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到崗時間： 2025-08-01

The Head Librarian leads the NASGZP library resource centre staff and strategically guides and promotes the development of the library collection and resources. The Head Librarian promotes a positive culture of staff relationships at NASGZP. The Head Librarian creates an aesthetically pleasing, child friendly and well-organised library; develops a respect for reading materials amongst the students and ensures systematic staff training and development according to the declared needs of the school and its community. Teaching and learning: ? Create in liaison with the ALT and implement an approved library policy appropriate to the student body ? Create in liaison with the ALT and administration, and implement an approved action plan to promote the development and use of the library ? Ensure a consistent approach to borrowing and tracing library resources and books ? Seek and promote approved ways to increase student access to reading materials ? Promote a greater awareness of excellent authors amongst all stakeholders ? Provide parents with age specific recommended author resources ? Train and manage student librarians to return books to correct shelves ? Create age appropriate recommended reader brochures and displays ? Familiarize and promote children’s fiction/non-fiction ? Familiarize and promote relevant student currency resources and inform ALT and School leadership of gaps in library resources ? To organise regular high quality author displays ? Promote high quality author reading sets for all classes and monitor their use ? Support academic staff in making appropriate selections and requests for library orders ? Oversee the systematic organisation of the library to ensure ease of access ? Support academic staff in organising regular author visits or Book Week events ? Seek opportunities to promote and invite children’s authors, poets and illustrators into school ? Seek and implement opportunities to involve parents in school reading initiatives ? Promote the use of ICT in the teaching of reading ? Teach staff, students and parents about how the library operates and to use the library systems ? Arrange story time sessions as appropriate in the library - Provide library induction lessons for all new students Administrative duties include, but are not restricted to: ? Creating and preparing resources in order to support teaching and learning ? Ensure books being taken out or returned using library system ? Register all new students and staff onto the system ? Supervise children in the library and enforce library rules ? Following up overdue/missing books according to library policy ? Apply procedures to ensure outstanding books are returned before students leave ? Co-ordinate library resources including author boxes ? Liaise with the IT/admin team to ensure that new children are added to the system ? Audit resources annually and provide the appropriate staff with a report ? Remind staff when books need to be returned and to follow up by speaking to staff ? Provide ALT with a monthly report indicating any staff/students/parents with overdue books ? Ensure that the library staff can be rostered effectively during the school day ? Provide access to appropriately challenging resources for more able readers ? Promote independent use of the library amongst all students ? Ensure that teachers are updated on any student borrowing issues ? Contact parents via email over borrowing issues ? Ensure students do not borrow books until overdue books are returned ? Ensure that electronic devices are used appropriately and to put in place approved practices and procedures to prevent loss or theft of all library resources ? Liaise with Reading & Library Teachers and Curriculum Coordinators to arrange book orders ? Ensure up-to-date book catalogues are made available to teachers ? Dispatch orders to suppliers and track deliveries as necessary ? Promote local GUANGZHOU book suppliers to overseas staff ? Arrange for payment and invoices with finance office ? Organise Library staff for cataloguing, stamping and covering of books as required ? To liaise with IT to ensure repairs to IT/technology resources are made promptly ? Create and maintain displays in and around the library Overall support for the school ? Fully support the aims and ethos of the school ? Support fellow professionals ? Attend team and staff meetings where necessary ? Follow agreed policies and procedures ? Work to maintain positive relationships with parents and the local community ? Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety ? Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance ? Attend relevant training activities where required ? Where required, to assist with the supervision of pupils outside lesson times ? Where required, to support the admin team for other tasks Others ? Any other appropriate duties as allocated by the School’s Executive Leadership Team