-: There's really quite a bit
of challenges creating a new program
within an established institution, so I spend a lot of time
just in one-on-one conversation
with faculty members getting them
on board, the different teachers.
They might have different concerns.
Is it gonna take too much of the student's time?
Are they actually gonna come up with anything interesting?
Some of the students just may not know
what they wanna do at all.
Are they capable of this level of independence,
and so a lot of it is listening to their concerns
but then also creating support mechanisms and scaffolding
for the students so that they can be successful.
And then, part of it also finding spaces to talk about
and educate the whole school community
about what this is actually for,
and that includes connected to the college process,
for example, working with the registrar
to figure out a reasonable system for counting for credit
and a lot of the details that makes the program
like this fit into the rest
of the academic landscape at school.
So yeah, it's a really fun process.
It's a challenging process and really requires a lot
of support from my colleagues,
but its really rewarding, too.