Re: Career Change???

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On 12/05/08, teacher wrote:
> I am a special eduaction teacher and am starting to get
> burned out from all of the stress. I have considered
> getting my certification to become a school media
> librarian. It appears that many of you are incredibly
> stressed out over your jobs. Is this correct?
> Also, I see that many school media librarians on this site
> have expressed their concern about teachers not knowing
> about all they do. Can you tell me more about what the
> resposibilities are of a school media librarian?
> Thanks in advance

Stay away from Media! The general consensus is that you
don't do anything therefore you will be assigned a lot of
busy work. Which usually means classes. I graduated about 5
years ago with an MLS and most of the people that graduated
with me hate it. Some of them left the profession and
pursued completely different careers within 3 years of the
job. Most Media Specialist I talk to are asked to see
classes PreK - 5 all day long AND run the Media Center. I
was never a teacher so I can't compare. But, I can say that
I knew teaching was too much which is why I though Media
would be okay. I was wrong. Run for the hills!

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