Last Monday I found myself driving carefully but quickly along I-16 from Savannah to Macon, to attend an English/Humanities/Speech Consortium, set-up and carefully edited by TCSG to prove its own existence. Our agenda was "light" -- talking about courses that would never be transferable to four-year campuses; having a discussion about the differences between Speech and Communication -- where a distinction exists only in the minds of the tunnel visioned administrators of programs in technical colleges in Georgia; and generally sharing "best practices" which were at the level of "how to add your picture or cute presence to your online classes" via websites, applications, and other digital paraphernalia. It was a staff development exercise that was worth neither the time nor the effort.
Last week I also reluctantly accepted the Chairmanship of the Dander Group (all those areas that don't fit under English or Math including: Speech, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, pre-business, History, etc.). It will be an extra burden but it will relieve some pressure from my class schedule: 7 down to 5. But it will mean dealing with a level of administration that is more administrivia than real.
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