Tue, 11 May 2010 10:18:58 -0600 Fred Sturm < fssturm at unm.edu > wrote: >We had hoped to create a series of four intensive training sessions, >separate from any other activity (preferably on site at real live >institutions), where the full curriculum would be taught, and that >this training would be the basis for the endorsement. A number of >technical and other issues arose that made this model unworkable >within the context of PTG as a formal credential. (The proposal before >council this year bases the credential entirely on a written test, the >curriculum and training portion being "separate but connected.") >Perhaps we will implement some version of the intensive training >anyway, if enough support can be found within the organization - or >conceivably outside the the organization. Or perhaps we will simply >decide to shut up and go away. Hard to say <G>. Fred, I personally hope that you do not "shut up and go away". In fact I plan to attend one of those CAUT classes at the convention in Las Vegas - partly, because I need a refresher, and partly because I want to see first-hand what it is that is being offered (and presumably groomed for the "intensive" presentation). I am not about to discuss here why it is that the current proposal is not suitable for implementation at this time - I believe that you had a belly-full of that and this is not the proper venue anyway. Suffice it to say that there is much in your work and that of your colleagues that is worth preserving and developing further. Perhaps in a more flexible format, a more gradual approach to development and with the resolution of several other issues, something may come of it yet. It won't be this year, and it may not be exactly what any of us envisioned - but when does anything ever come out exactly as originally imagined? Best wishes, Israel Stein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100511/bc254936/attachment.htm>
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