Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The copy numbers are in. Where do I stand?


Periodically, a spreadsheet is sent out showing the number of copies made by every person working in the school, from teachers to secretaries to custodians. Partly I think they send the info so people know where they stand relative to others and get a sense of how many copies are made. Mostly, though, I think it's a shaming exercise. They used to highlight the top ten, and I was consistently in it, or just outside. What can I say? I have lots of students, and I'm a handout kind of guy.

But this year, it's different. I'm way way down the list at number 42 (hey! the meaning of life). The top ten are almost all 2X my number, and of those below me, many are part time or in the PE and Art departments, which of course have low copy numbers.

So, some facts to back up my previous post on the number of copies saved. I think it's a good argument in favor of investing in e-schools. Over x number of years the savings in paper will pay the cost of the hardware.

An aside: we have 60+ teachers?! Egads.



Rank Department # of Copies
1 Science 4130
2 Science 3861
3 English 3452
4 English 3335
5 English 3083
6 Social Studies 2986
7 English 2979
8 English 2925
9 English 2919
10 Math 2897
42 Mr. B 1584
43 Science 1531
44 Part time 1517
45 English 1443
46 English 1440
47 Math 1425
48 English 1423
49 Part time 1386
50 English 1291
51 English 1255
52 English 993
53 English 963
54 English 957
55 Part Time 597
56 English 576
57 Art 570
58 Part time 532
59 Part time 507
60 Part time 291
61 Physical Education 240
62 Physical Education 179
63 Physical Education 149
64 Art 125
65 Physical Education 120






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