High School Media Center Specialist

Fraser Public Schools

Fraser, Michigan

TITLE: High School Media Center Specialist

QUALIFICATIONS:
● Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate.
● ND Endorsement preferred
● Understanding effective lesson design infused with technology.
● Experienced in maintaining library automation system preferred.
● Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
● Effective communication, organization, problem solving, and multi-tasking skills.
● Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
● Ability to interpret student needs and produce instructional materials.
● Ability to train and support students and staff in the use of educational technologies.
● Ability to adapt and learn new technologies.
● Comfortable with navigating new technologies and resources.
● Enthusiastic and Student centered.
● Secondary teaching experience preferred.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

SUPERVISES: Library Media Center Aide and Students

JOB GOAL: Provides services focusing on the support of: classroom activities, building
initiatives, and District programs. To keep the media center space current, useful and
intentional for students and staff. Instructional design, staff/student support, and being
self-directed are key components of this position.
 

ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist students and staff in developing information literacy.
  • Information literacy includes:
    •  
      • Identification - Recognizing the need for information and defining the
        scope of the required information
      • Access - Finding information using effective research strategies and
        efficient search tools
      • Evaluation - Critically assessing the accuracy, relevance, and credibility of
        sources
      • Organization & use - Applying information effectively to accomplish a
        specific purpose
      • Ethical Usage - Understanding the legal and social implications of
        information, including proper citation and avoiding plagiarism.
        Additionally, assist staff with use of the WISE framework for AI usage.
• Collaborate with teachers to design and deliver instruction that develops students’
  disciplinary literacy ability to inquire, think critically, gain, and share knowledge.
  • Development of ready-to-go lessons in the LMS that staff can incorporate or the
    media specialist can teach
  • Frequent reaching out to staff on how the media center can support lesson
    design around information literacy
  • Provide monthly media center updates at staff meetings
• Select, curate, promote, and model uses of physical, digital, and virtual collections of
  resources.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of a variety of information sources and services that support the needs of a diverse group of students and staff
  • Demonstrates knowledge of AI models and how they can best be used by staff
    and students to enhance learning, research, and advance student critical thinking
  • Leads professional development in this area during DPPD opportunities, staff
    meetings or after-school sessions
•  Support technology management for the high school.
  • Develop, schedule and manage the collection and deployment of student devices
  • Support device damage assessments and contacting families regarding damage and fines
  • Coordinate with Media and Technology staff
  • Assist students with Media Center printing
  • Support staff and students with basic laptop, LMS, Promethean Panel and all current technologies utilized at the school
  • Train new staff in usage of the necessary technology and how the media center can support them and their students
  • Provide training for new students on their device and the media center space
  • Develop and maintain a media center space on the high school building LMS platform
  • Manage student opt-out devices
• Manage student and staff collection of reading materials and curriculum materials.
  • Selecting, acquiring, and organizing a range of physical and digital materials that
    support school curriculum and student interests
  • Promote these resources to students and staff in an effective manner
  • Support staff in identifying appropriate texts for a school setting
  • Manage the book room and checking in and out of school curriculum materials
• Manage the media center space
  • Promote the media center space as a flexible, welcoming, and productive hub for
    students to learn and appropriately socialize
  • Manage or assist teachers with students behavior and expectations while in the
    media center space
  • Provide a safe, productive space for students after school
  • Operate a testing center during SMART hour for students to have a quiet place to
    make up assessments from courses
• Support the building MTSS program
  • Send families MTTS letters informing them of student enrollment in Tiered
    courses (and changes after data day)
  • Manage the implementation of the SAEBERS assessment
  • Coordinate with admin in charge of MTSS
  • Inform necessary parties of testing dates/windows for Fastbridge
  • Manage spreadsheet for data day (enter SE, Tier 3, etc. and make sure all
    columns are visible, sorted, and tiered for data day) before data day meeting
  • Set data day dates/times and inform all necessary parties
• Support media center staff
  • Train and Collaborate with media tech assistants to assume the role of facilitators
    in key roles in the media center
  • Assists media techs with the use of the media center systems
  • Manage volunteers and student aides in the space
• Work collaboratively with school administration
  • Provide frequent updates on the status of media center operations
  • Provide data of usage and/or effectiveness of programs or media center spaces
  • Detail plans for device deployment and collection
  • Present monthly staff updates at building staff meetings
• Works Collaboratively with K-8 Media Specialists and the Curriculum Department to
  ensure K-12 alignment and Consistency
• Develop and maintain the media center budget
  • Stay current on billing cycles of annual purchases
  • Review use of services paid for
  • Maintain proper supplies
• Miscellaneous
  • Analyze school needs and how best the media center can support those needs
  • Develop a program to promote information literacy at home
  • Support emergency needs of the building in the media center space (ie class
    needs to be moved out of a room, a sub cannot be acquired for a class, etc)
  • Develop a curriculum, expectations, and learning management system presence
    that meets course expectations for any student course that is housed in the
    media center

● Perform other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as the building principal may
assign.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: In accordance with the negotiated contract.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually by the building principal or
designee.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by
the employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any
duties requested by his or her management that generally fit into the job expectations.

Essential Functions of the job as per the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)

FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OR RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX. AGE,
HEIGHT, WEIGHT, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, OR DISABILITY IN ITS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE FOLLOWING
PERSON HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO HANDLE INQUIRIES REGARDING THE NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES: DIRECTOR
OF HUMAN RESOURCES, 33466 GARFIELD, FRASER, MI 48026 (586) 439.7000.

Revision Date 03/18/2026