Posting Opens: July 14, 2026 Posting Closes: July 24, 2026
The Akron Board of Education announces an anticipated opening for a Librarian Media Specialist, Job Code 033, TS 380 (190 Days), Starting Salary Range $48,967.10, Collective Bargaining Unit AEA. A supplemental contract may be issued for two weeks of extended time. This is a State Teachers Retirement Position.
Application must be made electronically through http://www.applitrack.com/akron/onlineapp/.
Please upload a letter of interest, resume and a current copy of teaching license in addition to completing the online application. The Superintendent reserves the right to either keep the position open until suitable applicants are found or to cancel and repost the position with such changes as may be deemed appropriate.
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Karen Stepic, Instructional Technology and Library Media Supervisor, 330-761-8342.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: All of the following must be met at time of application except where noted:
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Masters' in Library Science, Instructional Technology or related field;
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Ohio Media Specialist certification or teaching licensure;
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A minimum of three (3) years of successful experience in teaching and/or library services with a strong focus on instructional collaboration;
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Demonstrated ability to integrate digital tools and information literacy into curriculum.
Desired:
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Experience with various social, cultural, economic student populations;
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Experience in an urban setting;
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Ability to communicate effectively with administrators, staff, parents, students and community;
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Willingness and ability to plan and develop new educational initiatives; and
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Commitment to use best practices and research-based curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Essential Functions:
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Collaborates with students and other members of the learning community to analyze learning and information needs, to locate and use resources that will meet those needs, and to understand and communicate the information the resources provide;
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Knowledgeable about current research on teaching and learning and skilled in applying its findings to a variety of situations;
- Instructs students to access, evaluate, and use information from multiple sources in order to learn, to think, and to create and apply new knowledge;
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Maintains a current collection, designed to meet the diverse needs of the learning community, which is developed with collaboration from the learning community and with consultation of school library review resources;
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Curricular leader and a full participant on the instructional team;
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Updates personal skills and knowledge in order to work effectively with teachers, administrators, and other staff;
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Works with teachers, administrators and other staff to expand their general understanding of information issues and to provide them with specific opportunities to develop sophisticated skills in information literacy, including the uses of information technology;
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Works with teachers and others to identify links across student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes, and a wide variety of print, non-print, and electronic information resources;
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Leads the entire school community in developing policies, practices, and curricula that guide students to become college and career-ready;
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Committed to the process of collaboration, the library media specialist works closely with all teachers in the critical areas of designing authentic learning tasks and assessments and integrating the information and communication abilities required to meet subject matter and arts standards;
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Provides leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats;
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Provides leadership and expertise in bringing an awareness of information issues into collaborative relationships with teachers, administrators, students, and others;
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Provides leadership in modeling for students and others strategies for locating, accessing, and evaluating information within and beyond the library media center;
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Masters sophisticated electronic resources and maintains a constant focus on the nature, quality, and ethical use of information available in these electronic resources and in more traditional tools;
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Collaborates with members of the learning community to define the policies of the library media program and to guide and direct all activities related to it;
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Advocates for the library media program and provides the knowledge, vision, and leadership to steer it creatively and energetically in the 21st century;
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Proficient in the management of staff, budgets, equipment, and facilities, the library media specialist plans, executes, and evaluates the program to ensure its quality both at a general level and on a day-to-day basis;
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Provides opportunities for student leadership through activities related to literacy, incorporating the arts into these opportunities;
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Communicates program goals, statistics, and library programming to Library/Media Services and the building principal; and
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This position reports to and is supervised by the Building Principal.
If you require any special services (such as interpreter, braille or large print, or wheelchair-accessible accommodations) covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, Section 102, please call the Department of Human Resources at 330-761-2949. If you are using a TTY/TTD, please call the Ohio Relay Service, 1-800-750-0750.
Akron Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and transgender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry or genetic information (collectively, "Protected Classes").
