Facilitation+Challenges+and+Ideas+to+Overcome+Them

=What Challenges Do You Have in Facilitating an ISW?= Noted on the Challenge Wall at Bow Valley College, 2011 - please feel free to create a new page, link to the topics identified here and start offering ideas.
 * access to workshops to facilitate
 * release time and paying facilitators
 * developing/ recruiting facilitators
 * money - proper payment of facilitators and compensation for participants
 * timing of ISWs
 * staffing - qualifications from discipline sense
 * how to service casual / sessional instructors
 * promotion - how to build / rebuild interest within the institution
 * attracting faculty
 * paying facilitators
 * expectations of participants - finding commonalities
 * when to transfer BOPPPS into someone's discipline
 * drawing in participants who have trouble buying into the process
 * making theme sessions interesting & getting participants more involved
 * authentic
 * facilitation skills during the feedback process: how do you keep "real" & organic?
 * groupings - participants - mixed vs same faculty
 * giving/facilitating feedback cycles effectively
 * looking for great ideas for blended ISWs
 * video recordings (logistics ) & viewing of recordings
 * variety of delivery formats
 * with online or blended - how are they working?
 * evidence-based teaching & ISW
 * How do you get buy-in from leaders (deans, co-ordinators, chairs)
 * How do you evaluate the impact the ISW has?
 * How do you co-facilitate with those who did FDW in another "culture"?
 * responding to challenges from seasoned faculty "waste of time"; "don't need to be here 4 days"; "already have teaching credential", etc.
 * seasoned faculty attitudes