[LM_NET] Hit: Subs in the library -- Part II -- The Bad (2)

[Dorothy Tissair <dtissair@SNET.NET>]

“I am a LMS for a Middle School with fixed schedules

for grades 5 & 6 and open access for grades 7-8. Up

until last week I had a Library aide who handled

circulation only and did a great job. The position has

been eliminated due to budgetary issues.

 Now if I am out I do not want a substitute for

various reasons. I'm not a Prep for any teacher and

would prefer not to have someone come in for a day LMS

or not who has no idea how my collection is arranged

not to mention Library protocol which can be different

for each Library.”
   
   

“Whether I'm going to be absent and know about it ahead of time or not, 

I get no say in who my sub is.  Most times when I've returned, my aides quite 
frequently tell me it had been someone THEY never saw before.  So while if I'm out 
and my aides are both in (morning and afternoon), then we still do checkout and the 
library runs as pretty close to normal as possible! However if I'm out, and one of 
the aides is, then no checkout.  I would never want a sub who had no experience 
testing out whether or not she could figure out our circ system.  

Same with plans-I try to leave as close to what I would have done with a sub.  But 
I also know that our sub pool is mostly made up of young, just-out-of-school 
classroom teachers who get a little spooked by being put in the library.” 
   
   



    Dorothy Tissair, M.S., M.L.S.
  "Who are you today, Ms T?" "Yes!"
  Substitute Teacher
  Connecticut's Valley Shore Region
  dtissair@snet.net
   



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