Underdogstokes@aol.com writes:
>I am preparing my end-of-the-year teacher check-in lists. I have 2
>problems
>so far that I was hoping you could help me address.
>1: A teacher dropped a NEW television while moving it from on TV stand to
>another. (I am not sure why he was changing carts or why he didn't ask
>someone to assist him). Anyway, while moving the television, he dropped
>it.
>The school system repair shop called yesterday and informed me that the TV
>must be junked because it cannot be repaired. The teacher knows that it
>can't
>be fixed. How would you handle the situation as far as responsibility for
>the
>tv, especially since it is less than a year old?
We have a policy in our school that when such damage happens, the
department the teacheris part of is responsible for repair/replacement
costs - it comes out of their budget. Once we enacted this, it brought
our repair problems down to almost zero. You might bet your principal to
add that TVs should never bemoved from their original carts as a student
safety issue - the TV cart combination is chosen to prevent the TV from
falling on a student. It has happened in someschools. Make a big deal
about it from that point of view.
>
>
>2. A teacher INSISTED on checking out a NEW set of World Book
>Encyclopedias.
>(I normally use my oldest sets for classroom checkout but she was doing a
>project on population). Anyway, she has lost 1 of the books from the set.
>The
>book has been lost since November, so I don't have much hope in finding
>it.
>How would you handle this situation as far as replacement of the volume?
Get a new copy of the volume from the encyclopedia co, and charge the
dept. See item #1. And now, you have a good example to use when you
explain you won't be loaning out the newest set of encyclopedias. Even
better - get them on line.
>
>
>Insurance and the current school budget won't pay for replacements for
>lost/destroyed materials and/or equipment.
>
>Let me know what your school policy is for teacher equipment and materials
>losses. Is the policy different for "teacher negligence"?
Accidents sometime do happen and it's important to make that
consideration. Just recently we had a problem with computer equipment
falling off a cart -the cart's wheel broke off, and it was no one's fault.
You can't get upset about that.
Good luck.
>
>
>Dianne Stokes
>Media Specialist
>McClintock Middle
>Charlotte, NC
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
>All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
>To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to:
>listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER:
>1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
>4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv.
>For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
>Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml
> See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=
>
"In theory, there isn't any difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is." - Yogi Berra
Mrs. Carolyn Gierke, Librarian
Sweet Home High School
1901 Sweet Home Road
Amherst, NY 14228
Phone: 1-716-250-1227
FAX: 1-716-250-1360
email: cgierke@shs.k12.ny.us
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to:
listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv.
For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml
See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors:
http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=
LM_NET
Mailing List Home