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Dear friends, Recently, Hong Kong government suggests to launch a language benchmark testing for all teachers. When some journalists ask the Assistant Director of the Education Department how to arrange those teachers who do not pass the benchmark, he said "school principal may arrange them to do other administrative work, like working in the library" (in Hong Kong school, there is only one teacher-librarian in each school and not every school have clerial assistant) Many TLs think: 1. this is an "labeling" on 2nd class or failed teacher should go to library; 2. this cause many teachers and principals further intensify their misunderstanding of the library work (as a not profeesional easy task, just check-in and out, read books and newspaper etc) 3. this cause discrimination on the library profession 4. lable that everybody can do library work 5. career of library is a "refugee camp" 6. neglect the professional side of the teacher-librarians' work (like curriculum development, collaborative planning and teaching, information literacy etc...) We will have a meeting with the department and present a letter to the Director to show our sadness and ill-feeling. I am now asking for international comments, support and backup. Please pray for our professional development. Michael Hung Education and Information Techonlogy Officer Teacher-Librarian Group HK Professional Teachers' Union *************************************************************************** michael hung ICQ=6638008 SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School, Librarian HK Professional Teachers' Union, Teacher-librarians' Group, Chairman Jesus Christ, is the same Yesterday and Today and Forever. ~Hebrew 13:8 Homepage = http://www.school.net.hk/~mmhung/ michael email: mmhung@school.net.hk [or] mmhung@hknet.com ida email: idachan2@hknet.com ida & michael Hung *************************************************************************** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), 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.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=