N.M. Admin. Code § 6.64.8.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 6.64.8.9 - COMPETENCIES FOR ENTRY-LEVEL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS

A. Professionalism (ethics, professional development, and advocacy):

(1) Understands the ethics and principles of librarianship and leadership in the profession.

(2) Demonstrates a nonjudgmental attitude towards patrons and their requests.

(3) Demonstrates an understanding of and respect for cultural diversity and diverse learning styles.

(4) Preserves confidentiality in interchanges with patrons.

(5) Ensures that patrons have full and equitable access to library materials, resources, and services.

(6) Applies and supports the principles and procedures of intellectual freedom in providing access for students to materials and information, and in providing instruction regarding their use.

(7) Upholds and models appropriate behavior regarding copyright laws in both use of materials and in instruction regarding their use.

(8) Demonstrates knowledge of and practices contemporary self-assessment techniques for personal professional growth.

(9) Practices self-directed learning for professional growth to ensure awareness of current trends and issues.

(10) Demonstrates awareness of professional organizations and interest in professional participation.

(11) Advocates and promotes awareness of, and support for, students' educational and other informational needs to the school and the larger community.

(12) Includes a wide range of input from local and school communities in development and evaluation of library services.

(13) Works collaboratively and cooperatively with other libraries and agencies serving students.

B. Communication and collaboration:

(1) Communicates effectively with students, faculty, staff, administrators, parents, other colleagues and the general public.

(2) Maintains an effective teaching and learning climate in the school library media center.

(3) Listens and responds to information requests in a manner that encourages further patron inquiry.

(4) Demonstrates knowledge of curriculum and exhibits communication skills necessary for collaborative planning of curriculum and lessons with teachers.

(5) Develops and implements an effective public relations program that communicates to the local and educational community the vital contribution of the school library media program.

(6) Works effectively with the school library media advisory committee that includes administrators, teachers, students, parents, and other representatives of the community.

C. Collection development and management:

(1) Applies basic principles of evaluating and selecting resources to develop and maintain collections that support and enhance the school's curriculum.

(2) Develops, implements, monitors, and revises individual school library selection policies, which reflect the district collection development policy.

(3) Identifies and applies criteria appropriate for evaluating resources in all formats and for all grade levels.

(4) Applies appropriate collection development techniques such as needs analysis, evaluating, selecting and de-selecting resources.

(5) Develops collections to support the personal, developmental, vocational, recreational and cultural needs of patrons to ensure unrestricted access to information and ideas.

D. Shared instructional leadership:

(1) Serves as a learning facilitator within the school to support the development of effective strategies for teaching and learning.

(2) Participates as an equal partner with faculty in the curriculum development process at school and district levels.

(3) Anticipates the need for resources and specific information identified in the curriculum development process.

(4) Participates as an equal partner with classroom teachers in designing, implementing, evaluating, and modifying learning activities, and in assessing student mastery of these activities.

(5) Cooperatively plans with faculty and others to ensure that information literacy skills are integrated into the curriculum.

(6) Promotes appropriate interdisciplinary learning.

(7) Provides support to staff for teaching and professional growth.

(8) Motivates and guides students in appreciating literature.

(9) Plans and implements instruction in the use and evaluation of resources, with particular focus on information literacy.

E. Technology information management:

(1) Assists patrons in the optimal use of evolving technologies.

(2) Applies criteria to determine the appropriateness of various applications, materials, services, and formats to support and enhance curricular needs.

(3) Coordinates the use of technology with administrators, faculty and staff.

(4) Provides technical support and training on information literacy to administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

(5) Monitors, assesses, and employs existing and emerging technologies for possible applications to the library/instructional program.

F. Organization:

(1) Develops and implements effective policies and procedures relating to the overall organization and management of the collection(s), to include selection, acquisitions, cataloging, processing, accessing, and maintaining materials and equipment.

(2) Coordinates all aspects of the selection and acquisition processes for print and non-print media.

(3) Provides and maintains bibliographic records for all media/materials according to standardized classification systems.

(4) Selects, manages, and evaluates an integrated, automated library system that maximizes access and facilitates use of the collection.

(5) Establishes and implements circulation policies and procedures based on users' needs, to promote access and ensure confidentiality.

(6) Implements policies and procedures for ongoing maintenance of equipment and inventory.

(7) Promotes and expands information access to collections and databases beyond the school through resource sharing, on-line networks and links, consortia, and cooperative agreements such as interlibrary loan, delivery systems.

G. Administration:

(1) Develops, implements, and evaluates school library media programs which facilitate the achievement of educational goals, including the management of personnel, resources, and facilities.

(2) Collaborates with school personnel and other professionals to develop annual and long-range goals.

(3) Prepares, justifies, and administers the school library media program budget.

(4) Develops and disseminates annual plans and reports to meet program and school goals.

(5) Assigns, instructs, supervises, and evaluates support staff, volunteers, and student assistants.

(6) Participates in planning, arranging, and using school library media facilities to support the instructional program.

(7) Knows and applies appropriate research principles and findings to improve teaching and learning.

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.64.8.9

07-15-99; 6.64.8.9 NMAC - Rn, 6 NMAC 4.7.1.7.9, 10-31-01