School Librarian (Spanish Immersion) - Nursery-Grade 4

Avenues • New York, NY

8d • $70,000 - $110,000

About The Position

At Avenues, the library is a magical place where children are surrounded by wonderful stories and literature, and develop a lifelong love of reading. The librarian makes the Avenues New York library into that place, building our collection of high-quality Spanish and English books and resources, and ensuring that every child is deeply engaged in the joys of reading in both languages.

Requirements

• Fluency in Spanish and English both in reading and writing
• Highly knowledgeable about literature for young children in English and Spanish
• Strong literacy instruction; experience as a teacher in primary grades preferred
• Highly effective collaborator, eager to listen deeply, contribute to a team and achieve goals together
• Keen interest in library and media instruction; a master's degree in library science preferred
• A remarkable entrepreneurial drive, creativity and ability to bring new ideas to fruition
• Intellectual curiosity and humility, to reflect, welcome feedback, and continually grow one’s teaching practice
• Candidates with diverse backgrounds encouraged to apply

Responsibilities

• Develop and teach the library and media curriculum for students ages 3-10 who are in the Spanish immersion program. This includes exposure to a wide range of literature, engaging read-alouds, information literacy lessons, and fostering students' curiosity in selecting books across a variety of genres and formats.
• Work closely with the library team to build every child's love of reading and develop information literacy skills and strategies.
• Build the Avenues library of high-quality Spanish and English children's books and enrich the curriculum with new digital and print resources.
• Collaborate with the Chinese/English Librarian and Director of Library and EdTech to continually improve the overall Avenues library, library curriculum, instructional practices, and programming.
• Support classroom teachers and other members of the STEAM team as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits for benefits eligible roles include medical, dental, life insurance, 401K savings plan, generous paid time off, family forming benefits, health and wellness benefits and more.
• Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level