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Librarian (Primary)Park House English School Doha, Qatar Date Added: May 25, 2022 Share: share to e-mail ISP Librarian Role Profile ISP Librarian Role Profile 2. Shared Ideas. You know and model your schools values and contribute to its mission and vision through your daily actions. Through all aspects of learning and teaching, you create a strong sense of shared behaviors and purpose for learners and their learning. 4. Learning and Teaching. You put learners and their learning first in your design and facilitation of learning outcomes, content and experiences, which are underpinned by positive and supportive relationships. You understand the types and phases of learning and apply your knowledge, skills and understanding of these to effectively facilitate learning, teaching, and assessing to meet the personalized needs of each student. You empower students to lead their own learning, supporting them to monitor, assess and adjust their learning in response to feedback. You continuously inquire into the process of learning, making evidence-informed decisions and taking action to further improve learning and teaching. 7. Learning Spaces. You create and use spaces to support and demonstrate the schools shared ideas about learners and learning and the ways in which students are getting better. You ensure learning spaces (physical and digital) are safe, collaborative, accessible and inclusive, and enable students to play an active role in their development. * Play an active role in schools advancement and accreditation activities with a view of fulfilling the mission statement of the school * Create an environment that is targeted towards active and participatory learning, resource-based instructional practices, and collaboration with teaching staff to meet the schools overall goal * Participate in developing and updating district policies concerning issues like material selection, circulation, reconsideration of materials, copyright, privacy, and acceptable use * Ensure active membership of professional associations for local and international integration * Remain current and updated on professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research, pertinent to school library programs * Write lucid prosaic articles and submit regular reports providing evidence of what the library and school librarian do to prepare learners to be successful in the twenty-first century * Keep and file historical records and documents relating to the existence of the library * Protect and keep the librarys information, books, and other materials * Make necessary books and materials available to students and other people who have come for research and under supervision. * Ensures that the library plays an integral role in supporting inquiry, and that students have easy access to eResources. * Collaborates with teachers to develop information literacy across the school through participating in or leading information literacy and digital literacy coaching. * Work closely with teaching staff to plan and deliver the information skills curriculum * Coordinates school-wide guidance and training for all staff and students in effective use of resources, online catalogue and database * Develops a collection that has relevant resources in a variety of formats to support inquiry learning * Ensure that resources are catalogued, organised and maintained in line with accepted standard library practice. * Stay aware of developing trends and facilities for storage and access to eResources * Develops a buying plan and strategies that ensure the library delivers appropriate, high quality materialprint and online * Manages the Integrated Library System effectively by updating and editing of bibliographic and catalogue data on the system * Promotes the library services and resources to all staff and students * Maintains up-to-date school library procedures documents * Work with teaching staff to take a strategic approach to cultivating a love of reading in children * Develops and contribute to the school wide reading culture through reading programmes, initiatives and events. * Provides leadership and support to teachers on reading engagement and developing life-long readers. * Provides a wide range of quality reading material, catering for diverse needs and interests * Performs all service point routines related to the circulation of stock e.g. book issues, book returns, reservations and maintains records of over dues, lost books and fines * Monitors student use of the library and library equipment as set out in the library policy document * Ensures the safety at all times of students and academic staff whilst in the library * Assists in the preparation of display boards/bulletins and scheduled library events * Prepare financial estimates for the school library and manage the budget by selecting, acquiring, maintaining and withdrawing library stock, ensuring a balance between subject and ability levels and show an active engagement in diversity and equality issues * The school librarian provides leadership and expertise in the selection, acquisition, evaluation, and organization of information resources and technologies in all formats, as well as expertise in the ethical use of information. * The school librarian ensures equitable access and responsible use of information * Ensures that in accordance with School Policy, develops and maintains a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles and instructional strategies used within the school community * Sets up cooperating and networking with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school * Evaluates, promotes, and uses existing and emerging technologies to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, connect the school with the global learning community, communicate with students and teachers, and provide 24/7 access to library services * Understands copyright, fair use, and licensing of intellectual property, and assists users with their understanding and observance of the same * Organizing the collection for maximum and effective use * Emphasizes the importance of safety in all areas of the curriculum, communicating to the pupils the importance of a responsible attitude towards personal safety, the safety of others and respect for Park House English Schools property and equipment * Perform all playground duties on time and with due diligence to safeguard Park House students * Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities * Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct * Ensure that, all the necessary health and safety rules and procedures are being followed * Bachelors in relevant discipline * 3 years experience as a school librarian * English is mandatory * Arabic is an advantage * Competencies * Knowledge of maintaining an effective public relations program * Strong ability to cooperate and network with other libraries, librarians, and agencies to provide access to resources outside the school for mutual development * Very good time management skills needed to carry out tasks within schedule and accurately * Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written with all levels of staff in the organization * Efficient organizational, problem solving skills; ability to multitask and deliver projects before deadline is reached * Ability to think strategically, innovatively and creatively, as well as having an eye for detail * Ability to use library management systems and other ICT software * Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, in spoken and written form * A collaborative team-player with excellent interpersonal skills. * Behaviour manage

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