Change in staff!

Well the election has been called. What does this mean for the on campus class? The staff is a candidate for election. She has called me and told me that she will have to resign and give her unit over to someone else. How is this going to work? Aren't I as unit leader going to be put into a position where the unit scores are going to be viewed negatively because of this. Shit! Why am I thinking about unit scores? This is a very personal thing to say? Why am I getting caught up in the notion of the academic BS that goes on? You should really be supportive of her development. You are not your CV. This is a quote from an article by Sparkes which discusses the relationship of the audit culture in universities. "You are not your CV" "You are not your CV" . Make sure that you call the new person and give them all the support you can. This is the person that you are.

I know that this person will do a great job, but really it is an unenviable task - she has been thrown in at the deep end and what kind of support can I give someone that is working over 200km away. The phone does some things but really we need to be doing things face to face. Is this problematic in our teaching? We are on 2 different campuses with 200km between us and she will be teaching on a third campus. Sometimes I really hate this gig. I want to do the best for all involved, the teachers, the students and the university but this is really frustrating and in reality is not fair on anyone.

Let's try and support her as best as possible. Help, help, help and support. That is what stduents want to see. Mentoring of staff, but why the hell is the notion of being measured at the forefront of your mind. What has the university done to you?