So yesterday I shared the responses to the first thought experiment: how many storytimes could you do, energy-wise, given unlimited resources to do them? And the answer was 3-6 storytimes per week for most of us.
Now, the second half of that question was this:
Another Thought Experiment: Say you had as many staff as you wanted to present all the storytimes at your location. How many storytimes would you assign to each person?
Guess what? The highest responses put storytimes at 2 per week per staff person, even though most of us in ideal circumstances might have the energy to do more.
How many storytimes per week would you assign to one person?
This isn’t really a surprise–we’re talking about the real world, after all, where storytime is balanced against lots of other parts of the job. And it makes sense, with such a vital, core service, to be as conservative as possible and make sure staff have the resources and stamina to do the best job they can, week after week, without getting burned out. But given that, there’s also a time efficiency to consider–and having every staff person do ONE storytime would possibly mean a duplication of effort (that multiple-prep issue) that doubling up at least a little bit balances out.
So there’s the last of the survey posts! Thanks for taking the survey, and thanks for reading and commenting. I’ve found this quick sketch of the numbers super interesting and actually helpful–hope you did too!
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