Hi Dias:
This is an interesting post - thank you for sharing it with us.

Being the School Guardian is a LOT of responsibility, especially for being 16! That means that there are 17 and 18, even 19 year olds that you are supposed to watch out for. I'm not sure that it's completely fair of your teachers to expect that out of you, AND expect you to get good grades. Especially if you're not getting paid!

So first, who is your manager? There must be one teacher or a counselor or a principal who is your manager, otherwise they couldn't really demote you, right? So the first step is that you must figure out who your manager is.

With any real job, there is a written list of responsibilities and expectations. Did they give you a list for being School Guardian? Because, they really might NOT expect you to watch out for all 400 of the other people - maybe only just SOME of them. If they didn't give you a list, then your next step is to talk to your manager, and ask them to write a list of your responsibilities. If they can't write a list, then guess what? They can't demote you, because they never put their expectations of you in writing! But, they can't promote you very easily, either, and you'll have no real way of knowing whether they think you're doing a good job or not. So, the second step is to make sure you have a list of responsibilities.

Third step is to schedule a peformance review with your manager. The performance review is when your manager compares how well you've done as School Guardian with what their expectations are, as listed in your job responsibilities. You need this performance review! One reason is so that you can have feedback about the areas in which you are doing well, but also so that you know where you need to improve. But just as important, if you ever want to apply for another type of security job and use your job as the School Guardian of the whole school, you will need either a letter of recommendation from your manager, or at least your performance review, to prove that you did a good job. So, the last step is to schedule an appointment with your manager for your performance review.

What do you think?

Your friend,
LMo

We are ALL going to be a-ok!