Re: compensation

[gillespiep@vms.csd.mu.edu]

Wow, Jane, do they want this person to walk on water, too?  The scary 
thing is that some of us do all that.  (Not the water part, as far as I 
know.) 

Paula Gillespie

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, JANE NELSON wrote:

> This question came through on the WAC list.  It's definitely appropriate for
> this list, so I am posting it here, with permission from the original sender. 
> I told her I'd collect all responses and send them to her.  And she may also
> subscribe to wcenter, herself. --Jane Nelson
> 
> 
> > My department chair and division chair have asked me to survey other
> > colleges and universities to ascertain what compensation (course-load
> > reduction, stipend, etc.) is generally offered to someone with the job
> > description below.
> > Job Title(s):  Director of the Writing Center, Director of the Writing
> > Program, and Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum
> >
> > Hire, train, and supervise peer tutors; write, edit and produce writing
> > center newsletter
> >
> > Administer, grade, and coordinate departmental evaluation of writing
> > proficiency exam for junior English majors and Interdisciplinary majors;
> > work with students with "conditional pass" requirements and re-test as
> > needed; assist director of advisement in placement of incoming students;
> > coordinate and monitor college-wide referalls to lab course in
> > writing/grammar; plan and coordinate college-wide assessment of writing
> > skills; oversee departmental requirements in writing; review writing samples
> > of teacher-training students for entry into program.
> >
> > Oversee creative writing major and minor by making necessary curriculum
> > changes, advising students, planning poetry programs, etc.
> >
> > Coordinate efforts to introduce faculty to writing across the curriculum;
> > maintain faculty development efforts; hold summer workshops every few years;
> > spend time learning how to increase faculty knowledge of the relationship
> > between computers and writing; act as liaison with regional
> > writing-across-the-curriculum initiative.
> >
> >
> > Felicia Mitchell
> > Department of English
> > Emory & Henry College
> > P.O. Box 947
> > Emory, VA 24327-0947
> > PHONE: (540) 944-6225
> > FAX: (540) 944-6880
> > E-MAIL:  fmitchel@ehc.edu
> >
> >
>