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On Wed, 22 Jun 1994 14:42:55 EDT Joann W. Tillberg said:

>     I volunteered, and received the responses of half the
>faculty who filled the survey out -- teachers were chosen at
>random.  All but two of the surveys contained extemplary
>comments and ratings for me (these surveys are on a specific
>person, and I must admit, I do find this a bit intimidating).
>Anyway, 2 of the surveys I received back were not positive; and
>was a teacher to whom I had asked to supervise her students

Two were less than positive -- out of how many?  How can we
be everything to everyone?

>better because they were loud, disruptive, and not using their
>class time in the library media center for anything but
>socializing.  Her written comment was:

If we really do our job, we make the media center available to everyone.
If students are being disruptive, their rights stop right at the nose of
someone else who might be disturbed -- thus you would run the risk of being
criticized by another class for not being able to work because students were
being noisy.

>materials."  And this hurts to read, but I'm trying to develop
>a thicker skin.

It does hurt to be criticized when you are truly doing your job.  Thicker
skin and dwelling on the positive will help.


>the duties assigned to me (this is done by the head librarian
>who has never been in a classroom), I am assigned equipment,
>inventory, teaching classes and training of student
>volunteers.  I perform several other duties in addition to

I guess it is hard to know how to respond to this one.  It may not make any
difference what our assigned job is as long as our patron perception is that
they come first.  Most teachers realize that we have tons of everything to
do, and even if I may seem buried in whatever, if I can't get to their needs
right away, I hope I give the impression that my first free moment will be for
them.  I am not always successful, but then my lessons for walking on water
are for next week -- and I'm a remedial student!

Sounds like you did just fine!  A summer with some good books will give you
a whole new perspective on the two negative ones.

Best wishes.

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