Oregon School Library
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Collaboration Plans and Projects

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	About Collaboration
	Elementary
	Secondary

OSLIS pilots together with teachers at their schools have created powerful projects that teach critical information-literacy skills while at the same time addressing staff development and the curriculum needs of Oregon students. Click the links below to see example collaboration plans and staff and student projects (Rich Text Format). Feel free to adapt these materials for use in your own school.

About Collaboration

The Library Media Specialist's Taxonomy

Role of the Library Media Specialist as a Collaborator by Nancy Powell (PDF - 279 KB)

Steps to Collaborative Teaching (PDF - 67 KB)
Reprinted by permission of Wisconsin Library Association from "Steps to Collaborative Teaching," Rhonda Butt and Christine Jameson, Linking Wisconsin's School Libraries and Classrooms: A Guide for Integrating Information and Technology Literacy, pp. 19-32 © 2000 Wisconsin Library Association.

Collaboration Rubric

Elementary

JoAnn Klassen, Cedaroak Park School, West Linn-Wilsonville SD
    Collaboration Plan (joann_plan.rtf)
    Boolean Terms Worksheet (booleanterms.gif)

Jan Peterson-Terjeson, Pendleton SD
    Caldecott Award Medal Books Worksheet (caldecott.rtf)
    Newbery Award Medal Books Worksheet (newbery.rtf)
    Author Research Worksheet (author_reserch.rtf)
        Related Resource: Literature Learning Ladders -
        6 Steps to Great Literature-Technology Connections
    Practice Searching with Boolean Operators Activity (practice_srch.rtf)
    Truncation and Boolean Operators Activity (trunc_and_bool.rtf)
    Grade 3 - Our Solar System: Planets Lesson and Worksheets (lp_solarsystem.rtf)
    Grades 3/4 - All in an Astronaut's Day Lesson and Worksheets (lp_astronauts.rtf)
    Grade 5 - Adopt-A-State Packet Research Unit (adopt_a_state.rtf)

Char Wisely, Abraham Lincoln School, Medford SD
    Collaboration Plan (char_plan.rtf)
    Grade 4 - Oregon Trail Research Report (gr4_ore_trail.rtf)
    Grade 5 - Explorers Research Report (gr5_explorers.rtf)
    Grade 6 - Social Studies Research Report: Aztec, Inca, and Maya (gr6_socstudies.rtf)

Cheryl Young, Highland School, Reedsport SD
    Collaboration Plan (cheryl_plan.rtf)
    Collaboration Report (cheryl_report.rtf)

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Secondary

Marlene Hagen, Centennial High School
    Collaboration Plan  (hagen_plan.rtf)

Judy Jacoby, South Middle School
    Collaboration Plan  (jacoby_plan.rtf)
    Teacher Library Use Planner  (jacoby_01.rtf)
    Research Plan Sheet  (jacoby_02.rtf)

Allen C. Kopf, Umatilla High School
    Collaboration Plan: Research-Plan Development  (kopf_plan.rtf)
    Agenda for OSLIS Training/Collaboration Workshop (kopf_agenda.rtf)
    Goal and Objectives for OSLIS Training/Collaboration Workshop (kopf_goal.rtf)
    Research Skills (kopf_rskills.rtf)
    Grade   9 - Student Research Scope and Sequence (kopf_gr9srss.rtf)
    Grade 10 - Student Research Scope and Sequence (kopf_gr10srss.rtf)
    Grade 11 - Student Research Scope and Sequence (kopf_gr11srss.rtf)
    Grade 12 - Student Research Scope and Sequence (kopf_gr12srss.rtf)
    Implementation for UHS Research Plan (kopf_implement.rtf)
    Suggested Activities (kopf_activity.rtf)
    Concerns (kopf_concerns.rtf)
    Evaluation (kopf_evaluate.rtf)
    Letter to Nancy Powell (kopf_ltnancy.rtf)

Katy Lewis, Douglas High School, Winston, OR
    Collaboration Plan (lewis_k_plan.rtf)

Mary McClintock, Roseburg High School, Roseburg SD
    Collaboration Plan - Biology Unit: Genetics (marymc_plan.rtf)
    Genetic Diseases Research Sheet (marymc_biology.rtf)
    Developing Savvy Student Searchers Information Sheet (savvysearchers.rtf)
    RHS Network Online Information Search - Teacher Feedback (teacherfeedbac.rtf)
    BIOLOGY - Smart Searching Library Activity (sciencesearch1...3.rtf)
        Combine these 3 documents to make up the activity sheet:
        sciencesearch1.rtf, sciencesearch2.rtf, sciencesearch3.rtf

Jim Tindall, Wy'east Middle School
    Collaboration Plan (tindall_plan.rtf)

Garnetta Wilker, Lake Oswego Junior High School
    Collaboration Plan (wilker_plan.rtf)

Nancy Woodward, McKay High School, Salem-Keizer SD
    Freshman Orientation and Research Project for the McKay Library (mckaylibary.rtf)
    "What I Already Know" Topic Sheet (what_i_know.rtf)
    "15 Questions I'd Like to Learn" Topic Sheet (15questions.rtf)
    Webbing Diagram (webdiagram.jpg)
    Research Pathfinder Worksheet (rsrch_pathfndr.rtf)

Kay Yechout, Philomath High School
    Collaboration Plan (yechout_plan.rtf)
    Tutorial with Staff, September 1999 (yechout_tutor.rtf)
    Tutorial Participants (yechout_tutor1.rtf)
    OSLIS Research Assignment Worksheet (yechout_assign.rtf)
    Lesson Plans: How Staff members & Media Used OSLIS Successfully (yechout_lp.rtf)

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