Hi everybody,

I had a meeting with Paul Anderson yesterday. He's enthusiastic about the prospect of our applying for funding to help:

1. Get more undergrads to take 226

2. Preparing our Grads to deliver the course.

3. Offering more sections (this would in particular refer to regional campuses).

His recommendation was for a core of the CW cohort (tenured in this case) to review current delivery, as far as we are able to. This would be in the late summer / early fall 2012. That group would produce something like a TA handbook (Cathy suggests that this could be a wiki resource . . we might be able to pursue variant options) and review that with those Grads who WILL teach a section next spring 2013 BEFORE they teach, as well as do a little follow-up with those students during that Spring semester.

His recommendation is that we have say 4 people in that core. He says they should be paid for the work and that will form the largest aspect of the budget. 

So . i throw it open to the cohort.

Only people who will be on campus in the coming Fall can feasibly do this. It WILL be a time commitment. My recommendation is that Eric Melbye is given first first refusal. 
Obviously I am happy to be involved. My dream team would include Cathy and either Margaret or Jody.

Any thoughts? 

O there's no guarantee that we'll get the award. "We makes the applications and we takes our chances." That's all the dope i have on this topic for now. The application is April 13th (next friday) so, weigh in sooner rather than later.


cris