Librarian

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

- Elementary, Middle School
- Licensed Teacher

**Requirements**:

- Education Required: Bachelor
- Minimum Teaching Experience: 3 years of teaching experience
- Major: Education

**Job Description**:
School librarians are responsible for organizing and managing collections of journals, books, magazines, newspapers, electronic documents, and other data resources. At the elementary school level, librarians may also be responsible for organizing mini lessons, crafts, and story time. School librarians will often work with children to help guide them to material of the appropriate reading level. Throughout all levels, they monitor the checking out and returning of books. In addition, they are responsible for helping students find and understand information within the library that they may need. Depending on where they work, school librarians may have their own office where they can carry out administrative tasks.

An integral part of every school, school librarians are a knowledgeable resource that encourages literacy, critical thinking and research at both the elementary and secondary levels. While jobs are similar between the elementary and high school librarians, below is a standard list of job duties for each role.