Indiana Resources:

The Office of Learning Resources web site provides 24/7 access to multimedia examples of collaboration projects planned by IN teacher/media specialist teams. Elementary, middle and high school examples include ‘Dream Weavers’ an elementary multidisciplinary unit and a middle school virtual fieldtrip based on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ http://www.doe.state.in.us/olr/video/collaboration2002.html

ICAN: Individualized Curriculum and Assessment Notebook. Indiana Department of Education. At https://ican.doe.state.in.us - a web-based software system that manages individualized curriculum, assessment, and analysis through standards-based accountability. Teachers use an elaborate computer program that helps them track what standards they are working on, their progress, and it also provides a reporting mechanism for analysis and for personal assessment of teaching.

Inspire Teacher Resource Guide, developed by teams of teachers and media specialists of the Carmel Clay Schools, under a grant from the IDOE office of Learning Resources. The teams collaborated to plan research units, which start with In Academic Standards for both subject/grade level areas and information literacy. Available at http://www.doe.state.in.us/olr/library/inspire.html

Student Inquiry in the Research Process, developed by Leslie Preddy, media specialist, Perry Meridian Middle School, Indianapolis, outlines the steps teacher and media specialists can take to develop inquiry lessons. Handouts and resources are included. http://pmms.msdpt.k12.in.us/imc/Inquiry/index.htm

Technology in the Classroom is a collection of video stream examples of teaching units developed by IPS educators. A variety of technology is shown including digital cameras and distance learning. Teachers and administrators comment and evaluate the units. A Parent section is also included. At: http://www.doe.state.in.us/olr/video/classroomtech.html

Other Resources:

American Association of School Librarians provides a current listing of career development and professional development activities at http://www.ala.org/aasl/education_menu.html

Buzzeo, Toni. Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6. Linworth Publishing, 2001. Provides practical examples of how to implement the collaborative process in a variety of situations. The 19 K-6 units are presented in a standardized template that educators can easily adapt. A second title focuses on grades 7-12.

Collaborative Units developed by high school media specialists and teachers can be seen at Joyce Valenza's digital library in the "curriculum" column at: http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/jvles.html and Harlene Rosenberg's "research guides" on the digital library at: http://central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/imc/research_guides

Dorian, Ray and Judy Davies. Partners in Learning: Students, Teachers, and the School Library. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Clear explanation of the collaboration process accompanied by detailed lessons created by elementary teacher-media specialist teams.

Weisman, Shirley. Windows into Instructional Collaboration: Information Power in the Real World. San Jose, CA: Hi Willow Research & Publishing, 2001. Learn how the library media program has raised academic achievement in some CA schools collection of practical suggestions, collected by a library media specialist, explaining how. Designed for self-study, professional development sessions with teacher and library media specialists, and for courses preparing library media specialists.