Duties
To support the district in maintaining library services and assist teachers and students in utilizing the print and non-print resources of the school's Learning Resource Center.
Reports to:
Building Administration and District Library, Literacy, and Educational Technology Coordinator
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Monitor and respond to students to ensure appropriate behavior and safety for all while the students are present within the Learning Resource Center.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Paraprofessional License through the Illinois State Board of Education by:
Successful completion of sixty(60) semester hours of college or university coursework; or Hold an Associate's (or higher) college degree; or
Successfully pass the ACT WorkKeys Assessment Test or the ETS Paraprofessional AssessmentTest along with a high school diploma or its equivalent.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Pre-employment medical examination, including tuberculosis clearance.
- Pass a Regional Office of Education Fingerprint/Background Clearance including Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Prepare individual library schedule.
- Order and receive books selected for purchase by the librarian.
- Prepare and execute planned library classes.
- Write notices to homeroom teachers and students concerning overdue books, and collects fines for such books.
- Make simple repairs on damaged books and sends more severely damaged books for repair to the LRC Director.
- Monitor attendance in the library and keeps attendance records.
- Ready books for reserve on teacher's requests, and maintains the reserve shelf.
- Prepare current magazines for shelving and maintains the back number stacks.
- Responsible for the annual inventory of library materials and the preparation of lists of missing books and books to be discarded. This information is sent to the LRC Director.
- Shelve incoming books.
- Oversee the general neatness and attractiveness of the library and its' displays.
- Maintains current inventory of supplies and suggests items for acquisition as needed.
- Help students and teachers locate books, periodicals, reference materials and other instructional materials.
- Read to all classes (in elementary buildings)
- Responsible for maintaining proper student discipline in the LRC.
- Inventory and maintain AV equipment and distributes equipment to the staff.
- Locate materials using the on-line computer catalog.
- Check books in/out on the computer.
- Attend all LRC staff meetings.
- Refer requests for Inter-library loan requests to the district LRC Director and responsibility for distribution of books to the teacher and the return of the books to the LRC Director.
- Perform such other tasks as the LRC Director may, from time to time, assign.
How to Apply
Go to our website www.troy30c.org and click on "Employment " to fill out an online application and upload all required documentation.