flex scheduling

[Joan Chase <JSCHASE@AOL.COM>]

Hi,
I am going to meet with a faculty committee to discuss introducing flexible
scheduling next year. We are a K-5 building. I would like to hear from fellow
Library media specialists about your sucesses and failures with flex
scheduling and perhaps some words of encouragement. What has worked for you?
We have 450 students, two classes of bilingual Spanish in grades K-3, two
English classes at these levels and 3 integrated classes in each of 4th and
5th grades. In addition to the traditional schedule  of each class  in the
Library 1x a week I also teach all the compter classes K-5, 1x a week for 30
minutes. As you can see the entire week is a rigid schedule and it wil be
difficult to convince the classroom teachers to flexxxxxx. Any ideas?? I
would really like to have the time to teach the skills necessary for
information literacy - but with these relentless numbers and lockstep
scheduling - it has been difficult. I also cannot meet with the teachers
during the school day as my class is often their break time. Hope to hear
from you soon. I think the net is really great - I have enjoyed reading and
answering sometimes too. Send answers to me. I will compile if there is a
good response. Thanks.