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The School Buddy System shows you how to dive in headfirst and come out with a truly collaborative learning environment where the goal is student success. Building on existing educational standards, such as the International Reading Association?s Standards for Reading Professionals and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards, this innovative book is packed with proven tools, including: A ready-to-use framework for setting up a collaborative relationship 40 discussion prompts that will help initiate discussion and lively debate Common characteristics for establishing a collaborative mind-set Thought-provoking quotes from education scholars and practitioners that help you step into the shoes of other team players If you're involved in K-12 education, whether as librarian, school media specialist, teacher, administrator, or policymaker, The School Buddy System will give you a framework of outcomes-driven "open the classroom door."