Apresentado por Ross Todd em Lisboa, 03.11.2008, como suporte a conferência

1. Dr Ross J Todd Director, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey cissl.scils.rutgers.edu [email_address] The ABC of Collaboration: Actions, Challenges and Barriers

8. Curriculum Areas 1 Chemistry 3 History 4 Foreign language 5 Mathematics 11 Technology 12 Arts 27 Science 36 Social studies 64 Language arts Frequency Curriculum area

13. Initial Concerns & Solutions trying to organize the work as much as possible, or approaching it with a positive attitude Previous experience with maintenance of commitment Doubt of partner/colleague (only librarians) building a good working relationship by committing to the team work and helping each other previous experience; lack of experience Interaction with partner discussion and communication or by investing in building a good working relationship Lack of experience Professional ability / acceptance by partner (mostly librarians) Building knowledge of library guidelines / standards Lack of knowledge of project specifics, implementing the teaching Project concerns, instructional design (mostly teachers) flexibility and adjustment, often working outside regular hours, prioritizing; principal awareness & support Infrastructures, “how things work, and is this workable” Time & scheduling (concern ranked high and equally shared) Solution Reason Initial concerns

14. Strengths and difficulties in teaching together Misadventures, unexpected situations, issues arise (8%) Students not motivated, not up for it (11%) Features inherent in the project, e. g. took longer than expected (13%) Time, scheduling (30% of difficulties identified) DIFFICULTIES Individualized attention to students, differentiated instruction (mainly SL) Class management Affective side, reassurance, support, enjoyment, confidence, discussion Learning new skills/content from partner, the others’ skills Team approach, connecting two areas of expertise (dominant) STRENGTHS

16. Impact of collaboration on students 100 (78) 100 (43) Total Percentage 6 (5) 0 (0) Focused, actively participating, understand why do tasks 4 (3) 2 (1) Motivated, enjoyed 21 (16) 37 (16) Learned content knowledge 4 (3) 0 (0) Learned technical skills 66 (51) 61 (26) Improved information literacy Librarian % (N) Teacher % (N) Impact of collaboration on students (N=number of instances of impact)

17. Evidence of Impact of Collaboration 7 (6) 0 (0) Enthusiasm 21 (17) 28 (12) Informal observation, questions asked, relevant behavior (as observed) 5 (4) 7 (3) Library system evidence, circulation, use of resources 22 (18) 16 (7) Bibliography of final product 44 (36) 49 (21) Content of final products Librarian % (N) Teacher % (N) Evidence (N=number of instances of impact)