Library Paraprofessional

Denver Public Schools

Samuels Elementary - 3985 S Vincennes Court

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled

Wages

$13.00 per Hour   Calculate

Location

Denver, CO

Hours

40.00

MLS

Not Specified

Minimum Education

Some College

Library Experience

Required

Supervisory Experience

Not Specified

Type of Library

School (K-12)

This job is more than 3 weeks old or the application deadline has passed.

Job Description

The Library Paraprofessional performs general library tasks and providea routine assistance. Responsible for collection development and participating in budgeting activities. Duties may include coding, classifying, cataloging, receiving, checking out, and shelving library materials. May explain basic use of library facilities, resources, equipment, and services, and provide library resource location, data search and service assistance to students and teachers.

Additional Info & Requirements

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.  

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

One(1) or more years of library related experience required. Previous budgeting and related reporting experience preferred.

The Community

Because of its dedicated staff and attention to the needs of each child, Samuels prides itself on consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in DPS. In addition to strong academic programming, Samuels Elementary provides support for the development of the whole child. All students at Samuels engage in a rounded offering of visual art, choir, instrumental music, musical theater, technology and physical education. Opportunities to participate in the community garden, along with healthy offerings furnished by the school salad bar, are some of the ways students at Samuels learn first-hand about making healthy choices. Character education supports students’ growth beyond the classroom and steeps students in the school values of friendship, learning and ownership of their choices; these values are reinforced through daily announcements, weekly community meetings and regular awards presentations. 

HR Info

Teresa Allen teresa_allen@dpsk12.org

 

Visit careers.dpsk12.org, Job ID 17173

 

 

Posted Oct 31, 2016