GEN: Flexible scheduling

[Gloria Chandler <gchandler@ccboe.net>]

As a media specialist for 21 years I have always been fortunate to work
for principals that allowed me to use flexible scheduling. The
advantages:

Unrestricted access of the media resources at time of need;
visits to the media center are determined by the curriculum needs;
information access skills are determined by the students "need to know"
which is more meaningful to the students and the retention of these
skills is better; the media specialist has an opportunity to work with
large groups, small groups, and/or individual students when needed; the
media center is used all day in a variety of ways and for a variety of
reasons; students utilize the media center independently to explore and
use all of the collection including book, audio-visual, multimedia
materials, etc.; teachers view the media center and the media specialist
as an integral part of the curriculum.

These are just a few of the reasons I use flexible scheduling. An
excellent book is "Flexible Access Library Media Programs" by Jan
Buchanan available from Libraries Unlimited.

Gloria Chandler, Media Specialist
Riverside Elementary School
Evans, GA
gchandler@ccboe.net

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