The Role of School Media Specialist:

Teacher

  • Analyze learning and information needs
  • Locate and use resources to meet those needs
  • Instruct students using current research methods for accessing, evaluating and using information
  • Participant and leader in curriculum development and information literacy

Instructional Partner

  • Joins with teachers and others to identify links across student information needs, curricular content and learning outcomes
  • Works with individual teachers to design authentic learning tasks and assessments that will help meet subject matter standards

Information Specialist

  • Provides leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats
  • Brings awareness of information issues to entire educational community
  • Maintains expertise in latest information technology
  • Acquires knowledge and judgement in the nature, quality and ethical use of electronic information and that available through more traditional methods

Program Administrator

  • Advocates for the library media program to keep it viable and relevant to ever changing and expanding needs
  • Manages staff, budget, equipment and facilities to maintain a quality library media program a the general level and on a day-to-day basis

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