Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

School Libraries Worldwide

Volume

18

Issue

1

Pages

87-96

Abstract

Teachers engaged in sustained collaboration with a teacher librarian were interviewed about the meaning of that collaboration. The findings suggest that the teachers recognized important contributions of the librarian to instructional planning and classroom instruction including knowledge, legwork, and support. In particular, they understood her role as a broker both to resources and to ideas for using those resources in instruction. While these resources were essential, they were not sufficient; they required a knowledgeable peer who also understood their application to the curriculum and what students were expected to learn. They required a librarian.

Comments

Reprinted, with permission, from School Libraries Worldwide, Volume 18, Number 1, January 2012, pages 87-96.

Original Publication Citation

Kimmel, S. (2012). Seeing the clouds: Teacher librarian as broker in collaborative planning with teachers. School Libraries Worldwide, 18(1), 87-96.

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