RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan lessons, deliver high quality instruction, grade student work, maintain a record of grades, correspond with parents and effectively communicate with students
• Ensure awareness of and compliance with student IEPs
• Utilize curriculum resources and differentiate instruction to meet learner support needs
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
• Deliver instruction and provide support for student social emotional learning
• Prepare for and participate in student CSE meetings to facilitate student progress and aide in the identification of plans to address student support needs
• Access and competently utilize IEP program to progress monitor for student goals and for IEP completion
• Attend and participate in Special Education Department meetings and complete required Professional Development
• Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Preferred knowledge of transition services and processes.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to design and implement inclusive instructional practices that support access to grade-level standards.
• Implement research-based reading and writing interventions to support students with diverse learning needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:     

• Incorporate the Computer Science & Digital Literacy standards into the library curriculum.
• Collaborate with teachers to design interdisciplinary lessons that enhance students’ digital literacy and computational thinking to support classroom content.
• Experience with instruction on information and technology literacy skills, including the research process and digital citizenship.
• Experience in evaluating and selecting print and digital resources that represent the diversity of our student body.
• Leadership, organizational, and budget management skills.
• Ability to successfully interact with student and staff from various disciplines and with differing skills.
• Experience creating innovative and engaging lessons both independently as well as collaboratively with teachers.

• Planning instruction and developing the library media program using NY State Standards and school’s curricula.
• Collaborating with staff to enhance student learning and engagement.
• Developing a culture of reading and promote reading as a foundational skill for learning, personal growth, and enjoyment.
• Planning and providing instruction that addresses multiple literacies, including information literacy, media literacy, and technology literacy.
• Create and maintain an inviting, safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment that fosters intellectual inquiry.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to create an environment that is conducive to active and participatory learning, and ensures resource-based instructional practices.
• Develop and maintain an up-to-date, culturally diverse collection of print and non-print resources appropriate to the curriculum, the instructional strategies used, and reflect students’ interests.
• Promote the school library as an integral part of the school community and students’ overall learning experience.