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Please use this as a place to house your take-a-ways from your group discussions.

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Please use this as a place to house your take-a-ways from your group discussions.

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How do we overcome...
•How do I communicate my role?

•I don’t have time for this.  It’s just faster and more efficient if I do it myself.

•What is this collaboration thing going to look like?   This is way out of my comfort level.

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What do you see as potential BENEFITS of Collaboration?

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Include your take aways from a discussion with your group about the Pros and Cons of the Maker Space Mindset in your library program.

Include:

Pros

Cons

How this mindset could be impactful for students.

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Bethany Howe, Erin Allred, Maria Davis, Makayla Self

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Bethany Howe, Erin Allred, Maria Davis, Makayla Self

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Hannah Inman, Carolyn Kay, Mariah Martin

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Hannah Inman, Carolyn Kay, Mariah Martin

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Callie Helms, Haley Lowder, Taylor Cooke

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Callie Helms, Haley Lowder, Taylor Cooke

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Railey Fitzgerald, Carlie Capuchin, Samantha Bishop

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Railey Fitzgerald, Carlie Capuchin, Samantha Bishop

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Addie Carr, Jazzmin Harris, Amanda Lammers, Megan Wyman

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Addie Carr, Jazzmin Harris, Amanda Lammers, Megan Wyman

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Being flexible with meeting times (ie fixed, flexible schedules, etc.)

Flexible in communication (virtual, email, Google docs)

Take the initiative (planning, learning curriculum)

Go to the collaborator with a solution to their problem

Have a newsletter to promote collaboration

Be persistent (not in an annoying way but more helpful)

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Creating a newsletter

being inquisitive - always asking and making your way into their bubbles

making conversations in passing - hallway & car rider line

enhance - don't replace; add to their projects, don't try to "takeover" so you don't intimidate the teacher

It can look different depending on the teacher

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-Make yourself and your skills known (introduce yourself to teachers in your building, reach out, attend staff meetings)

-As you build those relationships, you will prove the value of collaboration and it will become more time efficient

-Starting small to prove successful outcomes before moving to bigger projects

-Create fun and unique opportunities (like author visits) to encourage teacher participation

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building strong relationships with teachers/teams

Visual element for staff, like the Portrait of a Collaborator assignment

Librarians being proactive and showing that we can offer support through flexible scheduling, strong communication, and willingness

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Communicating my role: Introduce yourself at the beginning of the year, share your website, create a newsletter, create a "menu" for collaboration, visit classrooms, attend PLCs

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Service more kids, work directly with the students

Fun, engaging activities -- makes learning fun for the students

Create a cohesive school culture and work environment

Sharing the workload especially in planning and implementing lessons

Strengthens the librarian's role in the school - advocacy for the library program

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Modeling what productive and effective collaboration looks like

Sharing success stories

Find creative ways to provide time to teachers and advocate for more time to collaborate

Planning ahead- come prepared with background info and ideas

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Different types of teaching can reach different types of learners

Different viewpoints and ideas, a fresh look at the table

Modeling what two adults look like working together for students to see

Modeling to students the value of the library and the librarian

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For time: On a fixed schedule, working with other specialist who share the same schedule gives the chance to work together a little easier. Using technology to communicate and share with each other also works with everyone schedule and the times they have available.

For engagement: Using school-wide events and learning objectives to share the load with each other.

For personality: Flexibility with another person, which includes and not limited to just going with the flow. But within reason of course.

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enhancing student learning

students make more connections, get higher-level learning

showing students how to share - being a model for students

job security

It's fun!!!

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-Creates better outcomes for students

-Can take a load off of teachers (especially resource curation)

-More integration of curriculum/standards = better test scores and overall school success

-Shows the importance of the school librarian's role within the school

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provides a better understanding of curriculum, teacher planning, whole school collaboration practices

builds positive relationships

allows media coordinators to be creative

can provide time back to teachers

library space is usually more receptive to creativity, movement, and hands-on lessons

allows for cross curricular subject integration

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Positive student outcomes (projects, grades, test scores, engagement), (eventually) less work for all involved, positive school culture, improved campus climate (morale), future job skills, connections between content areas, generalization of skills

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Being familiar with the standards

Fostering and building relationships

Shared perspectives help expand thinking and understanding

Fosters creativity

Skill gaps can be addressed and learned from

Learning becomes more engaging

Even with the time constraint, long-term planning actually addresses the time for students

Reinforces learning since the students are seeing the topic in multiple lessons