Teacher Librarian

Teacher-Librarian

Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools

Applicants must :

have training and/or experience as a Teacher-Librarian possess a British Columbia Professional Teaching Certificate.

Applicants must also :

have completed specific coursework in inquiry-based learning, collaborative planning and teaching, information literacy, curriculum design and implementation, multi-media resources, and learning technologies; be prepared to collaborate with staff to co-plan, co-teach, and support efforts to integrate technology with research activities related to classroom subject areas; be prepared to assume a literacy leadership role in collection development and management, promoting reading and supporting a school's literacy goals; be prepared to participate in the implementation of the school-level Collaborative Model of Support and work to develop the School District Attributes for the 21st Century in all students – Learner, Thinker, Innovator, Collaborator, and Contributor; be prepared to use technology computers, personal devices, Smartboards, digital portfolios, voice-mail, e-mail, websites, MyEdBC) for planning, attendance monitoring, communication, classroom instruction and reporting purposes; and be prepared to support the school and district goals.

Preference will be given to those applicants who :

have completed a Certificate or Diploma in Education- Teacher-Librarianship; have two years of successful classroom teaching experience; have training/experience in the use of Quality Assessment practices differentiated instruction, criterion-referenced grading, Assessment For, As and Of Learning); have experience in differentiating and providing inclusive learning opportunities that reflect the unique needs and interests of all students; have Aboriginal ancestry (as per Special Program with the BC Human Rights Tribunal)

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