A comment about TL's and flexible scheduling introduced the concept of our duty of care. In a time where the TL has limited resources (including time in the school) to then have groups of students dropping in to do their research or discussion without any scheduling, where does that leave the TL? As a babysitter for some teachers I am sure, and this is not fulfilling our duty of care to the students, or the school. I can see it now, the teacher is trying to cope with their class of 29 students and think to themselves - some students not focused in class? Send them to the TL to do some group work. Also you could end up with over 30 students at one time if they don't have to schedule - as was stated by Tamara 'a logistical nightmare'.
In theory a great idea, students able to utilise the library to its full potential, but in a time where RBL and RBT are still unclear to a large percentage of teachers, where inquiry driven assignments are in their infancy, flexible scheduling is something to strive for, where all students and teachers are aware of its purpose and role in the curriculum.
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