Asheville City Schools is hiring: Media Coordinator in Asheville

Position Type:
Specialists: AIG/Counselors/Social Worker/Media/Media Coordinator

Date Posted:
1/13/2026

Location:
Asheville High School

Date Available:
03/02/2026

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Asheville City Schools Job Description

Job Title: Media Coordinator
Job Status: Full Time
Location: Asheville High School
Contact: Derek.Edwards@acsgmail.net or Matt.Whiteside@acsgmail.net

CERTIFICATION: NC Teacher Licensure with K-12 School Library Media Coordinator certification is at the master's degree level (076) OR a Master of Instructional Technology (077). Accomplished and distinguished teacher evaluation ratings are expected.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

The demands of providing a 21st-century education dictate new roles for School Library Media Coordinators. School Library Media Coordinators are called on to have a larger role in their schools and school communities. School leadership is distributed among the staff and administration in order to bring consensus, common understanding, and shared ownership of the vision and purpose of the school. School Library Media Coordinators are valued for their leadership abilities throughout the school as well as in the media center.

School Library Media Coordinators help make the content engaging and meaningful to students' lives as they support teachers and facilitate the integration of curriculum and related projects across disciplines. In the school and the media center, School Library Media Coordinators facilitate instruction, encouraging all students to use 21st-century skills to discover how to learn, innovate, collaborate, and communicate their ideas. They serve as facilitators of information skills development through the provision of professional development, coaching, mentoring, and co-teaching activities. Their work includes supporting the development of authentic and structured assessment strategies to ensure that students demonstrate understanding of the content taught and the ability to apply the skills they have learned. School Library Media Coordinators demonstrate the value of lifelong learning and instill a love of reading and learning in the students with whom they come into contact

Reports to the Principal and Technology Director.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Planning and Implementing for Teaching and Learning
   
   1. Assesses the learning and information needs of students and staff
   2. Plans and works collaboratively with teachers to use appropriate resources that address curricular needs and learning goals
   3. Works with the principal and school leadership team to provide flexible access to the instructional services of the school library media coordinator
   4. Instructs students and staff in the effective use of the media center and its resources
   5. Incorporates information literacy into day-to-day instruction
   6. Advocates and promotes reading and life-long learning through motivational activities
   7. Collaborates with the Technology Facilitator to provide leadership in the school's use of instructional technology resources to enhance learning
   8. Follows a plan for personal professional development and actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally
2. Planning and Implementing for Information Access, Evaluation, and Use
   
   1. Creates and maintains an environment conducive to learning
   2. Works with the principal and school leadership team to provide flexible access to school library media center resources to accommodate individuals and groups simultaneously
   3. Organizes school library media facilities and resources in a manner that supports the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and maximizes intellectual and physical access to resources
   4. Encourages the widest possible use of print and electronic resources and services--within the school library media center, throughout the school, and through remote access
   5. Works cooperatively with other libraries and agencies to share resources that enhance teaching and learning
   6. Adheres to and communicates copyright as well as other laws and guidelines pertaining to the distribution and ethical use of all resources
   7. Advocates the principles of intellectual freedom
3. Planning and Implementing for Program Administration
   
   1. Works with school staff to design and implement short- and long-range plans that ensure balance among all aspects of the school library media coordinator's role and responsibilities
   2. Develops and implements an ongoing collection development and evaluation planning process, in collaboration with the Media and Technology Advisory Committee, that focuses on a variety of formats and resources to meet diverse learning needs
   3. Evaluates and selects resources that build a collection addressing curricular needs and learning goals in collaboration with teachers, technology staff, and students
   4. Maintains a collection addressing curricular needs and learning goals
   5. Evaluates the school library media program on a continual basis according to accepted standards of quality
   6. Plays a leading role in the school's budgetary process to ensure funding for the school library media program to support school-wide goals
   7. Leads, in partnership with the Technology Facilitator, the Media and Technology Advisory Committee, in effective decision-making to promote the media and technology program
   8. Interacts effectively with students, staff, administration, parents, and the community to promote and expand the school library media program
   9. Prepares and submits accurate reports as required
   10. Adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations
   11. Carries out non-instructional duties as assigned and/or as need is perceived

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to sit, stand, walk, and drive a car. Must be able to lift boxes up to 10 pounds. Physical demand requirements are for Light Work.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read and write complex text and data.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas, to add, subtract, divide, and multiply, and to understand and interpret complex statistical analysis.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using computers and other technology.

Manual Dexterity: Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors or shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under average levels of stress.