The document discusses elements of collaboration including environment, characteristics, process, communication, shared purpose, and resources. It notes that the expertise of library media specialists is in connecting knowledge with students, not as subject specialists. Effective collaborators have tools like appropriate materials, outreach to new teachers, and strategic meetings with departments.

1. relationships

2. reactive vs. proactive

3. from Marcoux, B. (2007). Levels of collaboration: Where does your work fit in? School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIV, 4.

4. There are six elements to collaboration:1. environment2. characteristics of collaboration3. process/structure of collaboration 4. communication5. shared purpose6. resources Remember: You are not the subject specialist, your expertise is in how to connect knowledge with students.

6. outreach to new teachers

8. from Marcoux, B. (2007). Levels of collaboration: Where does your work fit in? School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIV, 4.

9. from Marcoux, B. (2007). Levels of collaboration: Where does your work fit in? School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIV, 4.

11. from Marcoux, B. (2007). Levels of collaboration: Where does your work fit in? School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIV, 4.

12. from Marcoux, B. (2007). Levels of collaboration: Where does your work fit in? School Library Media Activities Monthly, XXIV, 4.

13. Strategic Planning Process From Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist, by John D. Crowley, 1994, Greenwood Press

14. Strategic Planning Process From Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist, by John D. Crowley, 1994, Greenwood Press

15. SOCIAL CHANGE HEALTH TECH DOMINANCE LABOR ECONOMIC POWER ENVIRONMENT Strategic Planning Process From Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist, by John D. Crowley, 1994, Greenwood Press

16. POPULATION FACILITIES ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS FINANCES Strategic Planning Process From Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist, by John D. Crowley, 1994, Greenwood Press

17. vision / mission

18. Seneca observed*,"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind." * sort of

19. Vision is the harbor …

20. And mission is the wind.

21. Strategic Planning Process From Developing a Vision: Strategic Planning and the Library Media Specialist, by John D. Crowley, 1994, Greenwood Press

23. What do you like or dislike in the statements?

24. Are the statements easy to understand?

25. Are the statements too vague, or are they specific enough?

26. Are they too long? Too short?

27. Do the statements express an idea or a hope for the future?

28. Are they too unambitious? Too "pie in the sky"?

29. Do they contain adjectives or goals that are more appropriate for a mission (vision) statement?

32. Each individual has responsibility for his/her actions and the resulting consequences

33. Diversity strengthens individuals and the community