While I officially started last week at the CUNY – School of Professional Studies (SPS), this week was the kickoff of the 2013 Fall I session at LaGuardia. It was a very full day which included Opening Sessions, as well as programmatic and departmental meetings, technical consulting session, and student advisement. At the end of the afternoon I felt like I needed a juice box, my blankie, and a nap. I am hoping that this wasn’t going to be indicative on how the semester was going to unfold. Because just to clarify, despite some of my poorly worded previous posts, I haven’t left LaGuardia. My responsibilities have just shifted a tad.
As the sole full time instructor for the New Media, I didn’t want to abandon the program that I have helped build over the past 12 years. But ultimately the opportunity offered to me at SPS was too good to pass up. So I am splitting my time between both schools for the time being. I will have a leadership role at SPS and a limited teaching and program consulting role at LaGuardia. It is scary and exciting because in addition to functioning in a teaching and advisory position at LaGuardia, I have been tasked with updating the Communication and Media program at SPS while we have 300+ people in the major. Managing a four year online degree program is a challenge I haven’t faced before so I am in the process of building a solid team to support me in this new endeavor.