Librarian

The Harley School, a Nursery through Grade 12 independent school in Rochester, New York, with approximately 500 students, seeks a full-time Librarian for 2025-2026.

The Librarian will work with students, faculty, staff, and parents to promote the social, emotional, and academic success of students. Through an integrative and collaborative approach, the ideal candidate will promote a safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment that strengthens connections between home, school, and community. Teachers value working at Harley for the strong academic culture, curricular innovation, diverse students, and collaborative colleagues. In addition, with the Commons—our “barn” devoted to education for a sustainable future—opportunities abound for development of science curricula geared to principles of sustainable development.

Every candidate is expected to demonstrate a commitment to engaging in ongoing DE & I work, including their own professional growth, the integration of a culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy, and continued learning opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contributing positively to a student-centered culture focused on learning and growth
• Collaborate with the co-librarian on library programming, budgeting, cataloging, and database management.
• Maintain and collaborate on scope and sequence for library/media program in consultation.
• Curate a diverse collection of print, ebook, and audiobook resources for the community.
• Plan, teach, and continually update library and media instruction.
• Liaise with faculty members to identify opportunities to integrate information literacy skills and digital citizenship with classroom curriculum and projects.
• Provide library orientation, book talks, author visits, and research opportunities to students, families, and new faculty.
• Counsel with and provide individualized reading guidance to students and families.
• Train and oversee Parent Association library volunteers on Lower School library circulation and support.
• Plan K-4 author visits and collaborate with the co-librarian on the overall Visiting Author program.
• Remain current with publishing trends and best practices in school librarianship.
• Engage in ongoing professional development relevant to the position.
• Attend weekly division, department, or full faculty meetings. 
• Support the mission and philosophy of the School. 
• View curriculum as well as classroom and School culture through a lens focused on the core values of equality, diversity, and community engagement.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.