Post: Technology Teachers (o. specialists) stuck with Yearbook
Posted by: zipdrive on 10/17/09
Hello All!
I wanted to get some thoughts and opinions from other
technology teachers or specialists here in Virginia in
regards to a certain issue I am dealing with. I am a
traveling technology teacher and split my time between 3
schools each nearly 45 minutes apart. I am lucky that I am
at each school for the full day and do not have to drive
from one to the next during a single day. Two of my
principals want me to do the yearbook, they tell me this is
the "technology teacher's" job at their school. NO it is
not the technology teacher's job (or any other specialist
for that matter) and secondly last year I was not required
to do it at my school (same county). My director told me
that only my "home" school can issue the yearbook job to
me. I have done a yearbook a few years ago for the same
county at a different school and the amount of time and
dedication it took was so overwhelming that I vowed I would
never do it again.
I don't want to do it and my "home" school principal said
it was required of all technology teachers that worked at
that school. I am not even there "full" time and do not
feel it is my job.
How many of you have been told that you are "required" to
do this? Much of it ends up done outsied of school hours
without compensation. The company we use is Lifetouch and
though you are able to "do it at home" online, I cannot
because I do not have adequate internet connection to
maintain the connection needed for uploading and I am
certainly not going to upgrade my internet connection at my
cost to make a darn yearbook!
I have heard that other specialists get stuck with it too,
especially art teachers and librarians. This is not fair
and actually quite demeaning. Our programs require the same
amount of effort to teach and plan for as a regular
classroom teachers (who get to be at their schools ALL DAY)
and yet they are not required to make yearbooks. If any
principals read this, maybe it will make you consider other
options!
Thanks
My vent is over! I'd be interesting in seeing how many
other technology teacher's or specialists get shafted with
this!
