Teacher-librarians play a vital role in collaborating with other staff members to encourage and nurture professional development in order to create positive change. The Canadian Librarian Association outlines in their document Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada that one of five main standards of practice for a school library learning commons is “facilitating collaborative engagement to cultivate and empower a community of learners” (CLA 8). (Image from CLA Leading Learning 8) One of the best approaches to facilitating and cultivating collaboration and new learning (with the goal of ultimately empowering a community of learners towards positive change) is the Concern Based Adoptions Model. This…