She is using a confusing at best, incorrect term at worst to describe your classes. This will lead to the students being confused as to what they are going to be learning in the class. I do a lot of raw edge appliqué and none of it has been what I call a collage. If she is going to teach the class she needs to use the commonly used terminology on the techniques you are teaching. I have NEVER heard raw edge appliqué referred to as collage and I have read lots of articles and books about it.
This not only affects you, it affects your students. If this is the area of your expertise, you should have the final call on terminology. This lack of using correct terminology reflects badly on you two as teachers. I would possibly take a collage class because it’s something I haven’t done before ( and it sounds like neither of you have done this either). I would not be happy if I took a collage class and found out it was raw edge appliqué since I’m already very proficient with that.
Print out this thread and show it to her. She is being disrespectful to you and misleading to her students. Good luck.
Last edited by mjpEncinitas; 02-11-2018 at 01:20 PM.