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 * __QUESTION, PART 1__: Of all the roadblocks listed in these articles, which do you feel will be the most difficult ones you will face in carrying out data-driven collaboration and why? **=====

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The most agreed upon challenge is time, with both time to plan and time for instruction being named as barriers. Though it was the most frequently named challenge, it was considered the biggest challenge by only 30% of us. Many of us described strategies to address the time challenge such as adopting digital tools, listening to our clients, building positive relationships, and making collaboration meaningful.=====

The largest percentage of us, at 40%, believed that federal testing requirements and mandates are the biggest challenges to collaboration. Christie, Stacy, and Janice stated that testing responsibilities and the need to use the library and/or computers for testing are significant barriers to collaboration, especially during testing season. Amanda and Stacy also see testing as an opportunity to develop collaborative relationships. Testing data can be effectively used in data-driven collaboration and can be used as a tool in identifying student needs.

20% of us identified school culture as the most significant barrier; another 10% named a lack of interest from teachers or administrators as the biggest challenge. kt describes teachers as ‘entrenched,’ particularly at the high school level. Natalie also described Megan McKnight’s school, where we know that teachers have a negative attitude about collaborating with a librarian.

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 * __QUESTION, PART 2__: What strategies will you employ to overcome these roadblocks and be an advocate for collaboration grounded in data collection and evidence that your instructional partnerships are working? **=====

**When faced with time constraints pull out**:

 * === **Flexibility: See if you can make it work when it seems like it can't** ===
 * === **Availability: Look for opportunities to be with teachers** ===
 * ===** Proactivity: Contact the teachers, don't wait for them **===
 * ===** Creativity: Think beyond face to face: email, text, chat, phone, and Web 2.0 tools! **===

**When faced with culture constraints pull out**:

 * ===**Interpersonal skills: be aware of personalities and work with them, find strategies that compliment the teachers. Do not overstep, be sensitive and LISTEN**===
 * ===**Friendliness: It's easier to work with a friendly face**===
 * ===**Leadership abilities:**===
 * ===**Flexibility and helpfulness**===
 * ===**Trustworthiness**===
 * ===**Find just one collaborator: target new and student teachers**===

When faced with testing constraints use:

 * ===Record keeping skills: maintain reports, document student achievement===
 * ===Analysis: use test information to analyze student needs===
 * ===Planning: plan to address the needs and share ideas with others. Sit in on meetings===
 * ===Evaluation: Identify where collaboration has lead to student achievement===
 * ===Publicity: Share with community: shareholders include principals, teachers, parents===