Collaborative Activity / Evidence of Collaboration / Benefits for Students
- discover topics being studied in classrooms & provide resources
- reaches out to teachers to offer support
- points out interconnections of information skills and content standards / - surveys staff about topics and units being taught
- listens to staffroom, playground, parking lot, comments and diplomatically and enthusiastically offers to teach information skills and gather resources
- / - accesses information sources at a variety of reading levels
- more engaged, interested and motivated than usual
- more successful
- provide motivational reading opportunities / - surveys student interest and skill levels
- stocks appropriate and reading
- gives exciting book talks
- posters, displays, reviews, award winners
- hosts book clubs / - piqued interest levels
- lots of material to choose from
- something for everyone
- integrate information skill instruction as needed for curriculum content / - plans and teaches strategic skill lessons for classes
- provides resources to support curriculum
- sources related fiction, articles, artifacts, career information... / - learns skills in context
- learns skills necessary for achievement in content areas
- makes real world connections
- provide access to digital information beyond the library / - consults with teacher regarding time slots
- schedules to accommodate classes as needed
- bookmarks appropriate sites
- teaches supporting information skills
- provides in-service training in related information skills for teachers / - accesses material not available in hard copy
- accesses material beyond the school collection
- learns to evaluate websites and materials
- more options, more levels, more perspectives
- partners with teachers to plan and teach unit s of instructions / - makes long range plans to accommodate teachers and classes
e. g. Build Your Own Long Range Planner
- utilizes planning and tracking templates e.g. Build Your Own - Research Template, InfoSkills Matrix
- maintains a Collaboration Log, Let's Chat chart,
- team teaches / - lower pupil teacher ratio
- more positive experiences with materials at skill level
- more learning styles accommodated
- practices, learns, more skills in less time
- observe collaboration and its benefits in action
- assesses learning experience considering planning, teaching and learning / - maintains a Let’s Chat chart, Documenting Evidence of Understanding chart
- compare partner units to / - marked on process as well as product
- benefits from two or more perspectives on effort and achievement
- continually improving learning experiences
- provide in-service training to teachers / - offers informal sessions for teachers at lunch and after school
- introduces new materials, programs, hardware to staff / - receives greater support from classroom teachers
- accesses newer better resources
- assisted by more teachers who understand their needs