Librarian
NAS Guangzhou, Panyu
Nord Anglia School Guangzhou, Panyu
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 2020 August 1st
- Apply by:
- 8 June 2020
Job overview
About Nord Anglia School Guangzhou, Panyu:
Opening in September 2020, Nord Anglia School Guangzhou, Panyu (NAS Guanghzou, Panyu) will provide a state of the art, world-class learning and teaching environment with a total student capacity of 1,800 and a boarding capacity of 880 for students aged 6-15. Providing a unique blended learning experience, NAS Guanghzou, Panyu will offer students the best of Eastern and Western education resources and philosophies. The bilingual programme will follow a progressive blend of core elements of the Chinese National Curriculum with other renowned international curricula taught through the medium of Mandarin Chinese and English.
As part of the Nord Anglia Education family of schools, it shares resources and knowledge with 61 other schools around the world. The Global Campus will connect NAS Guangzhou students with other Nord Anglia Education schools based in 28 different countries worldwide. Students will be able to extend their international experience through opportunities to learn abroad, to connect with more than 61,000 students through the innovative online platform and to take advantage of exciting experiences and expeditions.
Through our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT and UNICEF, we embrace innovation to ensure students and teachers have the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in the future.
Librarian Job Description:
Teaching and learning:
Create and implement a library policy appropriate to the student body
Create and implement an action plan to promote the development and use of the library
Ensure that we have a consistent approach to borrowing books
Look for ways to increase student access to reading materials
Promote a greater awareness of excellent authors amongst all stakeholders
Provide parents with age specific recommended author booklets
Train and manage students to return books to correct shelves
Create age appropriate recommended reader brochures and displays
Familiarize yourself with children’s fiction/non-fiction
Familiarize yourself with student demand and inform line manager of gaps in library resources
To organise excellent author displays each half term
Promote excellent author sets to Lower School classes and monitor their use
Support appropriate academic staff in making library orders
Oversee the organisation of the library to ensure all abilities and interests are met
Support academic staff in organising author visits or Book Week events
Look for opportunities to invite children’s authors, poets and illustrators into school
Look for opportunities to involve parents in school reading initiatives
Promote the use of ICT in the teaching of reading
Teach staff how to use the library system
Arrange story time sessions as appropriate in the library - Provide library induction lessons for all new students
Administrative duties include, but are not restricted to:
Photocopying and creating resources in order to support teaching and learning
Register books being taken out or returned using library system
Register all new students and staff onto the system
Supervise children in the library and enforce library rules
Chasing up overdue/missing books according to library policy
Apply procedures to ensure outstanding books are returned before students leave
Co-ordinate library resources including author boxes
Liaise with the IT/admin team to ensure that new children are added to the system
Audit resources annually and provide the appropriate staff with a report
Remind staff when books need to be returned and to follow up by speaking to staff
Provide SLT with a termly report showing staff with overdue books
Ensure that the library is effectively manned during the school day
Provide access to appropriately challenging resources for more able readers
Promote independent use of the library amongst all students
Ensure that teachers are updated on any student borrowing issues
Contact parents via email over borrowing issues
Ensure students do not borrow books until overdue books are returned
Ensure that electronic devices are used appropriately and to put in place policies and procedures to prevent loss or theft of iPads
Liaise with Reading & Library Coordinator to arrange book orders
Ensure up-to-date book catalogues are made available to teachers
Dispatch orders to suppliers and track deliveries as necessary
Promote local GUANGZHOU book suppliers to overseas staff
Arrange for payment and invoices with finance office
Organise cataloguing, stamping and covering of books as required
To liaise with IT to ensure repairs to iPads etc are made promptly
Create and maintain displays in and around the library
Overall support for the school
Fully support the aims and ethos of the school
Support fellow professionals
Attend team and staff meetings where necessary
Follow agreed policies and procedures
Work to maintain positive relationships with parents and the local community
Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety
Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance
Attend relevant training activities where required
Where required, to assist with the supervision of pupils outside lesson times
Where required, to support the admin team for other tasks
About NAS Guangzhou, Panyu
Opening in September 2020, Nord Anglia School Guangzhou, Panyu (NAS Guanghzou, Panyu) will provide a state of the art, world-class learning and teaching environment with a total student capacity of 1,800 and a boarding capacity of 880 for students aged 6-15. Providing a unique blended learning experience, NAS Guanghzou, Panyu will offer students the best of Eastern and Western education resources and philosophies. The bilingual programme will follow a progressive blend of core elements of the Chinese National Curriculum with other renowned international curricula taught through the medium of Mandarin Chinese and English.
As part of the Nord Anglia Education family of schools, it shares resources and knowledge with 61 other schools around the world. The Global Campus will connect NAS Suzhou students with other Nord Anglia Education schools based in 28 different countries worldwide. Students will be able to extend their international experience through opportunities to learn abroad, to connect with more than 61,000 students through the innovative online platform and to take advantage of exciting experiences and expeditions.
Through our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT and UNICEF, we embrace innovation to ensure students and teachers have the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in the future.
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