Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in a heap of good intentions but you’re not sure how to get the co-teaching ball rolling? These quick tips for co-teaching will help librarians and teachers like you co-teach with little to no prep.  Welcome to  part 4 of my  Continuum of Collaboration Series all about the most involved part of the

Collaborating with Teachers is one of the best parts of being a School Librarian or tech specialist but it can get put aside when you’re busy running your own program. Everyday tasks get in the way of the time you want to spend in collaboration with other teachers. The Continuum of Collaboration posts offer a simple framework for collaboration. This

I want to let you in on one of the most powerful strategies for teacher collaboration: using a Collaboration Continuum. I designed my Collaboration Continuum after noticing a pattern of how I grow collaboration opportunities with classroom teachers. Let’s focus on Curation and then other posts go deeper into the rest of the continuum. This teacher collaboration framework works well

It can feel like defeat when you haven’t worked with a teacher on a lesson or a unit in a while. It might just be time for a mindset shift. Teacher librarian collaboration isn’t always traditional. Collaborating with classroom teachers doesn’t need to look like co-teaching a lesson or unit together. One of the best strategies to increase teacher collaboration is

What happens when everything you’ve worked to build for 10 years is pushed aside and you’re thrown into chaos? As a school librarian in Ohio, I coordinate a thriving  high school library program where I teach  students, collaborate with colleagues, and provide professional development on various tech, library, and curricular topics. But COVID-19 brought allllll that goodness to a halt