1. Collaboration with Teachers and Administrators Through Flexible Scheduling

2. You are a teacher! Information Literacy and Inquiry in the MediaCenter Standards Based Instruction Being Proactive Flexible Scheduling 3. The media center (and the media specialist)should be available at the time of need 4. To manage ALL kinds of resources(including people) 5. Use the resources at the time of need Focus on collaboration Flexibility Learner-centered approach 6. Resources Attitudes 7. Student achievementInformation literacyActivities/strengths we bringHelping others develop their strengthsHighlighting successes 8. Cooperation Coordination True Collaboration 9. Communication Informal Formal Building Trust Being Reliable Stepping Up to the Plate 10. What instructional role does the principalplay? Who are the school leaders? Early adopters? WIIFM? How can I start small and think BIG? How can I share successes and not dwell onproblems? 11. Over 40% reported that the m.s. did not shareresearch about the role of the m.p. in instruction orresearch about reading Over 50% reported that the m.s. sees him/herselfas a caretaker Only 22% use a special form for evaluation; 97%reported that casual visits to the m.c. were animportant component of evaluation What does your boss think about you? SLJ, Sept., 2002, by Debra Whelan 12. Writtendistrict philosophySchool library media fundingDistribution of special fundsMedia center staffingMedia center facilitiesDistrict support staff 13. Written philosophySchedulingAttitudesCollection