1. Page 1 Making Lemonade An Inspirational Collaboration Deana Sexton and Amanda Cole Summit Elementary School Ashland, KY

2. Page 2 About Our Schools Catlettsburg ‘s mission statement, “Csatlettsburg Elementary faculty and staff, along with parents and member of our community believe: Reaching Every Student’s Potential Everyday Creates Tomorrow’s Successes. Catlettsburg Elementary is located in Boyd County, Catlettsburg, KY Enrollment average is approximately 250 with roughly 50% Free/Reduced Lunch Summit’s mission statement, "The path for students to realize their dreams begins at Summit Elementary School where the faculty and parents working together educate the whole child – socially, emotionally, and academically.“ Summit Elementary is located in Boyd County, Ashland, KY Enrollments average is approximately 500 with roughly 40% Free/Reduced Lunch

3. Page 3 About Us Amanda Cole Western Kentucky University, Master of Science in Library Media Education, 2008 Western Kentucky University, Endorsement for Instructional Computer Technology, 2008 Morehead State University, Master of Arts in Teaching-Language Arts 5- 9, 2007 Marshall University, Bachelor of Arts in English, 2002

4. Page 4 About Us Deana Sexton Sheldon Clark High School, Inez, KY, Class of 1993 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, Class of 1998, BS Chemistry (Teaching) Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, Class of 2003, MA School Counseling Science Teacher, Boyd County High School, Ashland, KY 1998-2004 School Counselor, Summit Elementary, Ashland, KY 2004- Current KSCA Executive Board Officer since 2006 in positions of Secretary and Elementary VP

5. Page 5 Our Ingredients 2009, Catlettsburg and Summit Elementary teamed up to “share” media specialist, Mrs. Cole 2010, A revised alternating week schedule was developed and implemented 2011, First collaborative lesson based on The Leader in Me Program and Information Literacy 2012, Development of additional collaborative lessons to include art lessons

6. Page 6 New Recipe Include more humanities classes in collaborations Implement or introduce lessons that collaborate with grade level units Formative Assessment (Exit Slips) using Open Ended Questions and/or Short Answer in a Reflection Journal for each student to improve communication with classroom teachers concerning lesson topics

7. Page 7 Lemon Drops To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate? Woo your Media Specialist Start Small… Common Planning Time/ PLC Comments or Questions?

8. Page 8 Contact Us Deana.Sexton@boyd.kyschools.us Amanda.Cole@boyd.kyschools.us www.boyd.kyschools.us