tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post7001858226182129502..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Campus GeographiesBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-77610154665035218702010-04-18T11:17:29.133-07:002010-04-18T11:17:29.133-07:00B: (comment box doesn't like me---I'm tryi...B: (comment box doesn't like me---I'm trying this again, but more briefly): Apply. We already set up our interviews for the next few weeks, and we deliberately looked for a mix of applicants: those with cc experience, those without; those with a lot of teaching experience; those with "promise". But what really wowed us were those who clarified explicitly in their cover letters why they think they would be suited, because of their talents/skills/experience/love of the mission, etc for a position at a community college.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37032760534363590392010-04-18T08:27:12.155-07:002010-04-18T08:27:12.155-07:00AnnieEm, No worries. I'm sure you hear a lot ...AnnieEm, No worries. I'm sure you hear a lot of unkind comments from folks not familiar with CCs. I studied at a CC for a year and a half, and am eternally grateful for the wonderful instructors and the opportunities the institution gave me. But you couldn't know that.<br /><br />This job seems to be in a wonderful geographic location, pay about what I earn here, and have about the same teaching load (though differently balanced). Really, I'm guessing they'll have hundreds of applications, many from folks WAY more qualified than I for the job.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-39409208664332094732010-04-18T08:22:11.695-07:002010-04-18T08:22:11.695-07:00I'm still thinking about the silos. They'r...I'm still thinking about the silos. They're toxic and farm folks would know that! People die when they fall in and can't get air.Kris Peleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14545698096851184196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-86132714235952596892010-04-18T07:58:06.876-07:002010-04-18T07:58:06.876-07:00B: I took the cc thing as sarcasm. Sorry. I'm ...B: I took the cc thing as sarcasm. Sorry. I'm a defensive cc defender.<br /><br />But yes, we have the exact same conversations/issues at my cc as it seems you all do. A computerized system determines which classrooms we get, and ironically, since most classrooms hold over 35 chairs, we in composition often end up "room-less" because our classes are capped at 26. You can guess what the administration is thinking about now.....<br /><br />We sometimes get to teach in the same building, but not always. Of course the buildings are "managed" by whichever dept. is "housed" in them, which leads to lots of interdisciplinary fighting over who stole all the whiteboard pens;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-28097605797873242482010-04-17T20:47:11.228-07:002010-04-17T20:47:11.228-07:00Heh! We're planning a new building and the di...Heh! We're planning a new building and the discussion goes like this:<br />Registrar: Well, we need classes of 120, 150, 210. <br />Fac Rep(after consultation) Faculty really think it would be helpful to have more classrooms of 90-120<br />Reg: We need 200<br /><br />[etc.]<br /> Then the question is -- stadium seating or rolling chairs (our only options) And when the faculty say 120 students on rolling chairs is terrible, they say, But we want it flexible....<br /><br />Sigh.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-54833610852245155042010-04-17T12:38:55.132-07:002010-04-17T12:38:55.132-07:00AnnieEm, It means I saw an ad in the JIL for a CC ...AnnieEm, It means I saw an ad in the JIL for a CC job that looks attractive to me. I'm sure it has plenty of its own problems, of course.<br /><br />Ink, I think we should question the whole "planned" thing around here. We're very reactive rather than strategic or proactive.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-5388197248440409062010-04-17T10:34:03.328-07:002010-04-17T10:34:03.328-07:00"let's ask the administrators to walk fiv..."let's ask the administrators to walk five minutes in one direction for one meeting, then five minutes in another direction for another, and see if they find that efficient" <br /><br />Yeah!!!!<br /><br />I have no idea how our campus is planned, to be honest. There are people from different schools in rooms all over the place, with no sense of rhyme nor reason. We almost never get to teach in the classrooms in the buildings where our offices are housed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-45614335333561883822010-04-17T08:37:48.147-07:002010-04-17T08:37:48.147-07:00Are you suggesting that things would be different ...Are you suggesting that things would be different at a cc or the same?<br /><br />Just curious;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com