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Collaboration. From Myth to Reality: Let's Get Down to Business. Just Do It!
Seven insights to help library media specialists build collaborative efforts for school library programs.

Collaboration: The Motown Method
Teaching today is a challenge. It is tough to design and build instruction every day. It is tough to find the balance between standardized tests, state standards, and best practices. One of the best ways for educators to meet these tough challenges is to collaborate or work together as a team

Professional Learners. Professional Development for Collaboration
It is always amazing to hear what pre-service librarians (who are often classroom teachers) think a school librarian does and what "collaborating" means. A suggestion—host a professional development on collaboration where you talk about collaboration in general following a simple formula of "why collaborate, who can I collaborate with, and how to collaborate."

Collaborative Instruction: Collaboration & School-wide Initiatives
When a librarian takes a proactive approach to new school-wide initiatives, the librarian is seen as a possible agent of change and has the possibility of impacting the entire school.

Collaboration and Connection: A University Outreach Program
Librarians from Arizona State University develop workshops to educate high school teachers and librarians to better prepare students to cross the grade 12-13 gap. Ideas for high school-university collaboration are demonstrated in this article.

Many Faces of Collaboration
Paige Jaeger and Bridget Crossman discuss tried-and-true collaboration strategies, from covert operations to global initiatives, to help you connect with teachers and others in your community and increase student learning.

Annotated Bibliography

Crossman, Bridget. Community Partnerships with School Libraries: Creating Innovative Learning Experiences. Libraries Unlimited, 2019.

Providing a treasury of community partnership opportunities and resources for innovative learning experiences, this title helps Future Ready Librarians to create authentic, student-centered experiences that address American Association of School Librarians (AASL) standards.

Harada, Violet H. Kirio, Carolyn H. and Yamamoto, Sandra. Collaborating for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9-12. Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

This is the book that high school media specialists have been asking for! Finally, a project-based approach to student learning in high school featuring the school library media specialist in a starring leadership role in the school improvement process!

Hill, Kristi, Harriman, Abbie and Grosso, Amy. School Wide Collaboration for Social-Emotional Learning. Libraries Unlimited, 2021.

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