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

*NAS Guangzhou recognises the special contribution our teachers make to our community and especially in regard to duties other than teaching. Please note that all teachers at NAS Guangzhou participate in duties other than teaching. These duties include roles and tasks as home room teacher, before and after school bus and campus grounds, boarding house study support, play and general facility areas during break times, team and faculty meetings, professional development, school improvement workshops and projects, and support for school community development events such as Open Days and Presentations. These duties are all fairly accounted for in the day to day teaching load assignments. Teacher preparation time is carefully protected to ensure responsible and
appropriate professional duty of care for all teachers and staff.