Media Specialist job Cody HS, Wyoming

[Colleen Williams <cwilliams@PARK6.K12.WY.US>]

Hello all.

I'm leaving my position as media specialist at Cody High School in Cody,
Wyoming.  For official information about the job opening:

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

                1.      Written, or E-mail requests submitted to:
                        Sheryl Feeley - Human Resources Office.

                        Phone:  307-587-1193
                        FAX:  307- 527-5762
                        E-mail - sfeeley@park6.k12.wy.us

                2.      Submit request by deadline listed.

POSTING DATE:     March 30, 2001

APPLICATION DEADLINE:    When Filled

For personal information about the job, school, town, etc., please feel
free to e-mail me (Colleen Williams) at cwilliams@park6.k12.wy.us.

Cody is located in northwest Wyoming, 50 miles from Yellowstone National
Park.  It is a small town of 8,800 and is a great place to raise a family.
 Cody has excellent access to outdoor activities such as camping, hiking,
hunting, fishing, kayaking, etc. It's close to the Bighorn Mountains, Red
Lodge, Montana; Beartooth Mountains, Shoshone National Forest, and more.
When Yellowstone is open (summer) you can drive through the park to get to
Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole.

Cody recently opened a brand new ice arena which offers figure skating
lessons, ice hockey lessons, ice hockey leagues, toddler lessons, and of
course open skating.  A new recreation center and aquatic center is
scheduled to open in May 2001.  It will include a really nice pool area -
olypmic sized lap pool, kiddie area, slides, etc.  The rec center will
have basketball courts, racquetball courts, weight rooms, etc.  The ice
arena, rec center and aquatic center and all located in the same area and
babysitting will be available.  (I'm sad that I won't be able to use the
rec center and pool.)  Cody has no traffic, (except some silly, lost
tourists in the summer) and very little stress in the way of daily life
stuff (parking, crowds, etc.).

Cody High School has grades 9 - 12, approximately 830 students, block
schedule (four 90 minute blocks) and runs on the semester system.
Technology is a HUGE part of this job.  The library is too small for a
school of this size, but it has 14 MAC computers and 4 PCs.  (The PCs are
not the responsibility of the media specialist.)  I've been collaborating
with many classroom teachers and I'm sure they'll want that to continue.
Beside teaching information literacy, I teach PowerPoint, Inspiration,
creating newsletter or brochures in AppleWorks, use of digital cameras.
The technology lessons are brief, usually less than 20 minutes.  It's
enough to get the students going.  Other technology concerns: a media
server, CD tower, printer.  Technology available for teacher and student
use: digital cameras, camcorders.  There are 4 "creation stations" in the
library that has AVID Cinema for video editing.  I should be teaching how
to use it, but I haven't had time to train myself.  (I know some stuff,
but not enough to provide a comprehensive lesson.)  Video editing
assignments are much more rare than PowerPoint, newsletters, etc.

CHS is a great school.  The administrative team is excellent, the teaching
staff is fun, and the students are great.  I'm leaving because my husband
and I got teaching jobs at an international school in Venezuela.  We would
stay here forever if we didn't have the desire to travel the globe.  We've
lived in Cody for 8 years and I've been at CHS for 3.  I love this school
and this job.  In 3 years I've never dreaded coming to work.  You'll fit
in well at CHS if you're: positive (no whiners!), funny, fun, willing to
work together, not easily stressed.  It really is a great place to be.

We're having a hard time finding media specialists out here, so if you're
interested and you have technology skills and a good attitude, you have a
great chance.  I'd love to leave the library in good hands!

Colleen Williams
Media Specialist
Cody High School
Cody, Wyoming 82414
307-587-4251

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