Igcse Teacher Librarian

**Job Information**:
Date Opened

**03/03/2025**

Job Type

**Full time**

Industry

**Education**

Work Experience

**5+ years**

Salary

**open**

City

**OOTY**

State/Province

**Tamil Nadu**

Country

**India**

Zip/Postal Code

**643004**

**About Us**:

- The Good Shepherd International School, **India’s best fully residential**, international co-educational school, was founded by the late Dr. P.C. Thomas and Mrs. Elsamma Thomas in the year 1977. Originally known as the Good Shepherd Public School, it became an International School of the highest caliber of learning in the year 1995. Dr. P.C. Thomas and his wife Elsamma Thomas both started their careers as teachers themselves, which fostered their vision and goal to create the best educational institution in which a child can learn and grow.

**Key responsibilities**
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Teaching & Curriculum Support**
- Assist students in developing research and information literacy skills aligned with the IGCSE syllabus.
- Collaborate with teachers to integrate library resources into lesson plans and research projects.
- Conduct library and information literacy sessions for students.
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Reading Promotion & Engagement**:

- Organize reading programs, book clubs, and author visits to promote a reading culture.
- Recommend books based on students’ reading levels and interests.
- Create engaging library displays and reading challenges.
- **
Planning and Execution**:

- Oversee the operation and management of the School Library and resources.
- Serve as teacher, materials expert, and curriculum advisor to ensure that library is involved in instructional programs of the school.
- Develop and implement strategies to maximize and leverage digital content that meets the research and educational requirements of the school.
- Identify and implement services and resources that enable students to develop skills in researching, evaluating, synthesising information to complete assignments, and enhance and support their learning.
- Support and guide teachers with identifying relevant content and resources that are required to meet lesson objectives and can be integrated into lesson plans.
- Serve as an information resource for users of the library and provide staff development opportunities for teachers.
- Understand the specific requirements of the curriculums the school offers, to ensure that the school meets the full range of literacy skills necessary for the optimum implementation of the curriculums.
- Identify, implement and maintain suitable library management tools and resources that ensure their seamless access and utilization by all the users of the library.
- Catalogue and classify learning resources in the library resource centre and develop and maintain accurate and reliable catalogue and lending systems.
- Select, acquire, purchase, organise, advise on and promote learning resources in all formats which support the curriculum and learning and teaching in consultation with school management and other teaching staff.
- Plan and manage the annual budget for the management of all library resources.
- Design the library and media centre environment so that it is conducive to learning and relevant to the interests of students.
- Participate as an active member of decision making teams in the school, to ensure the continuous enhancement and development of library resources.
- Maintaining a cooperative relationship with administration, staff, students, parents, community - and where appropriate, local public libraries.
- Collaborate with teaching staff in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of relevant learning and study skills programmes in the library.
- Promote the use of the library resource centre to the school community and foster an atmosphere which is conducive to positive learning experiences for users of the service.
- Promote the use of instructional technology to engage students and improve learning while providing 24/7 access to digital information resources for the entire learning community.
- Support students’ success by guiding them in reading for understanding, pleasure, and the exploration of diverse viewpoints and genres.
- Partner with the school community to create meaningful experiences and opportunities to promote a love of reading and lifelong learning.
- Provide leadership and expertise in the selection, acquisition, evaluation, and organization of resources and technologies in all formats, as well as expertise in the ethical and responsible use of information.
- Manage acquisitions, processing, organizing, distribution, maintenance, and inventory of resources.
- Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rule, and board policy in the library/media services area. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.

**4,. Assessment and Feedback**:

- Engage in diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of student learning.
- Collaborate with teachers to design and teach engaging lessons and assessmen