No classes

Sunday, 26 Feb 2006 | Off-topic

Last december I started a gig on the side. A co-worker introduced me, I clicked with the people and we soon after decided to give it a go. Sure, the details had to be worked out. But eager as I was, I decided to go ahead and start working on it. I was going to coach and teach students in their final year before getting a bachelors degree in ‘Management, Economics and Law’. Coach them in their first steps into the corporate world for those researching their thesis in a corporate environment and teach them about project management. Teaching different students than those I was going to be coaching by the way.

Involving professionals ‘from outside’ is all part of a program by the institution to better prepare students for the entry into the corporate world, as they have found that the education and ‘the real world’ don’t really match. I think it’s a great initiative, which was part of the reason why I was so excited about it.

The classes in project management were to be given by me and a full-time faculty member. We started working out a curriculum for the classes, worked on a syllabus together and decided on the format and timing of the classes in relation to the rest of the students’ course load. We really clicked and both thoroughly enjoyed working on this together.

This week, the curtain fell for the project management classes. I feel it to be poor form to detail the reasons why on a website, but both parties agreed there was no solution to be found and although everyone involved regrets it we all understand eachother. Next week we’re meeting to make sure that all our work has not been in vain, most likely the classes will be tought by the person I developed them with in a slightly different form. I’m disappointed I won’t be there.

The coaching has already started though and has been an interesting experience so far.