Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Where do I start?
I have served as an Interim Principal for two months now and I feel as though I have been here forever and at the same time feel that I know nothing about the place in which I work.
This school is like other schools, and yet, there is hidden information that you find by accident at times, but mostly when you start snooping. Today I found out why we have so many problems with the laptop labs. This school has two of them; more than I could imagine in my former schools, yet they don't work most of the time.
I found that the batteries need to be changed, but a person has to note which ones need changing. I found that the two labs interfere with each other on the wireless web, so the tech person had to change a frequency to alleviate that. I want an assistant to monitor the labs but they removed the position before I came, so I went to the PTO Principal's Advisory Council for help. They look like they might give me some time. I also looked for the stipend position of Tech coordinator for the school, but it is not filled because anyone interested has been scared off by the prospect of doing a lot of teaching.
The day goes on and on like that. I troubleshoot, investigate, snoop, inquire, and meet with people. Sometimes solutions are found and many times they just uncover more problems. I guess that's job security; there will always be problems.
This school is like other schools, and yet, there is hidden information that you find by accident at times, but mostly when you start snooping. Today I found out why we have so many problems with the laptop labs. This school has two of them; more than I could imagine in my former schools, yet they don't work most of the time.
I found that the batteries need to be changed, but a person has to note which ones need changing. I found that the two labs interfere with each other on the wireless web, so the tech person had to change a frequency to alleviate that. I want an assistant to monitor the labs but they removed the position before I came, so I went to the PTO Principal's Advisory Council for help. They look like they might give me some time. I also looked for the stipend position of Tech coordinator for the school, but it is not filled because anyone interested has been scared off by the prospect of doing a lot of teaching.
The day goes on and on like that. I troubleshoot, investigate, snoop, inquire, and meet with people. Sometimes solutions are found and many times they just uncover more problems. I guess that's job security; there will always be problems.
