Media Center Specialist [SY25-26] Position Available In Middlesex, Massachusetts

Media Center Specialist [SY25-26]
Malden Public Schools
Forestdale School – Malden, Massachusetts This job is also posted in Malden Public Schools
Job Details

Job ID:

5229390

Application Deadline:

Posted until filled

Posted:

Jun 11, 2025

Starting Date:

Aug 25, 2025
Job Description

The Forestdale School Community:

The Forestdale School’s goal is to be a model of continuous growth. We want our students to show growth in the mandated state testing, MCAS, MCAS Alt, and ACCESS. We will continue to be able to grow support for our students, their families, socially, emotionally, and academically. We will continue to foster a caring, nurturing learning community where all students and their families feel safe, welcome and will participate in all school activities. Presently we are a PBIS school, we are part of a three year cohort with MTSS where our teachers are being trained in the foundations of Social and Emotional Learning. We have implemented Caring School Communities across all grade levels as our social, emotional curriculum. Our teachers are trained in the principles of Universal Design for Learning which embeds inclusive practices into lesson plans. Our teachers plan their lessons to be inclusive and for all learning styles. Students and families are asked to embrace the Forestdale School’s acronym PRIDE that our student and staff will model Positivity, Respect, Indepence, Determination and Excellence. The Forestdale School Community will embrace the student authored poem.
Forestdale School PRIDE
“We, the students of the Forestdale School, promise to have

P.R.I.D.E.

We will have a positive attitude and will take responsibility for our work and actions.
We will respect our teachers, our school, ourselves and others, As a team and as individuals, we are determined to achieve excellence; socially, emotionally and academically.”

Opportunity:

Malden Public Schools seeks a talented, energetic, and flexible educator to join us as Media Center Specialist. The educator will collaborate and support all educators and students in the school, as well as serve as a collaborative member of the district Technology and Media departments. The successful candidate will empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information. As a Media Center Specialist Teacher and Instructional Partner, the incumbent will be responsible for the following:
Participate in the development and delivery of a rigorous curriculum that will provide students with a rich understanding of educational standards including those of the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) and the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS)
Collaborate with teachers to design and teach engaging learning experiences and assessments that incorporate the full range of literacy skills (information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy), foster critical thinking, and promote a love of reading and lifelong learning
Evaluate, promote and use existing and emerging instructional technology to improve learning outcomes
Manages Media Center circulation borrowing system for staff and students utilizing Follet Destiny Library Manager for book and digital collections and Destiny Resource Manager for student Chromebooks and other devices (or current district technology for resource management, if different)
Organizes technology and media events for the library
Collaborate with departmental and district staff in order to develop and maintain a collection of print and digital resources appropriate to the curriculum, the learners, and the instructional strategies of the school community
Provide resources and programs that promote independent reading and writing in a variety of genres and reading levels
Work closely with District K-8 Librarian(s) to ensure the print collection is up to date, well and effectively organized and meets the needs and interests of the K-8 student body
Ensure that students and staff are effective and ethical users of ideas and information, including principles of copyright and fair use Provide students and staff with flexible access to and assistance in using information and educational technology resources
Teach two classes a day integrating the Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) and American Association of School Librarians (AASL) curriculum standards with a daily preparatory period built into the incumbent’s schedule.
Empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users and producers of information Teach research skills required to locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and use information from a variety of sources
Educate students and staff to be safe and responsible digital citizens and users of Malden Public Schools online resources and tools.

Qualifications:

MA DESE license in Digital Literacy and Computer Science, and/or Instructional Technology all Levels

Preferred:

A Masters of Library or Information Science or related degree Reports to: Building Principals

Salary:

Commensurate with Malden Public Schools’ teacher salary schedule

To Apply:

Submit letter of interest highlighting qualifications for the position via School Spring

Position Type:

Full-Time