Greetings Colleagues,
I'm having a problem understanding something and I hope the
collective wisdom of this group can help. It has to do with the
future of teaching, teachers and LMS/Teacher-Librarians.
Over the past few months there seems to have been a steady stream of
messages from members who's budgets had been cut, time reduced or
(worst case scenarios), positions eliminated.
Here in British Columbia the situation is especially bleak. School
libraries and Teacher Librarians have been hit hard as a result of
government cut backs. Given present trends, the Teacher Librarians
of this province may soon be as endangered as the spotted owl.
Then I read an article in the May 6, 2002 edition of "Time Magazine"
(The Coming Job Boom) which says, "School districts and universities
will need 2.2 million more teachers over the next decade, not to
mention administrators and librarians and are already avidly
recruiting."
Since when? Who is avidly recruiting? Where's the evidence? I've
seen few signs of it. A quick look through the want adds of several
Canadian and American newspapers shows no more then the usual number
of vacancies and the web job sites have no dramatic increase in
LMS/TL's positions.
So, "Where's the beef?" Is this article merely hypothesis and
supposition masquerading as fact or is there some actual validity to
it? Are there district which are "avidly" recruiting LMS/TL's.
Your assistance greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
--
John Goldsmith, Counsellor (and Ex-Teacher Librarian)
Fraser Valley Distance Education School
49520 Prairie Central Road, Chilliwack, B.C. Canada V2P 6H3
Voice: (604) 794-7310 Fax: (604) 795-8480
E-Mail: jgoldsmith@rainbow.fvrcs.gov.bc.ca
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