Arranging an "Ask the Author" Session

How to Arrange an "Ask the Author" Session

Contact your Academic Innovations Educational Consultant and ask them to set up the meeting. Your consultant will send a form for you to complete and return so arrangements can be made. Note: We've found these sessions are most productive after the instructors have taught the course for at least one month.

What You'll Need

You'll need a commercial level speakerphone, so your team can sit around it in a meeting setting using one phone line. If this isn't an option, you can make use of the Academic Innovations conference line. This option may make sense if your participants are in different locations. Each person will call the conference line at the scheduled time using access information provided by Academic Innovations.

The Meeting

At the scheduled meeting time, Mindy will be prepared to speak to your team by phone on whatever topics, strategies, or issues about the Career Choices curriculum they want her to address. In addition, she can facilitate strategy sessions and dialogues around common challenges or areas of interest.

Costs

For schools that are currently using the Career Choices curriculum, the cost for this professional development option is only $100. (This fee includes Mindy's time*, the phone charges, and the pre-planning time required of Academic Innovations' staff.) If you choose to use the conference call format, and you wish to use Academic Innovations' conference lines, there will be an additional charge of $6/phone line for the one-hour call.