Collaboration+&+Communication

**Read for Collaboration Session**
//Linking for Learning//, p. 19-56 (take another look)

Buzzeo, Toni. "Strength in Numbers: Data-driven Collaboration May Not Sound Sexy, But It Could Save Your Job." //School Library Journal// 56.10 (2010): 38-40. //Academic Search Premier//. Web. 10 July 2012. Marcoux, Betty. "Levels of Collaboration: Where Does Your Work Fit In?" //School Library Media Activities Monthly// 24.4 (2007): 20-24. //Academic Search Premier//. Web. 10 July 2012.

**Agenda for Collaboration Session**
1. Housekeeping 2. Student Presentations 3. Finish Standards - Quick intro to the NGSS standards media type="custom" key="25016860" 4. Topic of the Day - Collaboration & Communication
 * Opportunities
 * EXIT SLIPS from last session -
 * What is one question you have about the application of state and national standards in the school library?
 * several about assessing librarians based on the standards
 * questions about the robustness of measuring students based on a single exam, emphasis on college prep vs. career prep,
 * how to keep individual student needs and dispositions while helping students
 * question about consideration of diversity of school districts when implementing standards
 * time for LIS to do instruction, question of the role of LIS, working within scheduling constraints
 * adjusting to the pendulum of education and how to accomplish the core of our mission as SLIS
 * how involved were librarians in creating standards
 * Amanda - Curriculum Mapping
 * Carrie - Graphic Novels in School Libraries & Education
 * [|Talk on Collaboration]
 * Collaboration Examples
 * Highland Research Manual
 * Finding others with whom to collaborate - #tlchat, ISLMAnet

4. Groups for School Library Assessment Assignment
 * Assessment of the School Library Program Assignment