clerical, aids, and paraprofessional staff

[fmcdonald@VAX1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU]

LM_NETTERS:

An observation I have made from talking with media specialists here and
there and hearing my students talk in classes has been that male media
specialists are more likely to have clerical help -- aids or
paraprofessionals, or whatever they are called locally -- than female media
specialists.

Am I off the wall or is my observation accurate?  (Maybe it is just number
of students, number of schools served, or number of professionals).  Let's
do a quick and dirty survey here.  Send your responses to me and I will
summarize and post to the whole list.  fmcdonald@vax1.mankato.msus.edu

My questions are:

1) I am a ______Male  _______Female Media specialist

2) In my school(s), I have:

        a.  Clerical assistant(s) ______Number

        b.  Aide(s) _______Number

        c.  Paraprofessional(s)  ________Number

        d.  Technology assistants (not other professionals)  _____Number

        e.  Other paid help  ________Number

3) Students in my school  ______Number

4) Professional staff in my school media center  ______Number

5) I work in more than one school. How many?  ______Number

6) Other, or clarification:


While I am at it I will be collecting information about what we call these
people who help us keep things running.

Thanks.  Hope this is not too sexist a thought.

Fran McDonald, Professor
Mankato State University, Minnesota
fmcdonald@vax1.mankato.msus.edu