St. Cloud Area School District 742 is hiring: Media Specialist, LCS in Saint Clo

Overview

Media Specialist, LCS at St. Cloud Area School District 742. Long Call Sub, .5 FTE; hours may vary based on program needs. December 20, 2025 to March 2, 2026.

Reports To / Supervision

Reports to: Executive Director of Technology/District Support Services; Building Principals. Supervision: day-to-day supervision of Media/Technology Paraprofessionals.

Salary

Salary range: $49,141 - $90,362 per year (based on 1.0 FTE).

Qualifications

• Required: Current Media Specialist license issued by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
• Preferred: Previous related experience; Multi-categorical licenses.

Position Summary

The media specialist reports to the building administrator and the Executive Director of Technology & District Support Services and is responsible for leadership of the building technology and media program, support of the technology and media needs of building staff, assisting teachers in the delivery of media literacy, and oversight of the media center, building network, and building technology.

Essential Duties

• Collaborate with instructional staff to plan and teach media/technology programs for maximum curricular integration.
• Work with individual teachers to design authentic learning tasks, assessments, and information-literacy standards.
• Provide job-embedded staff development to support technology integration in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and technology initiatives.
• Facilitate responsible use of information and technology (including cyber safety and copyright) to students, parents, and staff.
• Model instruction for teachers, team-teach, and provide instructional support.
• Understand and assist district curriculum and scope & sequence for all subject areas.
• Collaborate with teachers to plan experiences that improve literacy and promote reading.
• Provide media/technology and literacy leadership at the building level; contribute to district plans and program design.
• Serve as communication liaison for media/technology and electronic communications.
• Plan the media/technology budget with current and future needs; process orders and maintain expenditure records.
• Find, review, and acquire print and non-print materials; prepare resources for use; weed obsolete materials.
• Oversee daily media center operation; arrange facility into functional areas; establish rules and policies.
• Maintain circulation of building materials and district textbooks; participate in recruiting, hiring, training, and guiding building media staff and volunteers.
• Guide media paraprofessionals, clerical staff, and volunteers.
• Provide technical support and maintain building technology; monitor network resources; support hardware, applications, and communication devices.
• Facilitate scheduling of assessments with building administrators and teachers; provide on-site support for technical troubleshooting of assessment and technology.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Factors

Frequent: walking, standing, sitting, hearing, talking, and seeing.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package for employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week, including health, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; life insurance; AD&D; long-term disability.

Equal Opportunity

St. Cloud School District 742 is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Inquiries regarding Title IX may be directed to the Title IX Coordinator; the nondiscrimination notice is available at the district website.

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