RESPONSIBILITIES
At Avenues, the library is a magical place where children are surrounded by wonderful stories and literature, and develop a lifelong love of reading. The librarian makes the Avenues New York library into that place, building our collection of high-quality Chinese and English books and resources, and ensuring that every child is deeply engaged in the joys of reading in both languages.
The librarian will:
- Develop and teach the library and media curriculum for students ages 3-10 who are in the Chinese immersion program. This includes exposure to a wide range of literature, engaging read-alouds, information literacy lessons, and fostering students' curiosity in selecting books across a variety of genres and formats.
- Work closely with the library team to build every child's love of reading and develop information literacy skills and strategies.
- Build the Avenues library of high-quality Chinese and English children's books and enrich the curriculum with new digital and print resources.
- Collaborate with the Spanish/English Librarian and Director of Library and EdTech to continually improve the overall Avenues library, library curriculum, instructional practices, and programming.
- Support classroom teachers and other members of the STEAM team as needed.