“trial by fire” : new librarians as team teachers angie gerrard, university of saskatchewan...
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““Trial By Fire” :Trial By Fire” : New Librarians New Librarians
as Team Teachersas Team Teachers
Angie Gerrard, University of Angie Gerrard, University of SaskatchewanSaskatchewan
Jessica Knoch, Grant MacEwan CollegeJessica Knoch, Grant MacEwan College
Today’s PresentationToday’s Presentation
Our BackgroundOur Background
The Instructional ProgramThe Instructional Program
Advantages of Team TeachingAdvantages of Team Teaching
Disadvantages of Team TeachingDisadvantages of Team Teaching
New PerspectivesNew Perspectives
‘‘Rookies’ in the ClassroomRookies’ in the Classroom(Or … Who we are!)(Or … Who we are!)
Past teaching experiencePast teaching experience
University of Alberta Academic University of Alberta Academic Library Internship ProgramLibrary Internship Program
Developing & Delivering the Developing & Delivering the Library ProgramLibrary Program
Department of Secondary EducationDepartment of Secondary Education
Reviewing and developing curriculumReviewing and developing curriculum
Delivering the contentDelivering the content
Advantages of Team Advantages of Team Teaching for New Teaching for New
LibrariansLibrarians
Comfortable Teaching & Comfortable Teaching & Learning EnvironmentLearning Environment
Teaching together relieves tensionTeaching together relieves tension
Less stressful teaching = more Less stressful teaching = more relaxed learning environment for allrelaxed learning environment for all
““Demystifying the Process”Demystifying the Process”
Team teaching environment allows Team teaching environment allows for observation of additional models for observation of additional models of instructional techniquesof instructional techniques
Offers new ways to approach the Offers new ways to approach the same material (two heads better same material (two heads better than one)than one)
Developing Non-Teaching Skills Developing Non-Teaching Skills
(The benefits of teaching outside the (The benefits of teaching outside the classroom)classroom)
Reference deskReference desk
Collection developmentCollection development
Team-based environmentTeam-based environment
Disadvantages to Team Disadvantages to Team TeachingTeaching
Incompatibility between instructorsIncompatibility between instructors
Time commitmentTime commitment
Perspectives from “Not So Perspectives from “Not So New” Librarians: New” Librarians:
Team teaching can be beneficial to ….Team teaching can be beneficial to ….
– ““New” librarians to the professionNew” librarians to the profession– ““New” librarians to an organizationNew” librarians to an organization
““You’ve done this for a You’ve done this for a long time, it’s so nice to long time, it’s so nice to
have experienced have experienced librarians guiding us, librarians guiding us,
not rookies”not rookies”
Thank-youThank-you!!
Angie.Gerrard@usask.caAngie.Gerrard@usask.ca
KnochJ@macewan.caKnochJ@macewan.ca
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