How Collaborative Planning Works

1. How Collaborative Planning Works

2. Collaborative planning is. . . • strategy or approach to teaching and learning • philosophical framework for curriculum-based library media programs • one more strategy/approach for teaching repertoire

3. Collaborative planning. . . • reinforces 21st Century skill development • encourages lifetime information use (lifelong learning) • enhances coursework

4. Purpose of collaborative planning is. . .to develop learning experiences or units of study that effectively integrate student’s media center activities with their other learning experiences.

5. Cornerstones of successful collaborative planning • Library media specialist is instructional partner • School-based 21st Century skills continuum • Collaborative planning model/form/checklist

6. Conditions for effective collaborative planning • LMS must be prepared to initiate planning • Determine teacher’s needs and preferred teaching strategies • Time to plan • Planning location • Use planning form - put it in writing!

7. When do LMSs typically “plug-into” the teacher’s program?

8. Steps to Planning with Teachers • Begin with teacher’s plan for instruction • Together, identify embedded information and skills • Together, specify learning activities • Together, devise student assessment • Together, decide where learning activities will take place

9. What Teacher brings to process • Knowledge of content area • Knowledge of students

10. What LMS brings to process • Knowledge of resources • Knowledge of information skills, technology skills, 21st Century skills, etc.

11. Planning Form & Process • Initiate contact/schedule time to plan • Establish subject/topic grade/ability levels • Review previous skills and activities • Establish general goal/purpose of study • Establish objectives for • Learning • Information skills/technology skills/21st Century skills, etc.

12. Planning Form & Process (cont’d) • Select resources • Determine teaching/learning activities • Student assessment • Reflection • Record and retain unit

13. Collaborative planning is a • process of communicating • process of creating something

14. Collaborative Planning - Conclusions • Curriculum-based library media center activities • Ensure integration of 21st Century skills into curriculum • Maximize use of all school resources • Guarantee successful learning experiences for all students!