Re: new job/first week

[Anna J Russell <anna@TENET.EDU>]

ms chaney,
     from what you are saying I gather you think the librarian should do
inventory on her own time.  I don't believe any librarian closses the
library just to sit and do nothing.  I do many things on my own time but
some must be performed during school hours.  I would stay open until the
last day of school but am required to complete inventory and I cannot
complete this task and teach at the same time.
     Why should a librarian give up her vacation to do things she should
be paid to do.?

On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Deborah Chaney wrote:

> H-m-m-m. Seems the opposite is also true. While librarians have left to
> become classroom teachers (some in the past to become eligible for career
> ladder stipends, which should have been extended to librarians in the
> first place),some classroom teachers have also left to become librarians,
> seeing it as an easier route to retirement (SOME, I said). I do believe
> that the librarians' contracts should be extended by 2-4 weeks (balanced
> between the end/start of school). What bothers me is that in some cases,
> the librarian who has that luxury STILL manages to eliminate services
> before the last day of school (I'm not talking about circulation to
> students, which must stop earlier), and manages to delay opening at the
> beginning of the year. The best of all worlds??
> Librarians ARE teachers. I can not imagine anyone wanting to dispute that
> very simple statement.
> Librarians who refuse to spend time after school hours handling routine
> tasks necessary for the smooth operation of the library can be equated
> to the classroom teacher who grades papers on students' time to avoid
> taking any work home.
>
> On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Cathy Louise Roach wrote:
>
> > When do you expect the LMS to enter students' names in the computer and
> > assign barcodes?  When would you have them assign and deliver AV
> > equipment and computers?  When should they process the new materials that
> > have arrived during the summer?  Do you expect them to come back to work
> > BEFORE the students and teachers to do everything that is required to gear
> > up the LMC for the new year?  When will administrators wake up and
> > realize that direct classroom instruction is not the only thing happening
> > in a successful school program?  To borrow a phrase, "It takes a village
> > to run a school" and all of the villagers do not have the same tasks.  It
> > is this attitude of trying to make LMSs the same as classroom teachers
> > that has caused many LMSs to return to the classroom.  Why do two jobs
> > when you are still paid for only one?  We have a unique position in the
> > school and we should be recognized for our contributions - even if they
> > are not the same as those of the classroom teacher.  EVERYTHING we do is
> > to the ultimate benefit of the students and teachers.  I would suggest a
> > different alteration of our contracts - ADD two weeks so we will not have
> > to "take care of our library business" on our vacation time.
> > Cathy Roach
> > LMS
> > Dan Rogers Elementary School
> > Dallas, Texas
> > croach@tenet.edu
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Deborah Chaney wrote:
> >
> > > I was surprised by your last question. Does a classroom teacher wonder
> > > what to do the first couple of weeks of school(perhaps!!), and does she/he
> > > have the liberty of NOT seeing students during that time period?
> > > Perception is reality, and if librarians show that they are not needed at
> > > the beginning or end of the school year, then it would seem reasonable to
> > > cut back their service contracts by one month (2 at the beginning and 2
> > > at the end). The first day of school can be and usually is too
> > > hectic-registration/new students/class placements/etc. But why would you
> > > not invite classes to your library that first week, to read to them or to
> >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>