2nd request-Survey on WC/WP Directors

[v-balester@tamu.edu (Valerie Balester)]

THIS IS A 2nd REQUEST.  PLEASE IGNORE IF YOU HAVE RESPONDED.
Survey Concerning Writing Center/Writing Programs Relations

With this survey, we hope to learn more about how writing centers and their
directors work in relationship to writing programs administrators. In
particular, we are investigating the official institutional relationship
and the personal working relationship between the writing center directors
and the writing program directors nationwide.

If you are a writing program director or a writing center director (and do
not hold both positions jointly), please complete this survey.

DO NOT USE THE REPLY OPTION TO ANSWER THIS SURVEY.
SEND YOUR RESPONSES OFF LIST TO:
Valerie Balester (v-balester@tamu.edu) OR James McDonald (jcm5337@usl.edu)

Results of the final study will be presented at the CCCC in March 1997.

 ALL PERSONAL OR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

Definitions

Writing Program Director: The primary administrator in charge of a writing
program at an institution; the person whose job title indicates that
his/her primary responsibility is to administrate writing courses; the
administrator under the level of Head or Chair with the most authority for
making decisions about the institution's writing program, whether that
program consists only of one first-year writing course or multiple writing
courses that undergraduate students over several semesters or other
variations.  The WP Director position does not exist at every institution.
At some, the WP Director position may be held by the Director of WAC,
Director of a program or division.

Writing Center Director: The primary administrator in charge of the
operation of a writing center, writing lab, or learning center that tutors
students on writing assignments.  The Writing Center Director may or may
not have primary responsibility for making decisions about the center's
operation.

1. Name and current position (including title and dates held)

2. Institution

3. Type of institution (community college/4-year
college/university/public/private)

4. Number of undergraduate students at the institution

5. Your rank, tenure status, highest degree, and area of specialization

6. Previous writing administration positions you have held, including the
title, dates, and institution of each position.

7. How is the writing center director selected at your institution?  The WP
Director?

8. What, if any, orientation or on-the-job training is provided for a new
writing center director?  For a new WP Director?

9. To whom does the writing center director report in your institution?
Mark all that apply, and indicate with an asterisk (*) which the WC
director works most closely with.

___     Dean

___     Vice-president for Academic Affairs or Provost

___     Department Chair or Head

___     Division Head (e.g., Division of Writing and Rhetoric, Humaniaties
Division)

___     Writing Program Director

___     First-Year Composition Director

___     WAC Program Director

___     Other _____________________________


Comments/Clarifications on reporting lines:


10. Who has the authority to make the major decisions for the writing
center,  including staffing, budget, policies, pedagogy, assessment, and
equipment decisions? How are these decisions made and carried out?

11A. If you are a writing program director, describe your personal working
relationship with the writing center director.  Are you satisfied with the
relationship? Do you feel you receive adequate support?


 11B.  If you are a writing center director, describe your personal working
relationship with the writing program director. Are you satisfied with the
relationship?  Do you feel you receive adequate support?


12.  Please provide a phone number, e-mail address, or snail mail address
for your counterpart (Writing Center Director or Writing Program Director)
so that we may ask him or her to fill in a survey.

Thank you for your help.

SEND YOUR RESPONSES OFF LIST TO:
Valerie Balester (v-balester@tamu.edu) OR James McDonald (jcm5337@usl.edu).
If you prefer to send your response by mail, the address is:

Valerie Balester
Department of English
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4227

James McDonald
Department of English
P. O. Drawer 44691
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette, LA 70504-4691

If you prefer to reach us by phone, e-mail James McDonald (jcm5337@usl.edu)
for a toll-free number.

ALL PERSONAL OR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
BY ANSWERING THIS SURVEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT MY RESPONSES MAY BE QUOTED OR
PARAPHRASED, BUT WITHOUT IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.


Valerie Balester
Director of Writing Programs
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4227
(409) 845-3155
(409) 862-2292 FAX
v-balester@tamu.edu