Job/Position Title:  Librarian

Office/Campus:  Faculty/Bento Elementary                             

Reports to:  Principal                     

Status:  10 Months, Full-time, Exempt

Primary Purpose:  Provide a resource center of instructional materials for students and teachers.  Be a literacy resource for students, faculty and administration.

Essential Duties/Functions:

• Create an atmosphere that engages and promotes the love of literature
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of children’s literature
• Plan and teach developmentally appropriate library classes
• Collaborate with teachers to identify, develop, and pilot literature-integrated projects that broaden and enhance students’ learning experiences and enrich their understanding
• Consult with the HBA Elementary Curriculum Coordinator to insure that initiatives and units are aligned to current curricular goals
• Support and provide training to faculty for integration of literature into curriculum
• Manage and supervise students, teacher assistant and parent helpers
• Manage and balance library budget
• Purchase books, A.V. materials and other equipment
• Maintain a well-organized and functional up to date library
• Manage Accelerated Reader Program and coordinate with teachers
• Repair and replace worn books and resources
• Supervise students in library before school, at recesses, and after school.
• Share the love and faith in Jesus Christ with students.

Other Duties/Functions:

• Plan, organize and implement an annual book fair
• Assist teachers in finding references
• Assist students in finding various materials
• Develop professional relationship with librarians across the state and the nation
• Train co-workers in proper usage of A.V. equipment
• Display eye-catching and relevant bulletin boards
• Provide academic support for students
• Other duties as assigned

Core Competencies Required Of All Employees at HBA: An employee of HBA must demonstrate the following core competencies:

• Christ-like Conduct. Imitate the life of Jesus Christ and take on his behavior, mindset, choices, and character, and apply it to everyday life. Exhibit love, humility, compassion, and servanthood, and allow God the opportunity to work in us and to manifest His Glory within us.
• Passion for Our Calling.  Respond to God’s passion in our hearts to complete the things He calls us to do. Acknowledge that passion encompasses more than the work, it taps into one’s whole life purpose. Reward of wages and prestige are peripheral to using the God-given gifts and talents to have an effect on the greater good and an impact beyond oneself. Yield passionately to God’s calling to live a life full of joy, satisfaction, and true fulfillment.
• Teamwork. Promotes teamwork through building consensus to develop mutual trust, respect, and commonality of goals. Supports team decisions, collaborates with others to develop team solutions, builds consensus, and resolves conflict.
• Customer Focus. Organizes and prioritizes resources to focus on and exceed customer expectations. Make it “easy to do business with” HBA. Demonstrate understanding, helpfulness, sensitivity, and a concern of the needs and feelings of external and internal customers.
• Effective Communication. Listens carefully to feedback and others’ views and asks clarifying questions to confirm understanding. Clearly states views and opinions. Actively takes responsibility to ensure there is mutual understanding in all viewpoints and communication. Effectively adapts oral and written communication to the needs and interests of the target audience. Openly shares information in a timely manner with others who need that information.
• Results Orientation. Can be counted on to achieve assigned or promised results in a timely manner by utilizing resources effectively. Clarifies expectations and measurements of performance.  Seeks guidance or other resources needed. Takes personal ownership for results by holding self and others accountable for results. Shows strong desire and drive for success by identifying and overcoming obstacles. Demonstrates a sense of urgency and is persistent in using extra effort to achieve results. Focuses efforts on, and strives to attain, results that are important to the mission of HBA and specific department goals.
• Practical Thinking and Decision-Making. Identifies, defines, and focuses on specific problems or issues. Determines information needs; collects, analyzes, interprets, and develops it for use in making decisions. Makes timely and appropriate decisions driven by the information, the needs of the organization, and the need for innovation and creativity to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Continuous Improvement. Strives to continually improve one’s own job performance and to better the work environment, work quality, results, and how the work is done. Accepts both the need for and positive potential of change in the workplace. Willing to take managed risk to test approaches that may better satisfy a customer’s needs or to meet HBA’s needs and goals. Develops alternative and imaginative solutions and approaches to problems. Actively looks for opportunities to redesign and improve work methods and makes changes to improve operating efficiency and quality of output.
• Supporting and Leading Change. Participates in all aspects of both the organizational and process oriented change cycles to accomplish the goals set for their particular level of responsibility.  Identifies, plans for, and leads change needed to support HBA’s mission and values.

Working Conditions:

• Equipment and Software Use: Computer, VCR/TV, Smart Board, Digital Camera, ipad, Google docs/calendars/forms, FinalSite, myBackpack
• Work Hours: 7:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m., Monday - Friday and various faculty meetings after school
• Mental Demands: Planning instruction, developing curriculum, staying abreast of new trends in library use.
• Physical Demands: Ability to sit for extended periods of time. Moving equipment
• Social Demands: Ability to communicate with all stakeholders in a friendly and concise way.

Qualification Requirements:

• Spiritual:  Must have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their life and; demonstrate a living relationship with Jesus Christ as described in “The Baptist Faith and Message”, the tenets of the Southern Baptist denomination.
• Skills/Knowledge:  Skills in teaching students in different grades, knowledge of library requirements for each grade, wide range of knowledge concerning children's books, ability to read well, to push oneself to constantly be seeking out “the latest”. Strong organizational skills.
• Education/Training: BEd. Degree from an accredited college or university preferably in Library Science.
• Experience: Experience working in a library with students in different grades, experience collaborating with teachers.