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file-fun Friday
Jan. 9th, 2009 03:38 pmI just handed in my tenure file. I'm so very happy to have completed it and passed it along to my peers to determine if I deserve "permanent employment." Of course, I have very low-level anxiety lurking, but my feelings are mostly positive at this point. Yippee!!!! I definitely feel like partying tonight/this weekend.
In case I forgot to mention what all this means. 1). If I get tenure then I get a raise and I'm good to stay at Sacramento State for as long as I want (as long as we don't have layoffs or I break some law and get caught.) 2). If I don't get tenure, I can work here one more year, during which time I'll be hunting for another job. If I do get tenure I will not have an annual review for five whole years but at that five-year mark, I'd be going up for Full Librarian. Essentially, I've come to realize in the past month or so this means I'll have to continue with all the committee work (ALA, campus, and Library), community service, and scholarly undertakings. So that means I won't be dialing back my activities or anything like that but I may take a slight breather.
Oh, and in case you're wondering when I get the official word on tenure. The primary committee lets us know in February, but we don't get the final, official answer from the top until May. MAY!! Um, is it May yet?
In case I forgot to mention what all this means. 1). If I get tenure then I get a raise and I'm good to stay at Sacramento State for as long as I want (as long as we don't have layoffs or I break some law and get caught.) 2). If I don't get tenure, I can work here one more year, during which time I'll be hunting for another job. If I do get tenure I will not have an annual review for five whole years but at that five-year mark, I'd be going up for Full Librarian. Essentially, I've come to realize in the past month or so this means I'll have to continue with all the committee work (ALA, campus, and Library), community service, and scholarly undertakings. So that means I won't be dialing back my activities or anything like that but I may take a slight breather.
Oh, and in case you're wondering when I get the official word on tenure. The primary committee lets us know in February, but we don't get the final, official answer from the top until May. MAY!! Um, is it May yet?
