Hi All,

I hate conflict and fighting, but the person who is supposed to be supporting me at the college campus is a terrible communicator. I'm teaching online from home for the summer.

This is the second time she has failed to inform me of a problem with the online teaching software, which impacted my ability to provide quality service to my students. Over the weekend, b/c I didn't know there was a problem with our new software, I unsuccessfuly spent time trying to access students' work from the website. The Summer course is very compressed, so I really don't have a lot of extra time to play around here.

I sent her several e-mails I believe Sat. evening, and then reached her by phone on Sun. She said in a snippy manner that she knew about the problem, and had reported the problem. Then she practically hung up in my ear.

Well I've reported both incidents to the Dean. I think she is trying to portray me as being technically incompetent, which I'm not. She just doesn't have the communication and leadership skills to take the program to the next level.

Anybody have any smileys having a boxing match?

Any and all support would be appreciated.

EJ