““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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