>> How's this: >> >> 0) POSSEs are always taught by at least 2 instructors. >> 1) To become a POSSE instructor, you co-teach a POSSE with a current >> instructor. (In this case, you count as the second instructor.) >> 2) In order to co-teach, you must either be a POSSE alumni, OR make the >> case to your co-instructor that you have equivalent (or better) >> background/skills in FOSS tools/communities, AND be the primary >> organizer of the POSSE you co-teach at. >> >> Also: how would folks feel about requiring that at least one of the >> instructors at a POSSE teach - or have taught - at the college level? I >> think there's a lot of value in the professors-teaching-professors >> model, but could be adding more structure than we actually need. > > I like all of these suggested modifications.
All right. If we implement all of these, does this block - or unblock - anyone? Things I can think of: * Titus can co-teach now. :) * The cost of holding a POSSE outside of North America has just dropped dramatically (since all but one of our POSSE instructors is in either the US or Canada - Harish is in Singapore). * The first POSSE California is no longer a special case (Karsten's seen 2 POSSEs being planned and taught a section of the one in Singapore, but hasn't attended a full one in person). * POSSE California, if it goes for a second run with just Karsten and Alolita, will have to find a professor to co-teach. Overall, this seems like a net yea - especially if it encourages people to get POSSEs together that might not otherwise happen. I'm going to sleep on this for a day, and then if no objections have popped up in the meantime, push it through. --Mel _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
