[aisle] library and testing- help!

[library marian]

I also willingly help with testing.  When I do not have a class in the
library the students just sit at desks near my circulation desk.  If there
is a class, I have two rooms to the side (with windows) where testers can
have more privacy and quiet.  They are not allowed to take phones or
backpacks into the rooms, just the test and writing utensils.

I do not find it hard to work while proctoring tests.  The students are
quiet and require little more than an occasional glance.

In my eyes, the more you do for your school the greater job security you
will possess. :)

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:42 AM Lala Lala via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am in a small, private high school. Giving tests is not in my contract,
> nor my title. However, we are small and there is no one testing person.
> Teachers and administrators want me to be the Testing location and person.
> Unfortunately, without my consent, my office in the library was turned into
> the Testing Location, although it is not staffed by me. It is open during
> the lunch period and after school.
>
> My problem is, many students need to make up tests during class time that
> they missed. Or students who have an "alternate location" accommodation
> don't have anywhere to take it.
>
> I am really pushing back on this because, if I don't, I will become the
> testing person and location and what little planning time I have (I have a
> flexible schedule)- will cease to exist.
>
> However, I also want to be seen as a helpful and accommodating colleague.
>
> A teacher just raised her voice at me regarding this issue- she is a
> Department Chair and on the only influential committee in our school (of
> which I am not, although I have asked). She said there is no other place-
> except the hallway. Of course, I want to have students' best interest at
> heart - I am just torn.
>
> What does your school do? Any advice? Should I just suck it up and be what
> the school  needs me to be? (It is just that it's, obviously, distracting
> to supervise a student testing, when I need to concentrate on my work). I
> am just feeling deflated.
>
>
> Lori
>
> --
> Lori McGreal
> Trinity High School librarian
> lmcgreal at trinityhs.org
> 1-708-453-9340
>
>
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*Karen Varga*
*Librarian,** Marian Central Catholic H. S.*
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