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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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