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Workshop Expectations for Students and Teachers (please read first)

1) Students are required to sign up for at least 2 workshops but no more than 4. Additionally, there will now be a cap of 8 workshops per PLAYER (so if you have 4 student characters, 2 workshops each. 3 or 2 students any combination up to 8 overall and 4 per character, 1 student can still only have a maximum of 4. This is new, so feel free to ask questions in the questions thread at the bottom of the post).
2) This is not first come, first served as that is unfair due to time zones.
3) If there are too many people signing up for the one workshop then AFTER sign-ups close names will be drawn out of a hat to decide who gets in (so even after the workshop hits maximum, keep signing up as you have an equal chance of getting in as the first person does). If a suitable hat of outstanding character cannot be found (or if we're feeling lazy), we'll use a number generator. Either way, it will be random and fair.
4) Those who do not get in will be allowed to pick a back-up workshop if they want, but please be prepared to respond and choose your back-up quickly as time is limited.
5) If you have more than one character sign up for a workshop, please state which character you would prefer to get in if you have a preference. If the workshop reaches its maximum number of students, only one of your characters will get in. If you have a student character in a workshop that your teacher is teaching, they will miss out to give others a chance to play.
6) If it's OOC for your character to take the workshop but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was a paperwork mishap.
7) TAs - if you are a student (not a graduated senior), you must sign up for the workshop you're TAing for. The workshop will count towards your workshop total (4 maximum). Please specify that you are the TA for the workshop when signing up.
8) TAs do not count towards the total number of people in the workshop (ie: a full workshop is 20+TAs).
9) By signing up, you agree to participate for the entire term (7 weeks). Attendance will be recorded as showing up to workshops is how we keep track of your character's activity in the game. If you repeatedly fail to attend workshops, you will be contacted and are subject to removal from the workshop and the game.
10) Workshop descriptions are subject to change at the teacher's discretion.
11) If you turn the amp up to 11, it's louder than 10.


INSTRUCTIONS:

Pick your workshop. Respond to that workshop's thread below with your character's name. Lather, rinse, repeat. Please use your character's respective journal for their sign-ups. New characters are absolutely allowed to comment here to sign up.

Weekly Workshop Schedule (this will eventually be linked to on the fandomhigh user info page and later put on the website).

Workshop sign-ups close at midnight PST on Sunday, May 4. No late sign-ups are allowed without extenuating circumstances (ie: sign up sooner than the last day or you're going to forget and look like a dork). Students who do not sign up in time will be removed from the game and have to reapply for Term 2.

Please direct any questions or problems to administration@fandomhigh.net

Please wait for OCD O' Doom. If you ping in before the OCD is done, I'll make fun of you. OCD is all done. Go for it.

ETA: Workshops are for students only. Graduating seniors become alumni upon graduation (on Saturday) and are not eligible to take summer workshops. To see what's needed from you, check out the post on what to do with your graduating senior.

Hello teachers and townies!

During Summer Semester (yes, one of those posts already!), rather classes we offer workshops for students to take. Since the semester is broken up into two terms, workshops (which are essentially classes only with a less academic focus) run for 7 weeks. Both teachers and townies can run workshops. It involves the same thing as running a class: coming up with a concept, coming up with weekly activities for the workshop, posting the workshop on time every week and interacting in the post.

If you think you'd like to offer a workshop for one or both terms during Summer, please fill out the form below by commenting to this post. If you'd like to offer a workshop for Term 2 only, there's no need to sign up now. There will be an opportunity for that closer to Term 2. If you need to know dates, the academic calendar is available via fandomhigh's profile page.

All comments will be screened. Questions will be unscreened. Keep in mind that we're not really looking for academic classes over the Summer. Go for something fun and interactive. You can view previous workshops at the Wiki: 2006 Summer Term 1, 2006 Summer Term 2, 2007 Summer Term 1, 2007 Summer Term 2.

Aaaaaand here's the information we need if you're interested!

Character Name:
Workshop Name:
Workshop Synopsis (for public use):
Further Details on Workshop (whatever detail you'd like to include, such as weekly ideas, general concepts, a little more explanation, etc):
Preferred Day (please pick your top 2 choices Monday-Friday):
Anything Else:

If there are any problems, we'll be in contact to sort those out. Otherwise, there will be a post giving a general thumbs up to anyone we don't contact. Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 11, 2008.

Questions, comments, pie? You know the drill.

ETA: As always, this is only for current characters. The app session for new teachers and students will be next week. Apps for townies are always open.

We're getting in early with this stuff to give everyone plenty of time to prepare and all that jazz.

If you're intending on teaching a class for Fall Semester, please read on.

If you are a current teacher (even one with a job over the Summer), just read the rest and fill out the form below.
If you are a current teacher wanting to stay on as a townie (not teach anymore), please email us and let us know and we'll go from there.
If you are a current townie wanting to become a full-time teacher, please email us and let us know and we'll go from there.
If you are lost and need to know the way to San Jose, please email us and let us know and we'll go from there.
New teacher characters should fill out the regular application form and ignore this for now.

