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livingdebI must be feeling snarky today because, besides having real trouble with that job application, I'm also having trouble helping with the brainstorming that is going on in my office about how to improve our service to the students. Here are my ideas:
"Hire a Registrar already. Our last Registrar gave you over six months notice, and he's been gone for months now. Just get on the ball, people."
"My area already has systems in place for assessing the level of our service to students. And based on these continual assessments, we already gave you a big list of things that need to be done. We are adding to the list on a regular basis. Why don't you actually aim some of our resources at these items instead of, say, remodeling or removing SSNs from the inner depths of the system or letting our SIS people work in entirely different departments or taking systems that we have right now and putting them online in exactly the same way with no improvements and then switching people to new projects before all the bugs are worked out?"
"Quit having meetings about improving things and developing philosophies about improving things and designing surveys about improving things and start improving things."
I've mostly been successful in keeping my mouth shut when I have nothing productive to add. But I'm feeling a bit disgruntled.
Although under the topic "focus on an enhanced campus-wide culture of wellness," I did mention that we should remove dangers (we had a large decorative board that fell off the wall and could have landed on someone). And give shoulder massages to people waiting in line.
"Hire a Registrar already. Our last Registrar gave you over six months notice, and he's been gone for months now. Just get on the ball, people."
"My area already has systems in place for assessing the level of our service to students. And based on these continual assessments, we already gave you a big list of things that need to be done. We are adding to the list on a regular basis. Why don't you actually aim some of our resources at these items instead of, say, remodeling or removing SSNs from the inner depths of the system or letting our SIS people work in entirely different departments or taking systems that we have right now and putting them online in exactly the same way with no improvements and then switching people to new projects before all the bugs are worked out?"
"Quit having meetings about improving things and developing philosophies about improving things and designing surveys about improving things and start improving things."
I've mostly been successful in keeping my mouth shut when I have nothing productive to add. But I'm feeling a bit disgruntled.
Although under the topic "focus on an enhanced campus-wide culture of wellness," I did mention that we should remove dangers (we had a large decorative board that fell off the wall and could have landed on someone). And give shoulder massages to people waiting in line.