Collaboration+with+Grade+Level+Teams

=How do you know what materials grade levels need?=
 * As a librarian, email and 5 minute conversations in the hall work best for me and my staff and the trust that they have in me to make connections.
 * Ask again and again
 * Learn through reflection process for the next time
 * Discuss during meetings
 * What materials should the library provide vs. planner "tub"/classroom materials
 * Look at the central idea and lines of inquiry to know what direction they're headed
 * use public library resources

=How do/should library lessons connect with the Units of Inquiry?=
 * Took curriculum map & matched standards to each grade level of UOI
 * Fit lessons to trans-learning instead of UOI
 * Information literacy/digital literacy must be embedded into Units of Inquiry
 * Communicate skills/needs with classroom teachers

=Challenges/Successes with Collaboration=
 * Lack of time
 * Not included with plan time
 * As a classroom teacher, it is so helpful that our library/tech teacher is flexible. I can touch base with her one-to-one informally to come up with great ideas tailored to my class's needs/inquiry. We also stay in the classroom during tech/library and have a chance to add our thoughts and collaborate.
 * Mandated collaboration
 * Time by district: has pros and cons
 * Email teachers
 * Before/after school
 * Early release of kids
 * Attend at least one monthly plan with each grade and PYP coordinator
 * Meet & talk then no follow-up

=How do you create time to meet with grade level teams?=
 * Monthly/weekly meetings
 * Vital to be first-hand info and part of the dialogue
 * Coordinator emails IB essentials weekly
 * Specials teachers take one unit for each grade levels that they are collaborating on with the grade level
 * If it is not in the schedule it doesn't happen; It needs to be in the agreements