[CAUT] Job Opening, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

[Jim Busby]

Alan, List,

As you may know the CAUT Committee is working on such a credential. I
hope I'm not overstepping anyone by this post but it seems a timely
topic seeing as how we're approaching deadlines for council proposals. I
would GREATLY appreciate a dialogue on this. Is it "pie in the sky" to
develop a CAUT credential? Is it too exclusive? I don't know if this is
a good place for this discussion, but any private emails to me would
also help. Eric is now the chairman of this committee and I'm a
committee member (along with Alan McCoy) given the charge of developing
a curriculum. 

Thanks

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List,

Having some kind of CAUT certification may well run into the same
problems as 
RPT.  On the other hand, the places where such a credential would be 
meaningful are far fewer and more predictable (than "the general
public"), so maybe 
this is a realm in which establishing and publicizing certification
actually IS 
feasible.  If, knowing that it exists and what it means, a given school 
decides not to require it (or, at least, express a preference for it),
"Oh, well..."

Alan Eder



In a message dated 10/9/07 1:31:49 PM, edoss at utm.edu writes:

<< It all comes down to educating University Faculty and Administration.
Is the head technician at UMich an RPT?  I checked his vita on the
School of Music website and it stated he was a "craftsman in the Piano
Technicians Guild," but said nothing about being an RPT...and there's
good reason for that since he is not.  He's listed in the 2006 directory
as an Associate.  That may be why the job description does not mention
RPT status.  Here the faculty is aware of my RPT status and it garners
some respect for me.  Even if CAUT members were certified at a higher
level of competency than an RPT, who would know what that meant without
a huge amount of education on the part of PTG and CAUT?  It would be the
same as we now find with RPT.  I don't think we need more initials after
more intensive exams, we need more education about the present
designation.  We keep wanting to fix something that "aint broke."

Joy!
Elwood  >>

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