(1) The program requires that successful candidates:

(a) demonstrate planning, implementing, teaching, and evaluating an integrated instructional program in information literacy, including working collaboratively with students and certified and support staff in the development of K-12 curriculum that promotes information literacy to prepare independent, lifelong learners, including the implementation of Indian Education for All, 20-1-501, MCA;

(b) demonstrate the ability to manage the library facility to meet school district goals and exhibit professional best practices through policy development, budgeting, needs assessment, market analysis, technical skills, and collaboration with students, faculty, and administrators. Candidates demonstrate competency in library program administration including strategic planning from which budgets, funding, facilities, equipment, and public relations are exhibited and professional standards met;

(c) manage library collections through evaluation, selection, acquisition, and organization of library materials for staff, faculty, and diverse learners, including American Indian learners;

(d) demonstrate knowledge of acquisitions and technical services and the policies and procedures that govern these services; and

(e) use emerging information technologies and explain their impact on the K-12 library media program.