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Greetings, I am trying to gather information concerning life in other schools after school. Please answer either or both. Yes, there have been serious issues at my school all along, but new ones have come up. I'll expound in a bit, but first, the questions. 1) What is your school's or library's policy concerning students in the library after school? 2) What are your school's policies/procedures for having teachers sponsor or teach activities or clubs after school? Specifically, are there formal contracts for these activities or are you just told to do something because it would "be a good activity for the kids"? Here's the background: This is my first year at a PreK-12, private "college preparatory" school. I am the ONLY librarian/library staff for TWO libraries, 850 students plus faculty. During the week, I teach weekly PreK-4th grade classes.. After adventures in the Lower School Library, I go to the Middle/Upper School library, which for many years has been the traditional "hangout" place for middle/upper schoolers while they are waiting to be picked up. There has never been an after school program for the middle school (which I am working to change) so the administration have had a difficult time in accepting that this needs to change and soon. Therefore, question 1. I ask question 2 because I have been sponsoring/teaching an after school book group/independent study for 4th graders with another teacher. The other teacher is a middle school teacher and we meet in her classroom. When I agreed to do this, I was initially told that I would receive a stipend but was then later told that they wouldn't give me a stipend because I am contractually obligated to work until 5pm already, and they cannot pay me twice for the same period of time. The other teacher, on the other hand, has been receiving a stipend because, as a classroom teacher, her contract says that she is only obligated to stay every day until 4pm. I agreed to it anyhow because it sounded worthwhile and, in my first year, didn't want to rock the boat too much. But still.to me, it was an additional activity, asked of me by the school and therefore it should not be looked at as a question of hourly work but of extra work. I'm not in it for the money, but am interested in fair compensation for performing extra work. I'm thinking about next year-whether or not I should bother to do this activity again as well as how much of an issue I should make of it. What do YOU think? I will post a hit with the info I gather. Thank you SO much! Jennifer England Librarian Heritage Hall School Oklahoma City, OK jengland@heritagehall.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------