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

[Jeff Tanner]

On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Jim Busby wrote:

> Jeff,
>
>  I’m beginning to understand better the PTG position of a CAUT  
> Credential being for RPTs only. While personally I would like to  
> involve non PTG CAUTs somehow I think it would be a fatal error for  
> PTG to allow it. Once a “back door” is opened it can never be shut.  
> (IMO)
>
>

Hi Jim,
Absolutely.  I understand that too. PTG couldn't survive any other  
way.  But at the same time it severely damages our credibility.   
We're selling our product, but in reality it is like saying a Yamaha  
is better than a Kawai or vice versa.  That is why I have my doubts  
it will ever work.  We can only offer our alternative that is PTG  
endorsed.

Best case scenario, it will be adopted and fully accepted as THE  
standard.  But we have a long way to go, as long as the institutions  
our faculties see as the model don't even hire PTG members and fare  
quite well without PTG's meddling.  We have a big selling job to do  
that will have to overcome our own self serving interests to prove  
superior to other alternatives.

I think the RPT track is extremely valuable, especially for people  
like me, who took the unorthodox "mentored" route rather than tech  
school or correspondence course path.  The RPT exams basically verify  
that our skills are good enough, maybe not congruent with those who  
were trained through other more structured programs, but good  
enough.  What we learn on the job is what seasons any of us, and I'm  
not sure we can devise a one size fits all test for that.

Jeff
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