Education / Library Science Job Description
Education / Library Science Duties & Responsibilities
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Education / Library Science Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Education / Library Science
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Education for Education / Library Science
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Employers hiring for the education / library science job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and University Degree in Education, Graduate, Teaching, Faculty, Library, Educational Leadership, Science, Special Education, Information Science, Leadership
Skills for Education / Library Science
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Education / Library Science Examples
Education / Library Science Job Description
- Collaborate with Library outreach and programs
- Provide expertise, training, educational outreach programs, and assistance to enhance digital learning and develop digital media production skills among students, faculty, and staff
- Conduct learner and project needs assessment for digital pedagogy across the curriculum and non-curricular educational programs to design innovative and effective instruction, implement curriculum and learning experiences that enhance critical thinking and digital literacy skills
- Apply learning theory, pedagogical methods, universal design, and assessment to digital media and learning programs, and Library Instruction and Research programs
- Collaborate with Academic Affairs, Faculty, Information Technology, Academic Colleges, College of eLearning & Extended Education, and others to teach effective integrative uses of digital media and learning technologies, including accessibility resources and tools, to enhance teaching and learning, and to promote acquisition of digital literacies using the Digital Media Lab, Collaboration Lab
- Work closely with Instruction Librarians to design and provide a wide-range of workshops such as
- Utilize, support, and teach creativity and collaboration software and technologies such as
- Utilize project management to initiate and coordinate innovative projects
- Provide approximately 10 hours of reference during evenings and weekends
- Provide some undergraduate library instruction as needed
- Assist with library events and outreach activities, including actively collaborate with the Library Marketing Team
- Strong problem-solving abilities and experience working with the public and providing excellent service to students, faculty, and staff in an academic environment
- May serve as a work lead in functional areas
- Teach courses and/or supervise credential candidates for 15 units in the subject areas listed above
- Participate and attend faculty meetings in the Liberal Studies Department and Urban Dual Credential Program
- Coordinate the University Library’s gift materials program, which may include reviewing and processing donations of materials
Education / Library Science Job Description
- Participate in reference, instruction, and collection management in the assigned subject areas
- Participate in library and university committees
- Teach graduate courses in the areas of P-12 educational policy, leadership and administration
- Maintain a rigorous program of scholarly work related to the Educational Leadership program's credential and graduate degree programs
- Work collegially with faculty
- Participate in university and community engagement and which involves a background in instructional leadership, systems change, organizational development, or educational policy
- Assist with student recruitment efforts and admissions process
- Supervise administrative credential students in field experiences
- Advise and mentor graduate students
- Actively engage in research that has local, regional, and national impact
- Earned doctorate in educational leadership or related field from an accredited institution
- Doctorate required, with a bilingual /multilingual emphasis strongly preferred
- At least three years of experience working with children in an educational setting with a diverse student body
- Demonstrated expertise in English Language Development (ELD) methodology
- Record of, or demonstrated potential for, scholarly/creative activity
- Possession of a state sponsored elementary teaching credential with an authorization to teach in Spanish bilingual classrooms
Education / Library Science Job Description
- Provide service to the college, university professional associations and discipline-related community partners
- Contribute to the school mission in preparing educators and in ongoing program improvement
- Collaborate with public school and university constituencies
- Teaching courses in the Liberal Studies Department including Introduction to Teaching, Early Fieldwork Experience, and the Senior Seminar in Liberal Studies courses based on expertise such as Engineering and the Arts, California Experience (CA History), Child and Adolescent Development, and Senior Capstone
- Advising prospective and current candidates in group or individual settings on admission, program coursework, and graduation requirements of the various programs
- Fostering partnerships with University and local school districts and agencies where candidates complete their fieldwork requirements
- Teaching a variety of post-graduate/graduate courses in the teacher education department in the college of education (face-to-face and online) in teaching English Language Arts and Literacy with a critical pedagogy perspective
- Collaborating with faculty and public school partners in the development, review, assessment, and maintenance of English Language Arts and Literacy programs
- Carry a workload based upon program leadership and teaching two courses a year or equivalent load in the form of dissertation chair duties
- Maintain an active record of scholarship, which may include grant seeking
- Knowledge of California state standards and credentialing regulations, local, state, and national trends
- Experience as coordinator or director of a bilingual education program
- Experience with teaching and / or academic advising at the college level
- Doctorate required with emphasis in Educational Technology or related field
- At least three years of K-12 teaching experience in diverse educational settings
- A recent scholarly writing sample
Education / Library Science Job Description
- Conduct original research and contribute to related research in the area of Teacher Education
- Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (an official transcript will be required of finalists)
- A cover letter that describes the candidate’s teaching and research experience and interests that directly address the duties and qualifications articulated in the position description
- Three recent (within three years) letters of recommendation that speak to applicant’s previous and/or potential teaching, scholarship or leadership (which may be from individuals in the reference list)
- Transcripts for all university degrees earned (an official transcript for doctoral or MFA degree will be required of finalists)
- Teaching graduate courses in the Master of Science in Counseling, School and College Counseling program
- Collaborating with faculty on candidate and program assessment, and admissions reviews
- Serve as the Library’s primary liaison to all first year experience-related initiatives, undergraduate-focused programs and other academic support centers such as tutoring services and Student Life
- Coordinate the Library's involvement in Sneak Preview, Welcome Days, other prospective and new student orientations and activities including New Student Orientation and Registration
- Coordinate Library programming and serve on campus committees related to first year-related, lower division, and undergraduate instructional support for courses that include library research or other information literacy student learning outcomes
- Evidence of successful college teaching experience, if available (e.g., student teaching evaluation summaries)
- Finalists will be required to submit a signed SC-1 form, three current letters of recommendation and an official transcript
- Recent original and complex contributed cataloging in a variety of languages and formats experience through a bibliographic utility such as OCLC, in an academic environment
- Recent experience and competence in using and manipulating ExLibris ALMA/PRIMO system
- Demonstrated knowledge of authority work and quality control for library collections
- Recent collaborative and creative activities and contributions delivered in a consortia environment
Education / Library Science Job Description
- Coordinate the Library’s participation in student learning communities and on campus housing programming such as the Asian American and Pacific Islander Retention and Education (ASPIRE) program
- Serve as the Library’s social media coordinator
- Engage in outreach and serve as the Library’s ambassador to undergraduates, especially students in their first two years
- Work with campus units such as Student Life or Residential Life and library faculty and staff to provide meaningful, welcoming, fun, and supportive library services and experiences for newer students that foster student engagement and sense of belonging
- Contribute to a dynamic library education program
- Provide research assistance to library users in-person at service desks and electronically via email, instant and/or text messaging
- Serve as a subject liaison to assigned programs and disciplines in the College of Business, teaching research workshops and supporting student and faculty research
- May serve as liaison to additional departments/programs depending on educational background and/or experience
- Build and maintain curriculum-driven collections for assigned subject areas
- Serves as the Library’s collections coordinator for the College of Business
- Years of professional (post-MLS) academic or research library experience relevant to this position
- ExLibris ALMA certified
- Earned doctorate in Education with emphasis in educational leadership and administration or closely related field
- School and district leadership to support social justice, equity, diversity and a culture of success for all children
- Organizational development and school improvement
- Administrative experience in P¬-12 setting