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 * __Please add your questions and comments below__.**


 * 1) Is there a rating scale on the presentations that the staff would show us?
 * 2) Who decides if it is a good topic area for the staff member to focus on?
 * 3) Who determines if a "team project" is a go or not?
 * 4) Can staff work on their study project during their regular work hours?
 * 5) What percentage of the total inservice hours required can staff do through independent study?
 * 6) If someone is hired after the "launch" can they still do independent study or will they have to wait until the next "launch"?
 * 7) Can we create a list of solid reasons a proposal will be rejected to show applicants before they go through the application and approval process?
 * 8) Can "culminating projects" become breakout options for other staff at other types of trainings/in-services?
 * 9) Do you like Pringles or Fritos?
 * 10) Could alot of this work be done on line...? Staff driven research, then they do a presentation.
 * 11) How do we know that the staff has really done the work or simply pulled something off of a website or found the information somewhere?
 * 12) What type of program application should we expect or would we like to see when the independent study is completed?
 * 13) If we do this, how do we determine if it successful or not?
 * 14) What leadership role does the program manager have when the employee is theirs?
 * 15) How do we keep the outcomes so they aren't subjective?
 * 16) Does the independent study need to align with any of our program expectations?
 * 17) Wouldn't it be great if some of the projects weren't presentations but actually creations other staff can use at a site? For example, if someone wanted to learn more about children's learning styles, their project could be a file with project ideas that are samples of activities that fit different learning styles? They could share it with other staff and other staff could actually use it in planning.
 * 18) How would we monitor the hours the staff are putting into their project?
 * 19) If it's a group project can they meet at their home, the library, or their favorite night spot and how is this tracked?
 * 20) When staff put in for hours on their time card and with their regular hours and this project time has taken them over 40 hours are they paid over time?
 * 21) Who are the members of the panel that the staff present to?
 * 22) What does Germane mean again?
 * 23) How are we going to get the staff that "do not think out of the box" to buy into this way of inservice?
 * 24) Should we require them to collaborate with another district employee (teacher, administrator, etc.) to serve as their mentor through this process?
 * 25) What is the maximum or minimum number of hours for work on this?

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