Participation in a workshop conducted for media library specialists developed team teaching projects to integrate library/media skills into the subject areas of their school curriculums. Six of the projects were selected for inclusion in this report. A dictionary skills game provides a fun way of learning for fifth graders while reinforcing…

Team teaching is seen as a device by which school administrators share responsibility with team leaders for major schoolwide plans and decisions, and thus no longer appear solely responsible for a situation (control of the educational work force) which they cannot control. (MJB)

The article suggests three strategies for the audiologist and speech/communication specialist to use in assisting the preschool teacher to implement student's individualized education program: (1) demonstration teaming, (2) dual teaming; and (3) rotation teaming. (CL)

Team management is presented as a viable, long range alternative to autocratic organizational models in education. The author identifies the components of successful programs. (MD)

This handbook is designed to help educators set the stage for collaboration and teamwork by teaching how to become a SMART School using focus, reflection, collaboration, and leadership to set strategic and specific, measurable, results-based, and time-bound goals. The progress made in reaching these goals can then be measured using the…

Focuses on two educational innovations which have been becoming increasingly popular in various European nations as a means of modernizing traditional educational environments. The approaches, team teaching and nongraded school, are discussed with regard to their objectives, organizational structures, problems, and successes. (DB)

Describes a house, multi-grade-level organization in which six or more educational specialists form a team whose primary concern is fulfilling the scholastic needs of the approximately 120 individual students for whom they share responsibility. (For availability, see EA 507 405.) (Author/IRT)

Physical fitness is now concerned with health related components and plays a significant role in minimizing the risks of hypokinetic diseases. There is a need for an interdisciplinary approach to physical fitness involving collaboration of the health educator and the physical educator. (JD)

Describes how coteaching can enhance reflective practice. Three phases of coteaching help promote reflective practice and professional growth are described: building trust and setting goals via initial interviews, reflection-on-action, and reflection-in-action. Recommendations for staff developers are included. (SM)

Describes a project that used the process of cognitive coaching to implement the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. Argues that cognitive coaching is a vehicle that helps teachers change and reform both curriculum development and instruction, combats the isolation of teaching, provides feedback, aids in reflective…

Discusses interdisciplinary team collaboration for teachers, including structuring a successful team meeting, the 10-step interdisciplinary problem-solving meeting, evaluation of team collaboration, and effective team communication. (SR)

Describes philosophy and course of study for the Alternative Education Licensure program at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, first offered in summer 2001. Emphasizes team-teaching approach. (Contains 15 references.) (PKP)

Collaborative practices of library media specialists and teachers as set forth in "Information Power" and implemented by the Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education (ILILE) are the focus of this article. Much has been written about collaboration in the past and much is still to be learned. "Information Power" tells everyone that…

The library-centered instructional programs of Glen Cove, New York, are described. (PF)

This article examines three problem areas related to classroom organization--team teaching, cross-age grouping, and classrooms labeled according to some prevailing educational ideology. The author notes that staff organization demands careful attention in order to allow teachers opportunity for growth and flexibility. (Author/DS)