Library/Media Aide

West Virginia K-12 Jobs; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

West Virginia Department of Education seeks a Library/Media Center Aide to catalogue and shelve books, type cards, and manage check-out/in. You will assist with AV equipment, create learning centers, and guide students in information retrieval.

Strong reading, writing, math, and behavioral management skills are required, along with knowledge of Dewey Decimal and library cataloguing. Training includes bus and special needs procedures as needed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable reading, writing, spelling, and math skills.
• Strong verbal and written expression; able to guide and supervise young learners.
• First aid knowledge and the ability to lift and assist students as needed.
• Familiarity with Dewey Decimal and library cataloguing processes.
• Proficiency with office software, typing, and basic AV equipment.

Responsibilities

• Catalogue and shelve books, type catalogue cards, and maintain records.
• Operate and service audio-visual machines and assist with learning centers.
• Assist pupils in locating information and provide resource materials.
• Provide small group reading instruction and support classroom instruction.
• Carry out duties assigned by the principal and support staff.

Skills

Reading proficiency

Writing skills

Spelling

Mathematics

Verbal communication

Written communication

Behavior management

First aid

Lifting ability

Tools

Dewey Decimal system

Card catalogue

Office software

Word processing

Audiovisual equipment

Job description

POSITION 27S37 TITLE: Library/Media Center Aide

Library/media center aide will be required to catalogue and shelve new and returned books, type cards for catalogue and books, file, charge books in or out, keep appropriate records, reproduce materials, dispense, operate, and service audio visual machines, develop learning centers, assist pupils in locating information, research and provide resource materials for staff members, teach media and Internet, and work with instructional technology throughout the school. Provide small group instruction based on the science of reading. Other duties are to be assigned by the principals as deemed necessary.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Aide employed for the purpose of working in the Library/Media Center may be required to ride the bus conveying such youngsters and to assist with their needs in boarding and disembarking from the bus as well as assisting the teacher with classroom instruction, possibly assisting children with toileting needs, and lifting physically handicapped children as needed. Various duties as assigned by the principal.

The applicant must be able to independently lift and toilet children 50 – 150 pounds and over.

The applicant will also demonstrate the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position as contained in the job description, with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The library/media center aide must provide demonstrable competencies in reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics. He/She will demonstrate verbal and written expression as well as the ability to appropriately manage young children through the use of certain behavioral management techniques. The aide will be required to demonstrate a working knowledge of first aid. The aide must be physically capable of lifting physically handicapped children in need of assistance.

Additional qualifications to be met by an aide employed to work in the library/media center will include a knowledge of the Dewey Decimal system and card catalogue, knowledge of an operational proficiency in working with office and audio-visual machines and other instructional technology, proficiency in typing/word processing, and the ability and temperament to work closely and effectively with children and staff members.

Initial/annual special needs bus training must be passed and renewed as a condition of employment.

EMPLOYMENT TERM:

Anticipated start date of January 4, 2027. (Normal contract: 200 days, eight hours per day.)

For more information, contact the principals of the schools.

DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED:

As required by Federal laws and regulations, the Marshall County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, disability or national origin in employment or in its educational programs and activities.

Inquiries may be referred to:

David Soltesz, Title IX Coordinator, Marshall County Board of Education, PO Box 578 , Moundsville, WV 26041, 304-843-4400; to Sheila Blackmore, Section 504 Coordinator, Marshall County Board of Education, PO Box 578, Moundsville, WV 26041, 304-843-4400; to the State Elimination of Sex Discrimination Project Coordinator, 304-558-7864, to the State Section 504 Coordinator, 304-558-2696, West Virginia Department of Education, Charleston, WV 25305; or to the U.S. Department of Education's Director of the Office for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481.

ADA / REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT:

Marshall County Schools provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the functions of the job, consistent with applicable law. Applicants or employees who believe they need an accommodation should contact their supervisor or the Personnel Department, or the Section 504 Coordinator, to initiate the interactive process.