[CAUT] CAUT Certification:... (Ed Sutton)

[Ed Sutton]

Israel-

Looking ahead, hopefully, into an uncertain future, where our current models 
of training and study may fade away or change into new models, I like the 
potentials in this approach.

First a person would become an RPT, then there could be a choice of classes 
and exams through which a person creates his/her particular career, shaped 
around individual talents, interests and resources. Perhaps PTG would not be 
the educational provider so much as the agency that creates the syllabus, 
accredits teachers and administers exams, or perhaps the umbrella under 
which individuals could offer courses (not that different from what we 
already do).

In my dream world of happy, curious, interested people, such an open 
syllabus would be an invitation to learn and grow, and such a system might 
encourage people with special areas of knowledge and experience to create 
new courses of study.

Ed


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>> Would there be value in a system of classes and exams like this?
>>
>> Ed Sutton
>>
> Ed,
>
> This sort of model has been discussed and could be a possible solution for 
> some of the issues that have cropped up in connection with this proposal. 
> The model for this would is the medical profession, where all 
> practitioners hold the title MD, but each specialty does not have a 
> distinct title associated with it. Thus, someone who completes CAUT 
> training would still use the title RPT without any enhancements, but would 
> be able to state on resumes, advertisements, job applications, websites 
> etc. the fact that they completed specialized training in the field of 
> institutional piano service and management and hold a certificate to that 
> effect.  When coupled with a promotion campaign by the PTG  aimed 
> exclusively at educational institutions - and specifically at hiring 
> officers in the music and HR departments  - such a program would 
> accomplish everything that is expected of a CAUT certification without 
> introducing the sort of divisiveness and RPT promotion and branding issues 
> that are feared by some persons opposed to the CAUT endorsement idea. 
> Language to implement such a scheme has been suggested.
>
> Israel Stein