Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. Robert Benchley

That quotation describes any dissertation writer EVER. I swear. Or...not just dissertation. Lots of other stuff apparently. I worked hard at administrative work today. For those of you that have no idea online adjuncts must do quite a bit of administrative work.

Let me give a list....those online adjuncts or just plain adjuncts feel free to add to this list. I won't mind.

• Filling out final grades
• Filling out midterm grades
• Verifying rosters
• Taking attendance
• Signing contracts
• Filling out outreach reports for missing students
• Trying to find missing students
• Emailing students (special news not just regular stuff that gets sent every week)
  
• Writing announcements (ditto...see above)
• Doing grade changes
• Filling out incompletes
• Writing letters of recommendation for students
• Updating resume
• Applying for jobs
• Sending updated resume to current jobs
• Filling out continuing education or yearly planning information
• Attending faculty meetings
• Attending training
• Attending in service
• Entering a time card
  

There has to be more...I know there is. But the important part of these activities is most of them are not for pay. You are on your free time, which means that these days can be particularly annoying. I try to save up several of these activities and do them one morning a week or every other week. Otherwise I feel like these activities are sucking the life out of me.