User blog:Bond em7/No Teachers Teaching (And a Partridge in a Pear Tree)

Alright guys. As Headmaster of Hogwarts one of the MOST frustrating and stressful things was checking out classrooms and finding that those who had signed up to teach weren't. Or worse, having other Crats/Admins tell me I needed to check out certain classes since they hadn't been posted on yet. I'm writing this blog to let everyone who's supposed to be teaching know just how frustrating that can be. Alyssa, our new dictator, is about as mean as a pair of bunny slippers, so I thought I would write this up to make sure the message was out there, and there was no viable excuses. Signing up to teach a class is completely voluntary. We've tried making it mandatory for the Admin team in the past, and it didn't work out well, so we went back to anyone being able to teach, and nobody being forced to sign up. With that being said, when you sign up you're agreeing to lead the class you signed up for. You're agreeing that you'll be around the wiki to teach it (and if you can't be for any reason, you let the Headmaster know!), and that you'll commit the time to post in your class and teach it at least twice a week (if not more). We're currently halfway through the school year, and there is more than one class where the teacher hasn't posted more than once, and many classes where the teach will go over a week without posting. That is completely unacceptable. What's worse is that some of those users are on the wiki quite a bit...they just either forget about their class, don't care, or get distracted by other "more important" roleplays. Honestly if you signed up to teach a class and rarely post on it or teach it it makes our whole wiki look bad. Our primary RP locations are at Hogwarts, and this wikia has always been about being able to have a student go to Hogwarts. An important part of the is classes...but if teachers aren't posting, then the classes become dull and nobody RPs in that class anymore. If the teacher at least updates their class a couple times a week, andswers questions, and is active in their classroom, people WILL post there, and keep it going. ...and as I said at the top, there's nothing more frustrating or stressful being Headmaster than trying to figure out what to do about this. You can try to gently remind those who signed up that they need to post. ...but what do you do if they don't? It's hard enough to get people to sign up to teach everything, and if you're constantly on them they won't again. Well, I honestly think that if a user signs up to teach and doesn't they should be fired IC, and potentially banned from teaching the next school year (since it's become a habit for some). Also, it shows a major lack of responsibility, and though that by itself isn't enough, I would say it's serious grounds to consider a demotion if the person is on the admin team. If you were forced to sign up and then didn't do anything that would be one thing...but the fact that you volunteered and then aren't doing it is another. Now, I get RL stuff happens, and if that's the case just let the Headmaster know and she'll help find someone to take you class (either temporary or permenant). I get that sometimes it's easy to forget about your class, especially if more "entertaining" Roleplays are happening. ...but that's still no excuse for not following through with wha you agreed to do. Our wiki rises and falls with our classrooms, and when those who said they would teach don't, a lot of other things begin to fall apart too. So please...if you said you would teach, and signed up, just post in your classrooms. Do what you said you were going to do. If you're having issues with what to teach, or not having students, let the Headmaster know! If you need help, say something! Don't just stop posting. Our wiki centers around Hogwarts, and Hogwarts centers around classes. If those fail, our wiki will too. This week is Christmas break, but next week classes start again, and I sincerely hope every class will be restarted and active when that happens.