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The Bluebonnet Middle School librarian invited the administrative team to a presentation at the beginning of the school year on the benefits of collaboration between the librarian, teachers, and administration.

Bluebonnet Middle School
by: nmgutierrez03

Transcript of Elevator Speech

When teachers, librarians, and school administration collaborate, they create infinite possibilities to positively affect student achievement.
Librarians are educators who have additional training in the 21st century learning skills. Students need these skills to be successful now and in the future.
We all strive to improve student learning and exceed the level of rigor and relevance required by state educational standards. Librarians are experts in accessing, evaluating, and applying information. When librarians and teachers collaboratively plan and co-teach lesson plans, students profit from more engaging, comprehensive lessons at a higher level of learning. The variety both educators bring to the lessons, and the integration of multiple literacy skills engage students and provide deeper learning opportunities.
Studies prove that students benefit from technology integrated lessons. Librarians help administrators improve the quality of the overall instruction staff by offering in-service lessons on technology tools and collaborative lesson planning. Instructors then use these tools to present additional technology integrated lessons in the classroom. 
Librarians also provide individual assistance to teachers and students by helping them identify and locate resources.
Finally, librarians work with all school stakeholders. They are in the unique position to reinforce the school's mission and goals.
Possibilities are infinite when teachers, librarians, and school administration collaborate.

Marketing Tools

Tri-fold brochure detailing the in-service lessons that the librarians at Bluebonnet Middle School have created for the 2013 -2014 school year. This tool highlights the leadership role the librarians undertake to provide professional development to the teaching staff.  Hint: brochure should be printed double sided.

Click here to download a pdf version of the brochure. 

This library poster is an additional marketing tool used by the librarians at Bluebonnet Middle School.  It is posted in the library, in classrooms, and on campus information bulletin boards throughout the school advertising upcoming programs that the librarians have planned.  

Click here to download a pdf version of the poster

Research and Readings - Research and Readings on the impact of collaboration between school administration, librarians, and teachers, and how it affects student learning outcomes.

Coteaching in Action  -  Resources used to support school librarianship.  Includes examples of collaborative lesson plans, in-service lesson plans and additional resources used to support coteaching.  

Collaboration - Infinite Possibilities logo was created using Adobe Photoshop.  Marketing tools were originally created using Microsoft Publisher and converted to PDF files to insure global accessibility.  Elevator speech was created using Xtranormal.