My
action research project is very time consuming.
I find myself exhausted after just completing one activity. The last activity I did was last May. My activity consisted of being a receptionist
for a day. In this activity, I found
that you have to be a multi-tasked and very organized individual. Receptionist, in my opinion is the backbone
of the school operations. They are first
in line when greeting visitors. They monitor hallways, answer phones, take
messages, arrange mailing packages, set up conference call, set up
appointments, counsel students when in trouble, counsel parents when they are
angry at students and many many more things.
I was really surprised at the job duties and the informal job duties of
a receptionist. My day started out with touring the school before classes. Mrs. Miller was the receptionist that I
monitored for that day. We checked in
the teachers and started to check the mail packages for that day. Then we moved to answering the phones and
checking in parents that had meeting the counselors, teachers and principals. We also had to do a couple of memos for the
school and principals. From there, it
was the occasional answering the phones and monitoring the hallways. This in itself, was very exhausting for
me. When I think of receptionist, I
think of eating donuts, drinking coffee and answering the phones. After completing this task, I know now that
receptionist should not be taken for granted.
They are the backbone of any school and should be given credit to all
that they do.
