Hello ABLE Staff:
I have resisted the world of blogging forever, but I have lately been thinking it might be useful to start.
Since I have started as ABLE Coordinator for Mid East Career and Technology Centers, a day does not go by that I do not learn something new that I did not know before. I keep thinking that other staff might be interested in some of these things.
But I am also determined to not bombard your inbox with frequent emails. I believe that if I am strategic about the emails we send to you, you will be more inclined to read them when you get them. When you get one from office staff, you will know it is important and needs your attention.
By utilizing the blog, I can impart these words of wisdom as I think of them, but you can read them when you wish to. Or not at all, I guess.
Within the first hour of my day today, I learned that when students request a verification letter for proof that they have been attending class, that letter is technically supposed to come from the main office so that it may be written on Mid-East letterhead.
When I was an instructor in Morgan County and a student needed a letter for a boss, a case worker or a parole officer, I just typed it up on my facility's letterhead, signed it, and they went on their merry way.
In typical fashion, things work differently in Muskingum County. I learned this because a Muskingum County instructor called into the office asking for such a verification letter.
I'm just thinking out loud here, but maybe we should create a generic letter on ABLE letterhead that would allow an instructor to enter a student's name, some other info, print it out and sign it. I'll try to learn if this is a violation of some rule, whether it is from the state or from Mid-East. In the meantime, the beauty of a blog is that you can comment on it if you wish. What do you think about the idea?
