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TAA members urged to submit to Teaching Point
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, December 7, 1999
-- The 20 percent royalties offered by Teaching Point to
members of Text and Academic Authors for course materials
is a good deal, said Ron Pynn, TAA executive director.
Pynn encouraged members to contact Teaching Point immediately,
even before a formal arrangement can be worked out by
the association. Teaching Point has proposed 20 percent
to authors. Background: Class materials publisher seeks
TAA author works (next article).
Teaching Point seeks TAA member course materials
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, December
7, 1999 -- The chief executive officer of the
Teaching Point, a web site offering a comprehensive series
of K-12 course materials, proposed an agreement with Text
and Academic Authors to reach veteran authors. Teaching Point, in partnership with the National Association of
Laboratory Schools, is developing a complete set of teacher
preparation materials called Expert Systems for Teachers
and would like TAA to promote the project to its members.
Teaching Point offers 20 percent royalties to authors.
Ron Pynn, TAA executive director, urged members, to enter
into agreements with the Teaching Point immediately on
their own, even without a formal deal with TAA.
Teaching Point chief executive, Doug Matthews, got the
idea for the partnership after seeing TAA's web site,
which he called informative and helpful. "I had been looking
for the TAA contract report to see what percentage of
royalties were being offered by other publishers," said
Matthews. "Since my wife is a teacher and an author, I
told her she should be a member. We have been members
for almost six months now and find the web site and print
newsletter informative and helpful, giving us a good overview
of what's going on in the text and academic authoring
world."
All materials submitted to the Teaching Point by TAA members
would be reviewed by an academic publishing review board,
said Matthews, to ensure that the materials cover nationally
recognized guidelines and standards for the subject and
are accredited. All board members would be experts in
the subject they review, he said.
Teaching Point is looking for veteran teachers, with at
least five years of experience in their subject and have
written materials in almost publishable form. "The materials
are the 'cookbook' for the class, and we're looking for
a 'master teacher' in all subjects at all grade levels
that have their materials into almost publishable form,"
said Matthews. "A master teacher would be much like a
master chef, who doesn't leave out any ingredients." Their
goal is to have the materials ready for publication in
18 months for "just in time" delivery over the Internet
in English and translations to major languages. They are
offering a 20 percent royalty.
Written materials should have these qualities, said Matthews:
Elements that other teachers could replicate. Proven success
in the classroom. Strategies that actually work and detailed
instructions on how to make them work. The teacher materials
would consist of a syllabus, daily lecture notes, quizzes
and tests, daily lesson plans, worksheets, homework, labs
if applicable, and teaching strategies. The student materials
would consist of homework sheets and daily lecture notes
for overhead materials. All materials would be carefully
timed out, said Matthews, and include a suggested list
of videos, textbooks and other ancillary materials.
Teachers interested in the project should visit the Teaching Point web site and fill out a 20-question pre-publication
form in the teacher-author section, said Matthews. "
Class materials publisher seeks TAA author works
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, November 19, 1999
-- The chief executive of Teaching Point, a web site offering
course materials, proposed an agreement with Text and
Academic Authors for members to publish course materials,
including lecture outlines. Ron Pynn, TAA executive director,
said the proposal would go TAA's governing board.
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