CollaborationThe Journey

Presented by: Amy King

Maureen Schoenberger

Three Levels of Collaboration

• Cooperation

• Coordination

• Collaboration

Collaboration

• Collaboration is the 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. Collaboration creates a shared meaning about a process, a product, or an event.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume82005/theory.cfm#section

Taken from AASL Website

Cooperation

• Simplest form of interaction• Short term• Informal requests• Teachers, Librarians and Technology work

separately• Requires little commitment from the

individuals• Few defined goals• No defined structure• Minimal organized effort to work together

Cooperation Example

• Tech• Placing a file on the S drive• Linking a website to the Resource page• Using printers

• Library• Bringing resources into your classroom.• Pulling resources in the library for students to

use• Giving book talks about genres

Coordination

• Covers a longer time frame• More formal arrangements exists – planning sheet• Team approach – open communication• Teachers, Librarian and Tech Teacher plan

together• Roles are defined• Teaching is separate• May not occur in the same environment• Focuses on a unit of study or project• Measureable end goal - celebration

Coordination Example

Teacher Librarian

• Students gather biographical information about African Americans from books, databases, encyclopedias.

Classroom Teacher

• Students read information and gather facts.

• Use graphic organizer

• Create paragraphs of information

Technology Teacher

• Students turn their facts into a tri-fold brochure with images and text.

African Americans Unit

Collaboration• Common mission• Long-range scope• Requires comprehensive planning• Teaching is done together• Resources are shared• Teachers work together to present material, guide

the active engagement process and access.• Focus is aligned to the standards• Inquiry driven question• Emphasis is on critical thinking and problem

solving• Team taught lessons happen during the subject

area time not during Book Exchange time.

Collaboration Example

Shared Thinking ~ Shared Planning ~ Shared Creation

Team TeachingTeam

TeachingTeam Teaching

Works Cited

• Buzzeo, Toni. Collaborating to Meet Standards Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6 2nd Ed. Columbus: Linworth Publishing Inc., 2007. Print

• Doll, Carol A.. Collaboration and the School Library Media Specialist. Landom: Scarecrow Press, 2005. Print

• Stripling, Barbara K., ed. Learning and libraries in an information age principles and practice. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited and its Division Teacher Ideas, 1999. Print.

Contact Information

• Mrs. Amy King: aking@medford.k12.nj.us

• Mrs. Maureen Schoenberger: mschoenberger@medford.k12.nj.us