Ideas for new TL to develop a collaborative planning culture

I am working in a non-collaborative environment,meaning we dont have any extra planning time apart from stage meetings and incidental staffroom discussions. I can see that my work is cut out for me to advocate for the library so that it can evolve into a collaborative resource based learning laboratory. This will take time and I will need to take advantage of opportunites as they present themselves eg with the new govt money on offer to improve schools we have put in for a new media centre to be added to the library. The role of the TL will necessarily change as infrastructure like this is added to schools. Oberg (06) suggests that TLs need to know and promote the schools goals and the principal needs to see that the TLs have valuable resources to share with principals so that together they can form a strong team. Gaining the principals support and respect is the first step for a new TL in beginning a planned approach to developing a collaborative school culture.