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Working Collaboratively with your Media Specialist
Stacey P. FlynnTracy Jeffcott Melissa McDonald
Nationwide, research repeatedly demonstrates that students in schools with a well-funded , fully- staffed school library. . .
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Get better grades
Score higher on standardized tests
~ American Assn of School Librarians (2011), Regional Advisory Committee to the US Dept. of Education.
1. Program administrator
2. Information Specialist
3. Teacher
4. Instructional Partner
A Media Specialist has 4 roles…
Typical Resources in LMC • Print collection of 14,000 – 20,000 books, magazines, audio and video material • Learning classroom to include 20 – 35 desktop computers • Many have SmartBoards , some have eReaders and other mobile devices • 2-3 color printers• Communications center with TV studio and sound mixing station • Video cameras, players, tripods, projectors for staff and students use• 20-30 subscription databases with 24/7 access
NOTABLES for English Language Learners:
DVDs with English subtitles or captions TeachingBooks.net – contains audio for guided reading, lesson plans for ELL Encyclopedia World editions online databases in English, Spanish, French,
Chinese, Korean with 24/7 access Reference sources and foreign language collection for leisure reading
Media Specialist Teach Information Literacy Skills
Media Specialist Teach Information Literacy Skills
Media Specialist teach information literacy skills
The Media Specialist is an Instructional Partner
Cooperation The teacher and LMS work independently but come together for mutual benefit ▪ Example: The teacher asks for a collection of books for a unit of study and
the LMS pulls them Coordination
The teacher and LMS plan ahead of time to work on a project together ▪ Example: The English department notifies the LMS that students will be
working on a biography project during the 2nd semester and book time in the media center to work on the project
Collaboration Classroom teacher and MLS work together to co-plan, co-teach and co-assess
students. ▪ The LMS and the US History teacher work together to plan a unit of study for
the National History Day competition. The will co-teach lessons and assess students using rubrics they created together.
“When library staff spends more time on these activities [of true collaboration], ACT scores increase an average of three to four percent over the scores for schools with less collaborative library staff” (Lance, Rodney, and HamiltonPennell vi).
Powerful Libraries Make Powerful Learners: The
Illinois Study
“A central finding of this study is the importance of a collaborative approach to information literacy. Test scores rise in both elementary and middle schools as library media specialists and teachers work together” (Lance, Rodney, and Hamilton-Pennell, n. pag.).
How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards:
The Second Colorado Study (Executive Summary)
Page(s): 112, The Collaboration Handbook by Toni Buzzeo, ABC-CLIO, IncorporatedNOOKstudy (Stacey Flynn, [email protected]). This material is protected by copyright.
Benefits of Collaboration
Collaboration between Teachers & School Library Media Specialists
strengthens core competencies by:
Modeling new technologies for students & teachers
http://youtu.be/ZokqjjIy77Y
Engage Me!
Incorporating safe and effective use of Internet & web resources
http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education
.
1. Bring Edmodo on your next field trip
2. Host backchannel discussions
3. Provide homework support
4. Check in with your class while you’re out
1. Use it for brainstorming ideas
2. Visual tool for posting facts, ideas, and inspiration
3. Mind mapping tool
http://www.popplet.com/
1. Generates “ word clouds”
2. Greater prominence to words that appear more frequently
3. Helps students to focus on he most important information in the text
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4172619/Collaboration
Collaboration between Teachers & School Library Media Specialists
strengthens core competencies by:
Modeling new technologies for students & teachers Integrating research skills into the curriculum in unique & creative ways
Photo by Stacey P. Flynn
Earthquake Relief Project • Created in response to student reaction to earthquakes
• LMS and 6th Grade English teacher team taught and assessed
• Eventually became school wide effort
Interactive Map
Collaboration between Teachers & School Library Media Specialists
strengthens learning by:
Modeling new technologies for students & teachers Integrating research skills into the curriculum in unique & creative ways Incorporating safe and effective use of Internet & web resources
Pathfinders
Classroom teacher and media specialist work together to identify appropriate resources for a project
The project is then accessible online http://www.wix.com/annaleeschnebel
e/global-warming-pathfinder
Noodletools Noddletools
enables students to
organize their research online
Noodletools Each project has a space for note taking as well as a location where students
keep bibliographic information.
Helping students build information skills to be college and career ready!
Collaboration between Teachers & School Library Media Specialists
strengthens learning by:
Modeling new technologies for students & teachers
Incorporating safe and effective use of Internet & web resources
Integrating research skills into the curriculum in unique & creative ways
Benefits to Students Instruction by two or more teachers each with his or her own teaching style to match a diversity of learning styles. Instruction in the ethical use of information in the
context of subject-area projects. Opportunities to expand critical thinking while uncovering and sharing new knowledge encountered in a variety of sources and formats. Exciting content area projects with seamless point-of-need integration of crucial information, textual, visual, digital, and technological literacy skills. Increased learning and achievement.
Page( 49). The Collaboration Handbook by Toni Buzzeo, ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Photo by Stacey P. Flynn
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5ESmp5VFVIdlpjeWhoSUR6eWRTTVE6MQ
Peer Assessment
Contact Information Tracy Jeffcott [email protected]
Twitter: @msjeffcott
Stacey P. Flynn-- [email protected] Twitter: @StaPyFly
Melissa [email protected] Twitter: @Cre8tiveLib
