Librarian 2025-2026

Position Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Information Literacy

• Evaluate, select and order new instructional materials, both print and digital, that meet the needs of the library program and meet defined district policy and procedures
• Provide instruction in research skills and inquiry methods to students and staff
• Provide opportunities to help learners become creative problem solvers and independent users and producers of ideas and information
• Provide formal and informal instruction to students and staff in the access and use of library instructional resources
• Model effective strategies for developing multiple literacies

• Collaborate with teachers to plan and deliver instruction that supports the curriculum
• Provide instruction based on the inquiry approach to learning
• Promote student inquiry to pursue, create, and share knowledge
• Offer professional development opportunities that promote best practices in inquiry-based teaching and learning

• Encourage the learning community to read a variety of literature for information and pleasure to develop their reading life
• Elevate literacy instruction through participation in national, state, and local reading initiatives
• Develop a collection reflective of diversity, student choice, and reading for information
• Protect the intellectual freedom of students and staff following defined FBISD policy and procedures
• Use and promote the use of digital resources and technologies across content areas for discovery, collaboration, critical analysis, creation, and presentation of learning
• Offer creative, innovative, and ethical use of current and emerging technologies
• Remain current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to school library programs

• Report to and plan with the principal to establish library goals and support campus goals
• Create and maintain a positive and welcoming climate in the library
• Develop procedures for circulation of library materials and use of the library facility
• Maintain current collection through selection, inventory, and weeding of materials
• Utilize best practices to plan and develop the school library program
• Provide a cohesive, comprehensive campus library program servicing the needs of campus and district users
• Maintain lines of communication with the Assistant Director, including attendance at library meetings and in-services
• Manage and coordinate job duties and expectations for library paraprofessional staff, student workers, and volunteers
• Develop and manage the library budget following defined district policy and procedures

• Perform coaching duties as assigned as well as other duties required for the smooth, efficient operation of a successful athletic program
• Possess knowledge and adhere to UIL rules and regulations
• Assist the Athletic Department with budget, schedules, care/use of facilities
• Communicate with the Athletic Department on a regular basis