I ain't dead yet!

Still alive and kicking....
Just buried in paper and such.
Today and tomorrow I am finishing the training to
be an evaluation team leader for NATEF.
They are the certifying body for technical education programs.

A few years ago my own program went through a re-evaluation and I came
to understand the ETL's were in short supply.

I did something blindingly stupid.... I volunteered to be one.
It takes some training and shadow sessions, but after this on-site I'll be
an ETL for NATEF. That means I will occasionally be called upon
to run certification evaluations for other schools.

This is not as fun as it sounds. An example: Today I pushed four tables
together to hold the mound of paperwork, and tomorrow it gets bigger
before we are done.

Ug.