tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post115438655698518694..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Grumble, grumbleFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154605621454831602006-08-03T07:47:00.000-04:002006-08-03T07:47:00.000-04:00Speaking as an academic librarian, I'm happy to se...Speaking as an academic librarian, I'm happy to see that there's even a library orientation ON your schedule. At my institution we in the library have been unsuccessful at getting such an event into the new faculty orientation process (which is two full days for us). In my experience, only a few new faculty each year are active library users like yourself who would have already explored much of what the library has to offer by the time the orientation rolls around. That said, seeing as you HAVE explored it on your own, I'd feel free to skip that particular session. But many of your fellow new hires could probably benefit greatly from attending it! :)RLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790888934803058264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154539759337431062006-08-02T13:29:00.000-04:002006-08-02T13:29:00.000-04:00We have sign-in sheets at most of our workshops to...We have sign-in sheets at most of our workshops too. It's a form of babysitting that I really resent. 2 yrs ago a new employee (not faculty) fell asleep during the president's orientation speech. Our prez made note of it and then did not renew that person's contract the following year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154447726685350542006-08-01T11:55:00.000-04:002006-08-01T11:55:00.000-04:00It's not NEARLY as atypical as it thinks it is. (W...It's not NEARLY as atypical as it thinks it is. (What college is?) I'd say it's much more unusual than atypical.<BR/><BR/>So there!<BR/><BR/>--GWBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154444894780113122006-08-01T11:08:00.000-04:002006-08-01T11:08:00.000-04:00Yes--such good advice! I think I'll talk to some o...Yes--such good advice! I think I'll talk to some of last year's hires about this, as Dogma suggests, and I DO plan on attending all of the first 4 days, so this last one seems missable.<BR/><BR/>Theodora: thanks for your perspective, too! I've already noticed that one of my orientations (for the composition program) conflicts with the general orientation, but I believe it's just an address by a provost or vice-dean.<BR/><BR/>Hilaire: that's awful. My orientation could, apparently, be worse.<BR/><BR/>And GWB: it's (an) ATYPICAL College, dammit! Although I suppose it's also unusual. A couple of your colleagues are, anyway.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154444251049884092006-08-01T10:57:00.000-04:002006-08-01T10:57:00.000-04:00Lots of good advice here. I can't imagine the new ...Lots of good advice here. I can't imagine the new school will be as strict as Unusual College, where I had to sign in every day (in the moring AND after lunch!) during orientation.<BR/><BR/>Then again, it is an unusual college.<BR/><BR/>--GWBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154439262353567242006-08-01T09:34:00.000-04:002006-08-01T09:34:00.000-04:00I hear you. THe entire week of the 14th is booked ...I hear you. THe entire week of the 14th is booked with meetings, luncheons, workshops etc. I really need the time to prep and work on syllabi but everyone, not just new people, has to go to these dumb things. I'd go to a few of the high-profile meetings and then as you get a few years under you, you know which ones to skip. *My wife is starting as a new high school teacher and had 2 days of workshops last week. They had an hour of training on how to use a ladder and a 30-minute presentation on "proper footwear"! I'm serious -- these are taxpayer subsidized consultants who work for the school system. Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154438860999920852006-08-01T09:27:00.000-04:002006-08-01T09:27:00.000-04:00I'd skip it, if I were you. If you're attending al...I'd skip it, if I were you. If you're attending all the rest, that's plenty. Good lord - you've got things to do!! <BR/><BR/>For the record, the way my last year's institution got the new faculty to do a campus tour was by sending us on a scavenger hunt! We had to go around to various offices and get them to give us things like pictures of administrators wearing hockey sweaters. It was ridiculous. It was the most dispiriting event...people felt so infantilized...It also said an unfortunate amount about the culture of the place. Hopefully events will be a little more adult-oriented at your new uni!Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1154438266871372472006-08-01T09:17:00.000-04:002006-08-01T09:17:00.000-04:00I'm somewhat involved in actually planning our new...I'm somewhat involved in actually planning our new faculty orientation this year, so I appreciate your perspective!<BR/><BR/>However, I wish the powers that be would do two things: 1) make up their little minds about WHAT DAY in Fall 2006 they are going to hold the orientation about undergraduate teaching (!) and 2) for the non-teaching orientation, dump the bus trip to a Famous Local Attraction for lunch, followed by a 1.5 hr talk by our Administrator in Charge of Research. Pick one of those two last activities.<BR/><BR/>Personally I think the orientation should feature at least an hour on all the good restaurants and grocery stores in town, the arts scene, and just how you can get recycling pickup!Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994591793376381154noreply@blogger.com