Details
Posted: 11-Sep-23
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: $60,000-$80,000 DOE/E
Categories:
Library/Media Specialist
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Librarian – The Ramaz Lower School
In the heart of New York City is Ramaz - a Modern Orthodox Day School with a rich history of Jewish education, academic distinction, and nurturing of individual abilities and aspirations.
The Ramaz School is seeking an ECC/Lower School Librarian for the 2023-2024 school year for Nursery through Fourth Grade. The ideal candidate for this position will:
- Actively create a welcoming and respectful environment within the library.
- Instruct weekly library periods for all classes in nursery through fourth grade classes that combine instruction, read-alouds, and open access time for students to check out materials.
- Integrate library technology into instruction.
- Develop overall library policies and procedures, including a fair and consistent circulation policy.
- Work with groups and individual students to provide for diverse student needs and reading levels.
- Provide for classes and individual students to use the library for classroom research and projects as well as individual investigation and independent reading.
- Assist students and teachers in utilizing library databases for classwork and independent research.
- Develop and implement reading initiatives to motivate each student in independent reading.
- Sponsor special programming when appropriate, such as author visits.
- Conduct ongoing collection analysis to add and weed materials on an ongoing basis.
- Professionally organize the library for optimal ease of access to resources and maintains an orderly environment.
- Salary Range: $60-$80K
The Lower School ECC/LS librarian should be a forward-thinking and passionate educator, with a bachelor’s degree or higher in literacy and/or library science, who understands the mission of the Ramaz School. The ECC/Lower School Librarian will report to the Lower School Director of General Studies. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to LSCareers@ramaz.org.
The Ramaz School offers a friendly, progressive work environment; excellent salaries and a comprehensive benefits package – plus the chance to have an impact on our children's future. Ramaz is an EOE.
About Ramaz School
THE RAMAZ SCHOOL
In the heart of New York City is Ramaz - a Modern Orthodox Day School with a rich history of Jewish education, academic distinction, and nurturing of individual abilities and aspirations.
To be a student at Ramaz is to be encouraged, supported, and taught how to discover the best in oneself and in others, and to gain a profound, spirited sense of responsibility to the world.
Ramaz is a school from nursery through 12th grade, but its education lasts a lifetime. Join us. Make a difference in their lives and yours.
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