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Betsy
In my August 2nd e-mail, I actually addressed a question that we received
about giving out the curriculum in advance of the class. I'm sorry this was
not clear. In my e-mail, I "advised that it would give unfair advantage,
and shouldn't be given out ahead of time" except for the appendices. It is
my responsibility to develop the curriculum. I have accepted input from a
number of sources, all of which was considered in the final product. The
correspondence and messages I receive in Community Services Licensing is
staggering, and to do the best job of communication possible, it is most
efficient if people use e-mail. Thank you Betsy
-----Original Message-----
From: MARBET73@aol.com [mailto:MARBET73@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:44 AM
To: beas-crma@lists.maine.gov; peter.mauro@maine.gov
Subject: Confusion as usual
Peter--Thank you for responding to my e-mail---your response is a prime
example of the type of communication that is going on---you say that it is
"expected" that we would give out the curriculum, yet on Aug 8th, when I
came up and picked up this $25.00 masterpiece, Carol told me that the
students could not even have up to page 75--that I was to pass out the
appendices only, if I wanted to. Now we hear different, after I have sent a
full class of angry CRMA's out in to the general public.. When did this
unwritten rule get changed, and why weren't we all notified in writing of
the change? The prime reason for policies and procedures regarding anything
you personally tell us to do with the materials. At any rate, I personally
will continue to teach the way I always have---by providing the students
with the materials necessary to get refreshed and then tested on it in the
afternoon. Some of the students told me that they were writing letters to
the editor of several newspapers---that is how desperate they felt!!
Yes you did inform me of the October meeting----I am talking about the
committee for writing the manual---just who was on it---you, Donnie and
Carol? I did not attend the meeting for a few reasons---one, I had a
scheduled class to teach that day and even if I didn't I would have chosen
not to come, due to the fact that we were all told to come to the meeting
with our concerns written on paper, that they may not be addressed at the
meeting, and not to come with negative comments. Why bother attending any
meeting that tells you to come, be quiet, don't expect a response and no
negative comments? I figured that I would not be able to hold back, and
after my brother Tom was a recipient to one of your banging fists on the
table saying, "I have the power to shut down anyone in this state", I choose
not to subject myself to that kind of immature behavior. My brother was
appalled. YOU are supposed to be our leader, the person we can count on for
help, and advocate vs. warden of the staff in assisted living-not someone
that every administrator has to tip toe around the ego bruising with. Having
worked in positions of leadership all of my life, I can't imagine having to
constantly deal with the fact that you don't like negative comments, don't
like faxes, phone calls and only respond to emails----therefore, I still
would like to know who the committe was and when they met?
Thank you in advance for your response,
Betsy
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