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Kimmel, Sue C. – Knowledge Quest, 2013
With all the discourse in school librarianship about collaboration, there is surprisingly little discussion of teacher planning. For teachers, planning is the taken-for-granted work necessary for teaching. Planning focuses on various increments of time, ranging from a single lesson to a day, a week, a grading term, and a school year. Teacher…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Cooperative Planning, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Group Dynamics
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Darrow, Rob – Knowledge Quest, 2009
School librarians have excelled in providing a physical library space that is welcoming, making sure students have an inviting space to access print and digital materials, and developing collections that provide access for all ages of students. In the physical library space services such as collaborating with teachers and consulting with students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Online Courses
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Keeling, Mary – Knowledge Quest, 2009
Students learn best from well-designed instruction. To what extent can a school district design a curriculum that supports inquiry learning? How can a district implement consistent inquiry practices in forty schools? In this article, the author discusses Newport News Public School District's journey to inquiry which began in 2004 with a…
Descriptors: School Districts, Reading Instruction, Inquiry, Librarians
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Farwell, Sybil – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Profiles cooperative projects developed at elementary schools in the Miami-Dade County Library Power Grant. Discusses the librarian/teacher collaborative planning process. Describes the PEACE (Plan for Excellence in a Collaborative Environment) project which revolves around a multi-leveled, pyramid design for collaborative planning. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Education, Grants
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Grover, Robert; Blume, Shelia; Dickerson, Jane; Fox, Carol; Kreiser, Latane; Lakin, Jacqueline McMahon; Losey, Betsy; McConkey, Roma; Schumacher, Mary; Talab, Rosemary – Knowledge Quest, 1999
The Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL) developed and tested a model that enables library media specialists to work with all grade levels and most subject areas to plan units of integrated information-skills instruction and to assess this instruction. The "Handy 5" Model (using Big Six framework) is explained, and research…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
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Bruce, Charlotte – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Students in a creative writing class at McLean High School (Virginia) were asked to write an original piece of spy fiction. A four-way collaboration model, which utilized the strengths and expertise of a teacher, library media specialist, business partner (the technology division of the CIA), and vendor, provided students with unusual learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Creative Writing, Fiction, High Schools