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I am a wife and mother of two, an 8-yr-old who loves airplanes and is learning to fly using a flight simulator and a 5-yr-old girl who can't wait to grow up. I have been in an academic environment all my life. After college, I taught English at a high school in Brownsville, Tx (my hometown) and stayed "in the trenches" for 8 years. In 2002, I moved to TSTC, Harlingen. I teach Comp and Tech Writing. My interest is researching strategies which help students be successful in first-year classes.

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I have been in the classroom, in one way or another, all my life. After 6 years of only being a teacher, I realized I miss the other side of the classroom. Because I have two young children and cannot take the joy of an extended family from them, I chose to pursue my degree online.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Writing SOS--Building Sustainability

Building Sustainability

Are you going to seek additional funding?

No

Will the project be self-supporting?

Can use some work-study to staff the lab

Are you building in financial, managerial, technical, or social sustainability?

Managerial--manager will be needed to continue running the lab, hiring the tutors, providing training, etc.

Technical sustainability--equipment will be serviceable for many years

Social sustainability--the first few years will build a demand for this type of service: students will come to expect this type of service; instructors will choose to add this type of service as part of their communication with students

1 Comments:

Blogger Rich said...

Excellent points. I thinking highlighting each element of sustainability (except oftentimes environmental) is wise.

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