP was founded by an experienced team of committed educationalists and
commercial operators who have worked together over many years. Our growing
group of private schools located in the UK, the USA, Europe, Costa Rica,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Mexico
and Peru educate children and pupils from 2-18 years of age. We have now
expanded to 45 schools delivering multiple curricula and building on local
brands and reputations with around 45,000 pupils and 7,000 staff located
across the globe.
We believe that successful schools are the ones that put learning at the heart
of everything they do, always aiming to create rounded individuals that are
able to forge successful careers and lives in a rapidly changing world. Our
goal is to enable our schools as the leading school of choice in their local
area. We are a truly international group working in different cultures and
speaking different languages. We work across countries and cultures, too, by
working with each other and with other schools and communities. At ISP we
continue to engage with schools around the world who are interested in
becoming part of our global group of schools and look forward to welcoming
more pupils and staff to the group.
All our schools:
* Help children and pupils learn to levels that amaze them.
* Inspire children and pupils to be successful now and equip them to be successful later.
* Are truly international, working in partnerships within and across regions, cultures and languages.
* Aim to be the schools of choice for children, pupils and their families, wherever we are.
ISP and Nibras International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting
the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers
to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting
procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering
the previous 10 years' employment history.
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