Collaboration

=Collaboration between the Teacher and the Librarian is essential to further student achievement. If you are new to collaboration, or you haven't flexed your collaborative skills lately, here are some resources you might find useful!=

> http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/instruction/handouts/collaboration.htm** > http://wblrd.sk.ca/~teachlib_dev/coll/collmain.htm** > http://www.indianalearns.org/collaborative.asp (many forms to use listed and linked on the left side)** > http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-2/librarians.html** > http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/tech/ms/lms/ResourcesforLMS.html**
 * **The Unversity of Virginia Library has an excellent web resource on Teacher and Librarian collaboration.
 * **Teacher-Librarians: Supporting Student Learning section for collaboration
 * **Collaborative Planning for Library Media Centers and Technology Programs
 * **Teachers and Librarians: Collaborative Relationships (article by Shayne Russell)
 * **Resources from South Carolina's Project IMPACT
 * **A relatively new journal out of our Neighbors to the North is called //School Libraries in Canada//School Libraries in Canada. A recent issue dealt exclusively with Teacher/Teacher-Librarian collaborations (Volume 25, Issue 2): http://www.cla.ca/casl/slic/archives.html**
 * **A //Cable in the Classroom Magazine// article by Leslie Preddy ("Collaborating for Student Success") is slightly dated (2003) but still relevant, espcecially if you are new to collaborations: http://www.ciconline.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=61&name=Student_Success.pdf**
 * **(For an updated view of how collaborative teaching is just one of the roles for librarians, see the article "5 Power Roles for Librarians," also in //Cable in the Classroom Magazine//, October 2006: [|http://www.ciconline.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=10&name=CIC1006FivePowerRoles.pdf)]**
 * **If you receive School Library Media Activities Monthly, you'll find another good article in the November 2006 issue on "The Power and Spirit of Collaboration" by Susan Vanneman.**