In response to Patricia's question, Frankie wrote:
>IL involves the MS collaborating with teachers to plan and implement
>lessons, teaching and making use of information resources, and evaluating
>the results.
>If you will do a search on this phrase you will find lots of interesting
>and helpful information. The ALA website is very helpful. Also, there are
>books and videos available from catalogs that market
>professional library materials.
>Studies show that schools that use IL make better progress than schools
>that do not.
Patricia, I'm the author of a couple of those professional library books,
and I couldn't agree with Frankie more. What you are trying to do is
Herculean primarily because you AREN'T collaborating, but may be trying to
create the entire experience without one essential element--the classroom
teacher teaching the learning standards in the content area. It sounds as
though you are working on a fixed schedule, which is a disadvantage, but it
is still possible to approach collaboration if you have a willing group of
teachers who will work WITH you. Some of the nineteen unit plans in
Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6 by
Toni Buzzeo (Linworth 2002) were written by LMS's in fixed
schedules. Perhaps your approach could be two-pronged. 1) Find a few
collaborators and begin the process and 2) Begin to lobby for a change to
flexible scheduling and full collaborative teaching.
All best,
Toni
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Longfellow School
432 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
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