RE: tutor absenteeism

["Hatton-Montoya, Sharon" <hatton@uscolo.edu>]

Cheryl, I, too, am quilty of lurking more than I contribute, but this topic 
is of great concern to me.  I have a staff of about elevan tutors and most 
of them call off much more than 4-6 days a semester.  I really don't know 
what to do about it.  I have a couple of tutors that have not missed a day 
in two years (bless them), but I also have a couple that seem to call off 
for any resaon--my dog is lonely, I think I'm going to have a headache-- 
Just kidding but some of the excuses I have heard are pretty ridiculous. 
 Since most of my tutors are work-study students, I'm not sure what to do 
about it, but would love to hear from others.  Sharon
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From: wcenter
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: tutor absenteeism
Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 1:49PM

I've just been reviewing the past semester and getting ready to compile
stats in order to write my end-of-semester report.  I noticed that most
of the tutors (we have 17 undergrad tutors and 5 grad tutors in our
center) missed, on an average, 4-6 days during the semester (illness,
family emergencies, finals, etc).  At least once a month we have a staffing
crisis because several people choose the same day to call in sick.  I'm
wondering if I am too easygoing on this issue.  I'd be very interested in
knowing if other directors run into the same problem and what they do
about it.

P.S.  This is a wonderful list and I have learned more than I could
measure from your conversations.  I apologize for being primarily a
lurker.  I suffer from acute list shyness.

Cheryl Brown
Writing Center Director
University of Texas at Arlington