> Dear LM_NETers,
>
> I find it quite interesting (according to the responses to this post) that
> so many elementary schools are on fixed schedules which is in total
> opposition to the AASL Information Power standard. I, too, am on a fixed
> schedule because I could never make flexible scheduling work the way I
> envisioned it. I have decided that the problem is twofold:
>
> 1. In order to do flex schedule, there needs to be two librarians as a
> regular fixed schedule is also necessary to keep in close contact with the
> classrooms (desirable) and/or cover teacher prep time (not desirable).
>
> 2. There is never enough money to pay for 2 librarians, therefore, most of
> us are either forced into the fixed schedule by the school and/or our own
> desire to be sure we see all of the kids on a regular basis. I think that
> having more professionals on staff is the answer (along with a big enough
> space to carry on two activities at the same time) in addition to a
> clerk/aide or at least good volunteers.
>
> Of course, most of us can't even get prep time and/or an aide, much less
another librarian,
> but I can dream. What you all say that we lobby for more school librarians
> in every building? Maybe then I won't feel guilty all the time about
having a fixed schedule and exhausted because I also do flex and open
library...all without an aide and 750 students.
>
> Lorraine Smith
> Librarian
> Lake Pointe Elementary, Lake Travis ISD
> Austin, TX 78738
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda DeVore" <linda.devore@CGELEM.K12.AZ.US>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:23 PM
> Subject: Time spent teaching classes
>
>
> > Thank you for all of the responses. A couple of days ago I
posted
> > the question "How much time is spent teaching classes?" for an
elementary
> > librarian in my district. The average number of classes being taught
per
> > week is 30.5 with most classes being 30 minutes in length. School
sizes,
> > where given, ranged from 650 to 850 students. Most people are on fixed
> > schedules and are the planning period for their teachers. A couple of
> > people have fixed schedules but also have some flex time built in as
well.
> > There were only a couple of responses where people had more than
> 200
> > minutes a week allocated for prep/planning. There was one person where
by
> > contract where they had to be given a prep and another where the state
> > legislature had gotten into the fracas by mandating that teachers would
> have
> > a guaranteed 40 minute uninterrupted prep every day. One person had no
> prep
> > and was expected to do administrative duties before or after school on
her
> > own time. One person is down to 3 hours a week and another is at 40
> minutes
> > a day. The good news is that the majority of the respondents have at
> least
> > a part-time aide and in a lot of cases a full time aide/assistant. No
one
> > said that they had enough time for doing "library stuff". Most of the
> > respondents are exhausted and are feeling frustrated.
> > Once again, thank you for your responses and I hope that this
> > information can be used by this librarian when she speaks with her
> principal
> > and that the second librarian can be allocated some "prep" time of her
own
> > and maybe even give up her PE class!
>
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