Private message to Diggory
Jul. 7th, 2014 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_antoninI will not be at the school tomorrow, but I do not need you to join me at the townhouse.
- The elves ought to have finished moving the things I tagged for moving into or out of the Headmaster's office. I doubt they have made mistakes -- they are dreadfully eager to please -- but do check the bookshelves to make certain they are properly arranged. (The library is -- or was, when I left for tea at Buckingham -- the second door to the left after entering the office. I do not know what else the castle will come up with to meet my needs, stated or inferred, by the time you show up tomorrow. It is rather disconcerting. On the other hand, I suppose it is a sign the castle approves of me?)
- In addition to the usual "get me time with"s stack for next week, there is an extra list of about twenty names on your desk -- prioritise the scheduling of those above everyone else but Council, please, but not more than seven or eight appointments per week, though I'd like them scheduled before the end of the month. Several of them are likely to be more eccentric than others; you may need to chase some of them down a bit. Twenty-minute blocks, in the Headmaster's office, please, and leave me the ten minutes on the end clear.
- I've blocked off Wednesday for supper this week, and Thursday mornings until dinner for the remainder of the summer. I realised I had forgot to block off Fridays entirely -- please do so until the end of the summer; call it Council business.
- I've placed an advertisement upon the scholars' wall at Poundtree and Associates in search of part-time teachers of Latin, Greek, and rhetoric, and elementary tutors in composition and grammar -- I did not mention 'Hogwarts' in the notice, but it is likely at least a few will realise and we may see quite a response. Any applicants who are obviously unsuited, file and forget; all others, organise roughly by years of (claimed) experience and leave in a stack in my desk. I will highlight the ones I wish to schedule an interview with. (Those interviews will need to be longer than half an hour, but I will instruct you further when I know how many I will need to conduct.)
- To save some time, contact the Department of Education and obtain the paperwork for authorising tutors -- I have not limited my search to those who are already Ministry-approved. Mr Marvolo has agreed that he will use his influence as necessary to expedite the authorisation, should it become necessary. I know that you see him frequently when you are visiting Professor Sinistra; he has agreed to pass along his impressions on those members of that department who are most likely to be helpful, as opposed to obstructionist.
- Contact the Board of Governors and get me on the agenda of their next meeting, topic, educational standards at Hogwarts and the reform thereof. I suppose I ought seek at least nominal approval for all that I have planned.
I believe that is all at the moment. (Thank you, as always, for your efforts on my behalf; they are much appreciated, particularly now.)
- The elves ought to have finished moving the things I tagged for moving into or out of the Headmaster's office. I doubt they have made mistakes -- they are dreadfully eager to please -- but do check the bookshelves to make certain they are properly arranged. (The library is -- or was, when I left for tea at Buckingham -- the second door to the left after entering the office. I do not know what else the castle will come up with to meet my needs, stated or inferred, by the time you show up tomorrow. It is rather disconcerting. On the other hand, I suppose it is a sign the castle approves of me?)
- In addition to the usual "get me time with"s stack for next week, there is an extra list of about twenty names on your desk -- prioritise the scheduling of those above everyone else but Council, please, but not more than seven or eight appointments per week, though I'd like them scheduled before the end of the month. Several of them are likely to be more eccentric than others; you may need to chase some of them down a bit. Twenty-minute blocks, in the Headmaster's office, please, and leave me the ten minutes on the end clear.
- I've blocked off Wednesday for supper this week, and Thursday mornings until dinner for the remainder of the summer. I realised I had forgot to block off Fridays entirely -- please do so until the end of the summer; call it Council business.
- I've placed an advertisement upon the scholars' wall at Poundtree and Associates in search of part-time teachers of Latin, Greek, and rhetoric, and elementary tutors in composition and grammar -- I did not mention 'Hogwarts' in the notice, but it is likely at least a few will realise and we may see quite a response. Any applicants who are obviously unsuited, file and forget; all others, organise roughly by years of (claimed) experience and leave in a stack in my desk. I will highlight the ones I wish to schedule an interview with. (Those interviews will need to be longer than half an hour, but I will instruct you further when I know how many I will need to conduct.)
- To save some time, contact the Department of Education and obtain the paperwork for authorising tutors -- I have not limited my search to those who are already Ministry-approved. Mr Marvolo has agreed that he will use his influence as necessary to expedite the authorisation, should it become necessary. I know that you see him frequently when you are visiting Professor Sinistra; he has agreed to pass along his impressions on those members of that department who are most likely to be helpful, as opposed to obstructionist.
- Contact the Board of Governors and get me on the agenda of their next meeting, topic, educational standards at Hogwarts and the reform thereof. I suppose I ought seek at least nominal approval for all that I have planned.
I believe that is all at the moment. (Thank you, as always, for your efforts on my behalf; they are much appreciated, particularly now.)