This year I have had the opportunity to collaborate with my teacher librarian, Val, an amazing educator. She is new to our a school so is interested in developing new working relationships that support student learning in our school. Val is not only very resourceful and helpful in supporting teachers' programs, she adds an element of creativity that strengthens student learning. She takes great ideas and augments the effectiveness of the instructional design. Her infusion of rich text, capturing guest speakers through the use of technology resources and her ability to co-teach and co-design make her expertise invaluable to our school learning team. 

In five short months she is transforming the way I work with technology in the classroom. She has given me an opportunity to learn within a community of learners climate. She is patient, open to new learning ideas, she values the teams' input and strengthens our work by adding a new dimension to learning that opens the doors to new possibilities. For example, in our classroom we engage in developing personalized inquiry questions that students explore and try to justify their transformation of thoughts, beliefs and actions. The questions are designed with students' thinking about their interests and strengths then connecting them to the broader inquiry question that we design to guide our learning throughout the term and connect to the curriculum. Val has embraced supporting students with inquiry projects and has added the dimension of identifying them as inquiry passion projects. This has excited the students further and has helped them clarify how to develop inquiry questions that encourages transformation. Val sees opportunities to infuse technology that enhance the learning experience. For example, she will connect with an author to set up an opportunity for my students to interview them on skype. She has developed a school library wikki that enables students to dialogue about rich text. She is an amazing support to both students and teachers.

Val has gone beyond the traditional role of librarian and has acted as a learning coach to everyone in the school. She sees herself as a learner and a teacher and acts on this belief. She is an amazing asset to supporting us developing an innovative learning environment. How do your learning partnerships evolve?