Teacher Librarian - Primary Section
San Silvestre School
Peru
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Mid February 2022
- Apply by:
- 9 August 2021
Job overview
Post title: Full-time Teacher Librarian
Contractual conditions: 3 years, beginning mid-February 2022.
Accountable to:
Head of Primary
Key relationships:
Spanish Coordinator
English Coordinator
Assistant Head - Academic
Line Manager to:
Librarian
Digital Learning Assistant
San Silvestre is the leading independent girls’ day school in Lima. The school is warm, caring and academically rigorous.
The school is seeking an experienced and well-qualified Primary teacher or teacher librarian to lead the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) within the Primary Section. We believe that a love of reading is one of the most important gifts we can give our students in becoming lifelong learners. The successful candidate will have a passion for developing a love of reading in every student in the school. They will have a strong understanding of information literacy and a mission to ensure that the LRC is a central point in the academic life of the school.
Roles and Responsibilities
Reading and Literature
- Foster an environment that encourages and empowers students to read, view, listen and respond to literature for information and enjoyment.
- Develop, implement and support strategies, programmes, special events and activities to support reading and literacy across the curriculum, and to develop in students and staff a love of literature and the habit of lifelong reading.
- Select a wide range of literature in print and digital formats, across both English and Spanish, reflecting diverse student interests, development and levels of attainment.
Learning and Teaching
- Provide an LRC lesson each week for each class – to build and develop an array of reading, presentation and research skills, as well as inspire a love of reading.
- Ensure that the LRC is a central point for student learning.
- Create and nurture an information-rich learning environment which supports the needs of the San Silvestre Community.
- Inspire and facilitate independent learning, research and inquiry.
- Collaborate with teachers to plan, teach, evaluate and assess to ensure effective integration of information literacy, research, reading, literature and literacy skills into curriculum areas.
- Liaise with staff regarding teaching / learning needs and how these can be supported by the LRC.
- Provide staff training sessions on how to exploit the LRC for learning
- Provide professional development for integration of LRC resources and technology into the curriculum
Information Services
- Provide specialist reference, research and information services to students and staff across Primary
- Apply information management principles and systems that are consistent with current best practice
Operations
- Coordinate the roles and daily tasks of LRC staff and volunteers.
- Deliver core LRC services during desk shifts, including shelving, circulation, reference queries, information literacy and student supervision.
- Ensure the LRC is visually appealing, welcoming and designed to inspire a love of reading.
- Set priorities and propose the annual LRC budget.
- Procure a range of LRC resources in collaboration with the SLT, Middle Leaders, LRC Technician and Digital Learning Assistant (annual book order)
Professional Development
- Maintain awareness of current best practice in the LRC sector and in Primary education.
- Undertake ongoing professional learning and development, and share knowledge to assist with professional development of the LRC team
- Knowledge and Competencies Required
Essential
- A recognised teaching qualification.
- Experience teaching across the range of Primary age students, including experience of teaching reading and implementing programmes which aim to develop a love of reading.
- Strong information technology skills, including familiarity with Google Workspace for Education; specifically Google Classroom.
- Ability to effectively manage one’s own time, working unsupervised and using their initiative.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the English National Curriculum
- Spanish language skills.
This Position Description is a guide only and is not intended to be an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties attached to this position.
San Silvestre School is totally committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to enhanced pre-employment clearance including identity checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks and employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment.
Three professional references will be sought, at least ONE of which must be from your present employer.
Please send your CV and letter of application to applications@sansilvestre.edu.pe indicating Teacher Librarian - Primary in the subject line.
The deadline for application is Friday 8th August
Dated: 19.7.2021
Attached documents
About San Silvestre School
Our Philosophy
San Silvestre provides a stimulating, happy and caring atmosphere in which each pupil is encouraged to achieve her potential with confidence and self-esteem.
Having had the full opportunities of an integral formation, a San Silvestre pupil can assume her role in society as a valuable person capable of contributing positively to whatever environment in which she is involved.
Ethos
A happy school, with high academic standards, San Silvestre School for Girls provides an environment which fosters individual goals and achievements while providing a friendly and caring atmosphere throughout the school. The dedicated staff are committed to providing a stimulating environment in which the needs of the girls are met in academic, sporting, cultural, artistic, technological, communication, social, civic and spiritual areas. Each pupil, from the Nursery 3 year-olds to the Secondary Section 18 year-olds, is encouraged to compete with herself and this is possible in an atmosphere where she can grow in confidence.
As a British-Peruvian school, it is absolutely essential that we transmit the virtues of both cultures, strengthening pupils’ individual skills and encouraging all efforts aimed at their overall development. Academic training, learning languages, social commitment and self-competition are some of the goals achieved through consistent encouragement and monitoring from a very early age.
“I am, I can, I ought, I will”
That is our motto, which is a true reflection of the philosophy of life that we try to transmit to the girls who have been entrusted to us. Our goal is to ensure that our students leave school with a high level of self-esteem, a good measure of common sense and the ability to stretch themselves, to commit themselves to become actively involved in their community and to assume the responsibility for their own actions. Our girls realise that through their own work they can achieve personal development.
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