ASST LIBRARIAN & MEDIA SPECIALIST

Georgetown Visitation, founded in 1799, is an all-girls high school rooted in the Roman Catholic faith and Salesian tradition, committed to educating young women from diverse backgrounds. We are a faith-centered community dedicated to educational excellence, enriched by co-curricular and service programs. We guide our students as they integrate the search for truth with the pursuit of knowledge and dedicate their God-given gifts to making the world a better place.

As educators in the Visitation tradition, our teachers form lives as well as impart knowledge. We seek to create challenging and joyful classrooms that cultivate a lifelong love of learning. To learn more about what it means to be a Visitation educator, we encourage you to read Educating the Mind and Heart, which outlines the six goals of a Visitation education.

Visitation is currently searching for a part-time Assistant Librarian and Media Specialist for the 2026 - 2027 school year. The Assistant Librarian assists the Head Librarian in supervising aspects of the library and participates in all aspects of the School. This includes management of the library’s print and database research materials, researching, curriculum design, and teaching students in collaboration with academic department faculty.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively supports the mission and charism of the School; demonstrates an understanding of and enthusiasm for secondary education, for girls’ education, and for Catholic education
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, designs and implements a library program consistent with the mission and charism of the School
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, designs and implements a research skills curriculum for all levels
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, designs and implements a media literacy component to the library curriculum
• Performs other duties as assigned

As Assistant Librarian

• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, oversees the day to day activities of the library to include: monitoring the physical facility and reporting maintenance issues to the Facilities department; maintaining the neatness and cleanliness of the facility; monitoring student activity, following opening and closing procedures, and implementing Emergency procedures specific to the library facility
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, evaluates, selects, and purchases print and non-print resources in support of the academic curriculum 
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, evaluates, selects, and purchases popular magazines and books in support of developing habits for life-long learning and reading
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, reviews Library’s holdings periodically to ensure usefulness and appropriateness and acquires and discards holdings as needed
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, creates an inviting environment for students and teaching staff by creating displays and performing readers advisory
• Catalogs and processes print and non-print resources via the automated library system (Follett)
• Checks out books and resources out to faculty/staff and delivers items to faculty/staff mailboxes as needed, and checks in books from faculty/staff/students
• Runs a weekly overdue book report and sends overdue notices to students via email, and following up with students who still owe materials
• Communicates with faculty/staff about borrowed library materials and facilitates collecting unneeded materials back at the end of the school year
• Maintains the automated library system (add/delete patrons, runs reports as needed)
• Shelves print and non-print materials 

As Instructional Support Faculty

• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, creates an environment that is conducive to active and participatory learning, resource-based instructional practices, and collaboration with the teaching staff
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, collaborates with faculty in designing research projects that meet the curricular goals of the School, the Library, and teaching staff
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, effectively delivers research and bibliographic instruction and schedules classes for students at every grade level and across disciplines
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, designs lesson plans
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, assesses student progress by correcting written and online exercises, observing in-class presentations, and with their teachers, reviewing project submissions that utilize research skills and library resources
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, works with students individually and in the classroom on how to use the Library and its resources, develop research skills and practice ethical use of information
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, creates instructional finding guides and organizes physical resources to support assignments and projects assigned by teachers
• In collaboration with the Head Librarian, moderates the Student Library Advisory Board
• Participates in professional development activities to stay current with library and educational practices
• Participates in all student activities during the school day, including SGA assemblies, major assemblies, and liturgies; participates in all special school days (Founders’ Day and Diversity Day) and all activities at the beginning and end of the school year
• Chaperones at least two major activities a year, such as retreats, field trips, or special events

Successful candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in education, library and information science, or a related field; master’s degree in library and information science preferred.  Must have a minimum of five years of relevant experience; experience in Catholic or independent schools is preferred. Good organizational skills, good written and oral communication skills, proficiency using the internet, database, and word-processing programs are required.

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to their age, color, disability status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or any other class protected by state or federal law. As a Catholic school, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School reserves the right to use religion as a hiring criterion for selected positions, as permitted by law. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.

Salary is equal to the school faculty pay schedule based on degrees and years of experience.  The range for part-time is $25,000 – $45,000+.