1. What is it and how do you get started?

2. Goal-oriented talk, discourse, conversation, communication, between two or more educators. (Dr. Gail Bush) Sharing resources of the mix of human beings involved in teaching and learning. (Jerome S. Bruner) A shared vision and a whole that is greater than a sum of its parts. (Senge et al.) Two or more people plan, teach, and evaluate instruction together. (Dr. Betty Morris)

3. Definitions of Collaboration cont. Process of shared creation – two or more individuals with complementary skills interacting to create a shared understanding that none had previously possessed or could have come to on their own. (Michael Schrage) Collaborative Planning is two or more equal partners who set out to Create a unit of study based on content standards in one of more areas Plus information literacy standards, a unit that is team-designed, Team-taught, and team- evaluated. (Author unknown) Collaborative planning is teachers and library media specialists working together as an instructional team to plan for instruction that integrates information literacy skills and resources with curriculum objectives. (Author unknown)

4. What do the definitions have in common?

5. Where do I start? CooperationCoordination Collaboration --informal, no goals are defined jointly, no planning together, information is shared as needed. --some planning is required and more communication, thus, a closer working relationship is developed. --working together, having shared commitment and goals, developed in partnership. Leadership, resources, risk, control and results are shared. More accomplished than could have been individually.

6. A common collaboration framework provides: A common language A blueprint for developing a collaborative relationship Prompts for discussion for those that do not know where to start Support for collaboration is not as simple as providing common prep time A dynamic tool designed to get you talking, thinking and sharing Flexibility

7. I. Design *Identify content area objectives and information skills objectives to be taught. Include: ---Learning outcomes ---Instructional activities and design ---Individual needs of students ---Teaching strategies

8. *Identify responsibility of teachers, students, library media specialists and others: ---Who will do it ---What will be done ---When will it be done ---Where will it be done ---How will it be done

9. *Identify needed resources and equipment: ---Facility needs ---Print and nonprint materials ---Supplies

10. II. Implementation *Schedule time and resources needed in library media center and classroom: ---Small groups ---Large groups ---Individual students

11. Carry out planned activities. Depending on needs, this may involve: ---Teacher and library media specialist team teaching ---Teacher alone ---Library media specialist alone

12. *Monitor student progress: ---Check for understanding ---Modify implementation as needed

13. III. Evaluation *Executes ongoing assessment and evaluation of: ---Objectives ---Unit activities ---Resources ---Scheduling ---Student outcomes ---Teaching strategies ---Time allocation ---Research process

14. *Revise the instructional unit: ---Unit evaluation ---Teacher input ---Library media specialist input ---Student input

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16. Awesome Library

17. Marvin K. Mooney Scooter Activity

18. To teach students to calculate distances while hiking

36. “From Cooperation to Collaboration” http://www.acrl.org/ala/aasl/conferencesandevents/confarchive/CoopToCollab.pdf http://www.acrl.org/ala/aasl/conferencesandevents/confarchive/CoopToCollab.pdf “ Ten Reasons to Hug Your Librarian ”. Joyce Kasman Valenza. May 2004. http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pdf/hug.pdf http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pdf/hug.pdf Bush, Gail. The Buddy System: the Practice of Collaboration. Publisher: ALA Editions, 2003. Morris, Betty J. Administering the School Library Media Center. Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2004 “Research about Collaboration”. Ken Haycock. February 2004. http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tltoolkit/what_works/works_v31_3.html http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tltoolkit/what_works/works_v31_3.html “Collaborating for Student Success”. Access Learning. October 2003. www.cicoline.orgwww.cicoline.org “Let Me Count the Ways”. Dan Fleming. August 2004. www.schoollibraryjournal.comwww.schoollibraryjournal.com Bibliography for Collaboration