Linda,
That's a great question. Here is what I do. At our school each grade
level has a different lunch time. I have managed to fit into my
schedule a time to meet with each grade level once a week while they are
eating lunch. It's not ideal, but I try to make it work. Usually, I
meet with them in the teacher's lounge, but one in a awhile, I will
prepare a dessert and invite them to eat in the library. That way I get
their undivided attention!!! It's during these times that I find out
what they are working on in the classroom so that I can supplement or
share in the teaching responsibilities. Sometimes I do book talks on
stories that they might want to consider as read-alouds.
Cheers,
Paula
Paula Naden - Library Media Specialist
Moonlight Elementary
USD 231 / Gardner - Edgerton
Gardner, KS
nadenp@usd231.com
913-856-3112
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>>> Linda Martin <lindamartin423@GMAIL.COM> 4/29/2007 7:52 PM >>>
Isn't it ironic that Pamela found that the "overwhelming majority" of
her
respondents operate under a fixed schedule, while we are taught that a
flexible schedule is the norm and the ideal. What if we shifted our
paradigm to the reality and focused on a way to work around scheduled
classes? How many of you schedule meetings with teachers after school?
How
do you make collaboration work for you?
Linda
On 4/29/07, Pamela Hamilton <phamilton53@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Colleagues,
> Thank you for the quick response to my query concerning fixed versus
> flexible library programs. The overwhelming majority of elementary
> schools,
> around the country, operate on a fixed schedule as library is
generally
> considered one of the planning periods for classroom teachers. Most
of
> the
> classes are 45 minutes. What did surprise me were the varying
comments
> concerning the fixed schedule. Some librarians feel it assures them
the
> opportunity to interact with all students, teach Information
Literacy
> Skills
> and encourage a love of reading. Others would prefer a flexible
schedule
> to
> allow more time for collaboration.
> There was another group I found very interesting- those operating on
a
> modified schedule. This included fixed times for the younger
children and
> a
> flexible schedule for the older, even in K-5 schools, additional
planning
> time built into the day to allow for collaboration or one day a week
with
> no
> scheduled classes.
> Thank you,
> Pamela C. Hamilton, Librarian
> Blackstone Primary School
> Blackstone, VA
> phamilton53@hotmail.com
>
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