Klarinet Archive - Posting 000712.txt from 2001/11

From: "Diane Karius" <Dkarius@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] re: so you want to do this for a living
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:37:44 -0500

Ed Wrote:
(a snip regarding 15 minute notice on being fired): I've never
heard of anything like that in the education profession. Where I now =
teach,
after a person has been on the faculty for over two years, if they are to =
be
terminated, they are guaranteed a one-year notice. That seems pretty
generous.
*****
Unfortunately, it has become the standard at the school I work at =
(although they consider themselves generous in that a faculty member will =
be given an hour under the supervision of the director of H.R. and no =
access to a computer is allowed). Unfortunately, the mindset that the =
corporate "model" applies to education is becoming increasingly common at =
private schools. =20

diane k.=20

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