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Teacher and Librarian. Jackie McNabb Adrienne Raible Brooke Vierling. Contributes to Student Success Builds Rapport Saves Time Encourages Community Involvement (Wilson & Lyders, 2008) Develops support for the school library media program (AASL, 1998.)
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Teacher and Librarian Jackie McNabb Adrienne Raible Brooke Vierling
Contributes to Student Success • Builds Rapport • Saves Time • Encourages Community Involvement • (Wilson & Lyders, 2008) • Develops support for the school library media program (AASL, 1998.) • Librarians can help new teachers access resources • (Woeste, 2008). Advantages
Requires Coordination • Scheduling Conflicts • Teachers are unmotivated to collaborate • Perceived lack of time • Insufficient pre-service training on collaboration • No common collaborative mentality • (Small, 2002) Disadvantages
Identifying useful materials and information for teachers • Planning instruction cooperatively with teachers • Providing in-service training to teachers • Teaching students both with classroom teachers and independently. • (Lance, 2002) • Collaboration: Where Does It Begin? by Ruth Small • http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_29/v_29_5_feature.html Ideas for Teacher- Librarian Collaboration
Process vs. Content Knowledge • Equal Responsibility • Shared Teaching • Shared Evaluation of Product • (Atcherman & Loertscher, 2008). • Collaboration Continuum: • http://library.springbranchisd.com/sbisd_library/collaboration_continuum.htm • (Bishop, 2008) Components of Collaboration
Improvements in Library Circulation • Improved Student Test Scores • Periodic Conferences • Shared evaluation of student work by both teacher and librarian • Collaboration Continuum • Toni Buzzeo • www.tonibuzzeo.com • http://www.cal-webs.org/handouts06/Collaborating2.doc • (Buzzeo, 2006). Evaluating Collaboration
Collaboration between librarians and teachers is linked directly with higher test scores • (AASL, 1998). • Students are taught the research process • Students gain information literacy skills • Students' ability to use information appropriately in is evident in the quality of their work. • (Lance, 2002) Value of Collaboration
American Association of School Librarians & Association for Education Communication and Technology. (1998). Information power: Building partnerships for learning, Chicago: American Library Association. • Atcherman, D. & Loertscher, D. (2008). Where in the role are you, anyway? CSLA Journal, 31 (2), 10-13. • Bishop, B.M., Ph.D. (2008). Collaboration Continuum. Retrieved December 2, 2008 from http://library.springbranchisd.com/sbisd_library/collaboration_continuum.htm • Buzzeo, T. Collaborating to meet standards: Teacher/ librarian partnerships K-12.Retrieved December 2, 2008 fromhttp://www.cal-webs.org/handouts06/Collaborating2.doc • Lance, K.C. (2002). What research tells us about the importance of school libraries. The Journal for School Library Professionals, 30 (1), 76-78. • Small, R. (2002). Collaboration: Where does it begin?Teacher Librarian. Retrieved December 2, 2008, from http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_29/v_29_5_feature.html • Wilson, P. & Lyders, J. Leadership for today's school library: A handbook for the library media specialist and the school principal. (2001). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. • Woeste, M. (2008). You’ve got a friend. Library Media Connection, 27 (1), 32-33. Resources