Library Media Specialist resume example with 17+ years of experience
Experienced Library Media Specialist enthusiastic about helping students of all cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic levels excel in learning. Outgoing and reliable professional with flexible and collaborative approach. Consistently promotes love of reading, research and learning across all grades.
- Organizational skills
- Instruction
- Literacy development
- Collaborative environments
- User access
- Familiar with instructional programs for student use
Fort Mill, SC, 07/2019 - Current
ā Work collaboratively with colleagues and administration to establish evidenceābased, measurable goals driven by the
school improvement plan, and to assist with evaluating the effectiveness and quality of the school library program.
ā Participate in professional growth activities that result in enhanced knowledge of best practices in school library
programs.
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ā Provide active learning experiences and opportunities to meet the diverse needs of students.
ā Promote reading in traditional and innovative ways such as social media, digital media and print.
ā Create and maintain an inviting, safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment that fosters intellectual inquiry.
ā Develop and maintain an upātoādate, culturally diverse collection of print and nonāprint resources appropriate to the
curriculum, the learners, the teaching styles, the instructional strategies used, and reflect studentsā interests.
ā Ensure equitable and ethical use of information.
ā Teach students to follow an inquiry process as they ask questions, evaluate and collect information from multiple sources
to construct understanding by thinking critically.
ā Encourage the use of instructional technology to engage students and to improve learning.
-Work with staff, administration and other specialists to ensure that information literacy skills are embedded
systematically throughout the school and the library instructional program.
Meriden, CT, 07/2008 - 06/2019
- Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results.
- Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions.
- Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover all requirements and prepare for standardized tests.
- Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Stayed abreast of changes to school and district policies as well as new trends in education by attending professional development courses and in-service trainings.
- Met with parents to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues.
- Established and maintained rapport with other staff, students, and parents to facilitate communication and academic progress.
- Contributed to positive academic and social tone of school by demonstrating professionalism and enthusiasm for academic community.
Windsor, CO, 08/2003 - 06/2008
- Assessed student progress by administering tests and evaluating results.
- Established and enforced rules of behavior to drive social development and maintain positive interactions.Drove student learning by establishing clear classroom plans and group objectives, as well as actionable strategies to achieve each goal.
- Planned lessons according to district standards to cover all requirements and prepare for standardized tests.
- Collaborated with administrators on classroom policies, management strategies, and discipline.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Stayed abreast of changes to school and district policies as well as new trends in education by attending professional development courses and in-service trainings.
- Met with parents to resolve conflicting educational priorities and issues.
- Established and maintained rapport with other staff, students, and parents to facilitate communication and academic progress.
- Contributed to positive academic and social tone of school by demonstrating professionalism and enthusiasm for academic community.
- Served on school's Site Based Decision Making Council (SBDM)-2003-2008. School-Based Decision Making Councils create school policies and make a wide range of decisions, from selecting textbooks to choosing a new principal. All local SBDM Council policies are designed to help boost student achievement and must be consistent with Grant County Board of Education policies. While serving as an elected teacher, I assisted in deciding how funds should be spent, school layout, policy decisions, student achievement, and ended my term in selecting a new principal for the school.
- Member, Kentucky Education Association, 2013 to Current
- Member, Grant County Education Association, 2013 to Current
- Member, National Education Association, 2013 to Current
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School Attended
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Xavier University
- Thomas More College
Job Titles Held:
- LIbrary Media Specialist
- Second and Third Grade Teacher
- Third Grade Teacher
Degrees
- Library Sciences P-12
- Master of Science
- Bachelor of Arts
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