Librarian

Meeting Street; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Generous PTO

13 paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Job summary

Meeting Street is seeking a full-time Librarian to join our school library team in Rhode Island. The role focuses on teaching reading, research, and media literacy, while developing diverse instructional materials for students across grade levels.

Responsibilities include coordinating with others to provide access to resources, guiding students in ICT evaluation, and modelling digital literacies within a supportive classroom environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with valid school librarian/media certification from RIDE or the ability to obtain.
• Work environment and physical requirements consistent with those of a typical school environment.
• Ability to move about the classroom and building continuously throughout the workday.
• Utilize the computer (20%) of the time and other office equipment.

Responsibilities

• Teaches grade and age-appropriate reading, research and media skills in conjunction with students' voice and choice in learning.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials that consistently contain diverse content and genres throughout the academic year.
• Provides a variety of learning experiences so that students demonstrate skills and concepts learned through individual and group performance.
• Cooperates and networks with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school.
• Models' effective strategies for developing multiple literacies.
• Provides guidance in software and hardware evaluation.
• Understands copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property regulations, and assists others with their understanding and observance of the same.
• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day.
• Provides a nurturing, supportive, and positive classroom environment that encourages student responsibility, using positive motivation, clear classroom routines, challenging instructional strategies and effective classroom management techniques.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

School Librarian Certification (RIDE)

Job description

Description

Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children's lives? Look no further and join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Full-time Employees Receive

• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Meeting Street is currently looking for a Librarian for 40 hours per week.

Duties

• Teaches grade and age-appropriate reading, research and media skills in conjunction with students' voice and choice in learning
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials that consistently contain diverse content and genres throughout the academic year
• Provides a variety of learning experiences so that students demonstrate skills and concepts learned through individual and group performance.
• Cooperates and networks with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school.
• Models' effective strategies for developing multiple literacies.
• Provides guidance in software and hardware evaluation.
• Understands copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property regulations, and assists others with their understanding and observance of the same.
• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day
• Provides a nurturing, supportive, and positive classroom environment that encourages student responsibility, using positive motivation, clear classroom routines, challenging instructional strategies and effective classroom management techniques.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community's future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.

Learn more about us at https://www.meetingstreet.org

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with valid school librarian/media certification from RIDE or the ability to obtain
• Work environment and physical requirements consistent with those of a typical school environment
• Ability to move about the classroom and building continuously throughout the workday
• Utilize the computer (20%) of the time and other office equipment