Standard: Cultivating Effective Instructional Design to Co-plan, Teach and Assess Learning.
Theme: Instructional Partnerships
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: Teacher-librarian is active participant with all faculties in the design of guided inquiry to plan, teach, assess and reflect on effective learning experiences.
Be inspired by this example of a Makey Makey collaborative lesson infusing art and music to create a touch-sensitive object with grade 7 students as a Toronto District School Board STEAM project.
Sinay, E. & Jaipal-Jamani, K. (2016). Toronto district school board’s k-12 professional learning strategy: incorporating the arts into stem [PDF]. Toronto, ON: Toronto District School Board. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erhan-Sinay/publication/335797038_What_is_STEAM/links/5d7bc84c299bf1d5a97d2bfa/What-is-STEAM.pdf
Surdivall, T. & McMillan, J. (2017). S.T.E.A.M. Makey makey art and music [Slideshare]. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RRD-Bq_CoCNeqm4WP1NyjtP_hC4T2cDLC9-9sCBZIm4/edit#slide=id.p
This infographic poster details how teacher-librarians work collaboratively with teachers in the cyclical instructional processes of preparation, action, and reflection – plan, teach, assess, reflect. Examples of activities in these three processes are defined in notes below the poster, with an acknowledgement that collaboration will look different or take on a variety of forms dependent upon needs of learners.
British Columbia Teacher-Librarian Association (BCTLA) Surrey Chapter and Surrey Teachers’ Association. (2019). What can Collaboration with a Teacher-Librarian Look Like? Retrieved from https://bctladotca.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/teacher-librarian-infographic-final.pdf