School Library Media Specialists and Classroom Teachers
Resources to Guide Collaborative Planning Activities

Compiled by Donna Shannon
University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science



Resources for Developing a Collaborative Integrated Instructional Program
Library Media Specialist
Deb Logan, Taft Library Media Center
This page is a bit old but there are links to lots of good resources.  Also, be sure to look at her "Strategies for Developing Teacher Contacts" and her "Collaboration Words of Wisdom."
Collaborative Planning and Teaching Record of a Unit of Study
Teacher-Librarian
Toolkit
This planning document takes you through all the steps in planning a collaborative unit of study.
What Works: Research about Collaboration
Teacher-Librarian, Volume 31, No. 3 (February 2004)
This monthly column from Teacher-Librarian highlights factors related to successful collaboration.
What Works: Building Collaborative Learning Communities
Teacher-Librarian, Volume 29, No. 4  (April 2002)
Another selection from T-L's "What Works" column describes how positive perceptions about collaboration are developed.
Indiana Learns: Collaborative Planning
Office of Learning Resources in the Indiana Department of Education,
The Indiana Learns website is based on a book by the same name by David Loertscher and Connie Champlin
Pages 26-55 of this document focuses on collaborative unit planning.
Librarian/Teacher Collaboration: An AskERIC Response
AskERIC (October 2002)
Result of an ERIC database search  for information on teacher/librarian collaboration.
Teachers and Librarians: Collaborative Relationships

August 2000 ERIC Digest
Shayne Russell defines collaboration and describes conditions favorable to collaborative partnerships.
Teacher-Librarian Collaboration
Penn Alexander Instructional Materials Center, Sadie Mossell Tanner Alexander University of  Pennsylvania Partnership School
Find several collaborative planning forms at this site. Explore other web pages on this site for even more!
Collaboration and the Learning Community
From Annette Lamb for a course at Indiana University
Lots of  citations and/or links to resources related to collaborative planning within and beyond the school.

Last updated on 10 February 2005 by  Donna Shannon