Library Media Specialist Job at Hartland School, Hartford, CT

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  • Hartland School
  • Hartford, CT

Job Description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - Hartland School Position Type: Elementary School Teaching Date Posted: 5/28/2026 Location: Hartland School Date Available: 08/24/2026 Position Title Library Media Specialist Reports to Principal, Superintendent Position Summary The Library Media Specialist is responsible for ensuring students and staff are effective and ethical users of ideas and information. Empowering students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information. Instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information. Collaborate with teachers and specialists to design and implement lessons, units of instruction, assess student learning and instructional effectiveness. Provide leadership and expertise necessary to ensure the school library program is aligned with the mission, goals and objectives of the District and is an integral component of the learning and instructional program. Duties and Responsibilities Duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Creates and implements a vision for the Library Media Center and Maker Space. Creates an environment in the Library Media Center and Maker Space that is conducive to active and participatory learning, resource-based instructional practices, in collaboration with teaching staff. Plans and delivers high quality lessons aligned to the CCRS, ISTE, and AASL Standards, through direct instruction and collaboration. Works as part of a team to integrate library/media resources with grade level curriculum content. Collaborates with the teachers and students to design and implement Maker Space lessons. Participates in the curriculum development process to ensure that the curricula includes the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy) necessary to meet content standards and to develop lifelong learners. Collaborates with teachers and students to design engaging inquiry learning experiences and assessments that incorporate multiple literacies (including information literacy) and foster critical thinking. Collaborates with teachers in planning assignments likely to lead to extended use of Library Media Center and Maker Space. Manages day to day media center activity including new book processing, book repair, weeding, shelving books, and reorganizing shelves. Evaluates, selects, and orders new library materials, including audio-visual materials, digital text, hardware and software. Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials. Maintains a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all library materials and instructs teachers and students in the use of the system. Maintains the Library Automation System. Oversees Maker Space as an extension within the Library Media Center. Coordinates student reading programs such as, Read Across America and Summer reading Challenges. Provide basic technology support to faculty, staff and students. Supports readers' online access, subscriptions and passwords. Remains current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to school library programs. Prepares, justifies, and administers the school library and Maker Space program budget to support specific program goals. Qualifications Valid Connecticut Educator Certification -062 Library Media Postings current as of 6/6/2026 6:32:10 PM CST. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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