What's Needed:
* The ability to come up with 15 weeks worth of classes (14 + exam week with a 1 week break in the middle)
* The ability to post the workshop by 12pm PST the day it's scheduled (you can post the night before)
* The ability to interact with your students (slow play is fine, you don't need to be around all the time)

The Form

Character Name:
Class Name:
Class Synopsis: (a description including any ideas you have for individual classes so far)
Please list your top two preferred days: (Monday to Friday. You'll need to post your workshop by 12pm PST on this day. You can post the night before if that works better for you.)
Anything else we need to know?

The form will need to be in by Friday, August 17, 2007.

Please email your form to administration@fandomhigh.net. Thanks!

Hey guys,

Don't forget that workshop proposals for Term 2 need to be in by this Monday. Out of the current teaching crop, still waiting to hear back from Ares, Aly, Abby, Deadpool and Yondaime. If you're going away for the second term or you're getting a job in town, please let us know ASAP.

You can find the proposal details here.

Thanks!

Hey folks,

Just a reminder to please go and sign up your student characters for the Faculty Mentor program.

http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh_ooc/388437.html

All students have to sign up. Further details at the link above. If there are any teachers who haven't volunteered yet, there's still time to do that as well.

Thanks!

Hello hello!

A few weeks ago, dr_jwilsonmd suggested a student/teacher mentor/academic advisor program. This will basically give every student a designated member of staff that they can go to ICly to ask questions, get advice and butt heads :D

All students will have to sign up so they can be assigned a mentor/advisor. Teachers offering to be mentors/advisors is optional, but encouraged. A set number of students will be assigned to each teacher (how many depends on how many teachers sign up).

How the teacher/student mentor relationship is manifested is up to both parties involved. Once you're paired up, you can talk to each other OOCly and decide what works best for both of you. The teacher may want to see their students once a week or two weeks or once a month for a meeting, they may want to get involved in the student's school life or they may want to handwave everything. Work it out between yourselves to see what suits you best.

Teachers please volunteer below in the Teachers thread. How much time you want to spend getting involved in this is up to you. Please don't ask for specific students.

Students please list the top 5 faculty members that you would like as your faculty advisor/mentor. All students have to pick someone.

We will do our best to give everyone their highest preference possible. If too many students want one teacher for their first preference, we'll pick names out of a hat then go to the second preference and so on.

Please sign up by Wednesday, February 7.

All comments are screened.

Have a happy and cheesecake-filled Wednesday (or Thursday)!

ETA: This is an OOC sign up to show player intentions. Your student doesn't have to know the teachers you list, and the teachers don't actually have to *want* to sign up. As with class sign-ups, we can do handwavey paperwork mistakes :)

List of faculty at Fandom High

ETA 2: Zoe, Hades, Tick, Fraser, Mickey and Swedish Chef (and Das Schnitzel) are all eligible as well if the players sign up. Faculty is faculty as long as they're not NPCs. When signing up assume that everyone is going to sign up. If they don't, there'll be a chance to change your preferences later.

Class Expectations for Students and Teachers

1) You are required to sign up for at least 3 classes, but can sign up for no more than 5.
2) This is not first come, first served as that is unfair due to time zones.
3) If there are too many people signing up for the one class then AFTER sign-ups close names will be drawn out of a hat to decide who gets in (so even if a class has hit 20, keep signing up as you have an equal chance of getting in as the first person!).
4) Those who do not get in will be allowed to pick a back-up if they want, but please be prepared to respond and choose your backup quickly.
5) If you have more than one character sign up for a class please state which character you would prefer to get in. This will be in case the class reaches its maximum. You will only get one character in.
6) If it's OOC for your character to take a class but you really want to take it anyway, just sign them up and we'll pretend it was a paperwork mishap.
7) TAs - if you have pre-arranged to be a TA for a class, you must sign up for that class and yes, it counts towards your class total.
8) TAs do not count towards the total number of people in the class (ie: full classes will have 20+TAs)
9) By signing up, you agree to participate for the entire semester (until May).

Class limits are subject to change. Teachers, if you need someone to change your class limit, holler like a hollering thing that hollers.

Instructions:
Pick your class. Reply to the comment for the class you want with your character's name. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Class sign-ups close at midnight PST on Friday, January 5. No late sign-ups allowed. (ie: sign up sooner rather than later or you're gonna forget and then you're just gonna look like a dweeb)

If you're reading this and the deadline has passed without you signing up, you've missed out. If there are extenuating circumstances (like your cat peed on your computer or a meteor hit your computer - forgetting is not an extenuating circumstance, nor is laziness), EMAIL THE ADMINS IMMEDIATELY! Don't wait. Don't try to sign up. Email and explain your situation. We are nice people, we understand RL just as much as anyone else, we just don't like it when people try to sneak in around the rules.

For ANY PROBLEMS, do NOT contact me. I am out of town for the week without internet access. Contact administration@fandomhigh.net or one of the admins/mods on AIM. Emailing me will do no good.

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