"minutes" from Gonzalo
A. Participants:
Jack DeWitt, University of the Arts
Jon Esser, SUNY-Purchase
Ron Levy, Peabody
Gonzalo Sanchez, Juilliard
Jo Sarzotti, Juilliard
Peter Stambler, University of the Arts
B. Proposed Theme: “Continuities” (Either “Continuities: Classroom Unbound” or “Continuities: Programming”)
Continuities between past and present CLEA conferences: updates on initiatives and programs introduced at previous conferences by member institutions—how they have worked, what challenges they have faced, where they have fallen short, potential problems for the future, and lessons for other members.
Continuities among member institutions: sharing curricula, pedagogy, technology, ideas.
Continuities in the learning process: from ESL to first-year to remedial to core classes to upper-level electives (“continuity as consistency”).
C. Possible Panels:
1. Freshman Seminar: Reports from Eastman, Columbia College Chicago’s New Millennium Studies, and Peabody on their recently-inaugurated first-year programs and their lessons for other institutions.
2. Writing: Lessons from Cornish College’s writing program (presented at CLEA 2005), Juilliard’s writing-across-the-curriculum strategy, and University of the Arts’ John Durso on his department’s plans.
3. Classroom Boundaries: What is a good interdisciplinary course? What are its ingredients? What causes failure? What factors need to be considered in designing interdisciplinary offerings? Members will share experiences in conceiving and implementing interdisciplinary courses; also, institutions planning major changes in such offerings will impart their lessons and seek feedback.
4. Technology: Possibilities, promises, and problems of coordinating technology across member schools. Specifically: Internet teaching, either through video classes (“I-chat”) or other technology; archiving curricular material for sharing among member institutions (a “Library”), whether on the CLEA web-site or other—information such as syllabi, notes, questions and assignments, and reading links for specific courses. The idea is to begin by downloading a list of each member’s core and elective courses.
5. Administrators’ Corner: Yet-to-be decided subject on which Chairs and senior administrators can meet to discuss matters of relevance and concern to them. Possibility of inviting North Carolina School of the Arts’ new Chancellor, John Maucer. Also, possibility of asking Margaret and Jean to re-join us for the Conference. Meet with Mitchell Aboulafia, new Chair of Liberal Arts at Juilliard.
D. Other possible topics/presenters/panels:
1. Learning advocacy for government and private liberal arts funding?—Update on CLEA’s FIPSE grant application?
2. New World School’s curriculum changes? And Peabody’s portfolio postings on “statement of aesthetic sensibility”?
E. Possible Moderator/Facilitator: David Krause, Columbia College Chicago
Jack DeWitt, University of the Arts
Jon Esser, SUNY-Purchase
Ron Levy, Peabody
Gonzalo Sanchez, Juilliard
Jo Sarzotti, Juilliard
Peter Stambler, University of the Arts
B. Proposed Theme: “Continuities” (Either “Continuities: Classroom Unbound” or “Continuities: Programming”)
Continuities between past and present CLEA conferences: updates on initiatives and programs introduced at previous conferences by member institutions—how they have worked, what challenges they have faced, where they have fallen short, potential problems for the future, and lessons for other members.
Continuities among member institutions: sharing curricula, pedagogy, technology, ideas.
Continuities in the learning process: from ESL to first-year to remedial to core classes to upper-level electives (“continuity as consistency”).
C. Possible Panels:
1. Freshman Seminar: Reports from Eastman, Columbia College Chicago’s New Millennium Studies, and Peabody on their recently-inaugurated first-year programs and their lessons for other institutions.
2. Writing: Lessons from Cornish College’s writing program (presented at CLEA 2005), Juilliard’s writing-across-the-curriculum strategy, and University of the Arts’ John Durso on his department’s plans.
3. Classroom Boundaries: What is a good interdisciplinary course? What are its ingredients? What causes failure? What factors need to be considered in designing interdisciplinary offerings? Members will share experiences in conceiving and implementing interdisciplinary courses; also, institutions planning major changes in such offerings will impart their lessons and seek feedback.
4. Technology: Possibilities, promises, and problems of coordinating technology across member schools. Specifically: Internet teaching, either through video classes (“I-chat”) or other technology; archiving curricular material for sharing among member institutions (a “Library”), whether on the CLEA web-site or other—information such as syllabi, notes, questions and assignments, and reading links for specific courses. The idea is to begin by downloading a list of each member’s core and elective courses.
5. Administrators’ Corner: Yet-to-be decided subject on which Chairs and senior administrators can meet to discuss matters of relevance and concern to them. Possibility of inviting North Carolina School of the Arts’ new Chancellor, John Maucer. Also, possibility of asking Margaret and Jean to re-join us for the Conference. Meet with Mitchell Aboulafia, new Chair of Liberal Arts at Juilliard.
D. Other possible topics/presenters/panels:
1. Learning advocacy for government and private liberal arts funding?—Update on CLEA’s FIPSE grant application?
2. New World School’s curriculum changes? And Peabody’s portfolio postings on “statement of aesthetic sensibility”?
E. Possible Moderator/Facilitator: David Krause, Columbia College Chicago
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