Zoe, I would say that with absolutely no support from your employers you could
make a strong case for having an extension beyond the October 2002 deadline.
Of course it's not up to me (if only!) but I'd certainly say you've got more
"excuse" than those of us who can take work time for professional development
and get paid time to write up PDR's, etc ;-) So I'd say don't get demoralised,
and get in touch with the LA because the staff in the Prof Quals department
(those I know anyway) are understanding of the difficulties some of us face and
want to see us succeed, not fail. And as far as the idea of Chartering at
all goes, I'd say Go For It - if nothing else persevering with it in spite
of your employers and gaining the Charter will put you in a stronger position
for getting a job elsewhere where they WOULD value you and what you do :-)
Good Luck
Lesha
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:55:40 +0000 =?iso-8859-1?q?Zoe=20Wood?=
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> Having failed once to gain my chartership, i now work for an authority that does
> not value the chartership process but sees it has a waste of time. MAny of my
> collegues achieved the chartership not by writing a report but merely working in
> the profession for a number of years. It is difficult for me to get any support
> on trying to gain my chartership when my organisation is so down on the whole
> system. Now i find that their is a deadline to be put on candidates to get
> their chartership completed if not then to write explaining why we can not.
>
> Not only does my authority not give support on the chartership it does not value
> the role of the Librarian, believing any person can come in and run a library,
> thus hiring two unqualified assistants for Librarian posts. I know the Library
> Association is their to support us but is this added pressure really necessary.
> I am at the moment a very confused chartership candidate and i'm not sure
> whether chartership is really going to be of any benefit to me at present.
>
> Zoe
>
> Childrens Librarian
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