Re: [LM_NET] Flexible scheduling

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

On the other side of the coin, since secondary planning time is part of
the schedule (no class one period), there can be teachers who choose to
never bring those 6th-12th graders to the library. It can be a 'get a
book during lunch' or a 'go find out about' assignment that would be an
excellent method of integrating some Information or Reading Literacy
skills with classroom content that will never happen.

--
Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific MS
Vancouver, WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
beiffert.net furl.net/members/reiffert bloglines.com/blog/reiffert

Mary Kenslea wrote:
> <snip>  Plenty of anecdotal evidence exists to support the idea that flexible
> scheduling of library time is more educationally sound than fixed
> scheduling.  I suspect, however, that the real reason nearly every K-5
> school operates a fixed library schedule is to fulfill contractual
> obligation of teacher prep time.  Figuring out how to renegotiate an
> established teacher contract is a MUCH bigger task for us than establishing
> the value of flexible scheduling. <snip>
>

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