Spring 2007
Sharing the Wisdom of Many Voices Conference
ETL Trainers
PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES::
Contact: Gail Mahr
651-290-9704 ext. 200
Not by Chance:
Contact: Gail Mahr
651-290-9704 ext. 200
Ounce Scale MN Child Care Project
Contact: Mary Scott
651-433-2182
Sharing the Wisdom of
Many Voices Conference
Contact: Julie Wasiluk
651-290-9704 ext. 119
Contact: Cory Woosley
651-746-4024
ETL Trainers
“Papers, Papers, Papers: Why so Many?
At Eager-to-Learn we provide you with the tools to make both the instructors and students experience successful. With this goal in mind it has always been our intention to deliver a similar format and have similar expectations in all of our courses. Our students come in and expect that each course will have the same “feel” to it. Having this “feel” is not only about the visual aesthetics of the course, it is also about the expectations for their work all the way down to how the * is used is used in chat. Seems petty sometimes, but I think our growth speaks to the hard work we do to provide a quality product. Having expectations in place helps us to be proactive vs. reactive, we try to stay ahead of the game by anticipating student concerns and preparing for them.
Following this line of thinking requires that our expectations be responsive to the needs of the program. Having responsive expectations means that there will be changes. We make changes based on programmatic expectations, feedback from instructors and students and new innovations in online learning. Of course all of these wonderful things mean new papers!!
To be efficient in delivering the new paper work the procedure that we follow is that if a new document is produced, an email will come out with the document and a description of what its intent is. The newest document will always be posted in the instructor documents page. Sometimes the documents will require you to make changes to your syllabus but I believe that we have really learned a lot the first five years and these changes may be minimal in the future. The idea of having synonymous documents is to ease the work for you and provide clarity for our students.
Another note on the syllabus is that while we have a template that we use for the format, we encourage you to use your own creative instruction ideas for adding content. You are a part of our team because we believe in your abilities to deliver a great Eager-to-Learn course. Thanks for your continued hard work in making Eager-to-Learn number one!
Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible.
~Frank Zappa
Updates:
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The Professional Development Day will be held 4/26 from 10-3 at the Minnetonka Marriott
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Eager-to-Learn instructors Carla Boyd and Karen Foster Jorgens on will both be traveling cross the country to present at the Sharing the Wisdom of Many Voices Conference
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Eager-to-Learn will be presenting at the National Afterschool Association conference in Phoenix in March
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Once again we were invited to be a part of the E-teaching Institute at the World Forum. This is a great honor and we are thrilled to be a part of this elite group. We will not be attending but are still honored to be recognized.
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Join the on line trainer chats! They are so much fun..