Librarian

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:

• Participating in the curriculum development process to ensure that the curricula include the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy) necessary to meet content standards and to develop lifelong learners


• Collaborating with teachers and students to design and teach engaging inquiry and learning experiences and assessments that incorporate multiple literacies and foster critical thinking


• Participating in the implementation of collaboratively planned learning experiences by providing group and individual instruction and evaluating activities


• Joining with teachers and others to plan and implement meaningful experiences that will promote a love of reading and lifelong learning


• Providing and planning professional development opportunities within the school for all staff
  
  As an Information Specialist
  As information specialist, the school librarian 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. The school librarian ensures equitable access
  and responsible use of information by:


• Ensuring that in accordance with School Policy, developing and maintaining a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles and instructional strategies used within the school community


• Cooperating and networking with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school


• Evaluating, promoting, and using existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, connect the school with the global learning community, communicate with students and teachers, and provide ‎24/‎7 access to library services


• Understanding copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property, and assisting users with their understanding and observance of the same


• Organizing the collection for maximum and effective use
  The school librarian empowers students to become critical thinkers,
  enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
  The school librarian supports students' success by guiding them in:
  ➔ Reading for understanding, for exposure to diversity of viewpoints and
  genres, and for pleasure
  ➔ Using information for defined and self-defined purposes
  ➔ Building on prior knowledge and constructing new knowledge
  ➔ Embracing the world of information and all its formats
  ➔ Working with peers in successful collaboration for learning
  ➔ Constructively assessing their own learning and the work of their peers
  ➔ Becoming their own best critics
  
  
  As a Program Administrator
  As program administrator, the school librarian works collaboratively with
  members of the learning community to define the policies of the school library
  program, and to guide and direct all activities related to it. The school
  librarian maximizes the efficiency and effectiveness of the school library
  program by:


• Using strategic planning for the continuous improvement of the program


• Ensuring that school library program goals and objectives are aligned with School Strategic Plans


• Using effective management principles, including the supervision of personnel, resources, and facilities, in developing and implementing program goals and objectives


• Using evidence of practice, particularly in terms of learning outcomes, to support program goals and planning


• Supervising staff, which may include educational assistants, computer education assistants, volunteers, and student assistants


• Submitting request for the library resources


• Establishing processes and procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, resource sharing, etc. that assure appropriate resources are available when needed


• Creating and maintaining in the school library a teaching and learning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, and conducive to student learning


• Selecting and using effective technological applications for management purposes


• Arranging for flexible scheduling of the school libraries to provide student accessibility to staff and resources at point of need


• Ensuring equitable physical access to school library facilities by providing barrier-free, universally designed environments
  
  Position Requirements:
  Education: Bachelor 's Degree in Librarianship
  Experience: Minimum ‎3 Years ' experience as a school librarian
  Competencies:


• Outstanding performance in counselling & wellbeing in a school setting


• Safeguarding and welfare of children


• Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, in spoken and written form


• A collaborative team-player with excellent interpersonal skills.


• Behavior management


• Ability to involve children to develop a reading habit


• Creative and energetic
  Attributes:


• Collaborative team player, empathetic listener


• Integrity and confidentiality


• Internationally minded


• Emotional intelligence


• Intercultural awareness, creative


• Flexible and a can-do attitude


• Willingness to undertake appropriate Professional Development

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

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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.

Human Resources Office

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