Re: Job Description--Director

[2FLEMINGJ@Citadel.edu]

Could you please reveal which university is searching for a director?
>Director of the University Writing Center
>and the Online Writing Center
>(Job Description)

>The Director of the University Writing Center supervises all the
>activities of the University Writing Center.  These activities
>include the following:

>7 Training new tutors through seminars, staff meetings (the
>writing center colloquia), guided practice, and regular
>evaluation;
>7 Overseeing the operation of the Online Writing Center;
>7 Answering faculty questions concerning the operations of the
>University Writing Center and the Online Writing Center;
>7 Promoting the University Writing Center and the Online Writing
>Center through posters, brochures, news releases, departmental
>and university-wide memos, etc.;
>7 Coordinating the activities of the University Writing Center
>and the Online Writing Center with other agencies on campus such
>as the P.A.S.S. Center, the Association for Students with
>Learning Disabilities, etc.;
>7 Scheduling the tutors and providing substitutes in their
>absence;
>7 Reporting at regular intervals to the Vice-Provost for Academic
>Affairs on the function and current levels of use of the
>University Writing Center and the Online Writing Center;
>7 Making sure that supplies are available, such as student
>folders, daily logs, teacher referrals, etc.;
>7 Keeping tract of current research on writing centers, peer
>tutoring, etc., and keeping the staff informed on these areas;
>and
>7 Encouraging staff members to become professionally active
>through joining appropriate organizations and submitting papers
>for conference presentation and for publication.

>Other expectations
>7 Being on time and on premise during scheduled working hours
>7 Dressing appropriately
>7 Treating clients with respect and civility
>7 Limiting personal telephone conversations both in number and
>length since the telephone is used to conduct the business of the
>University Writing Center


>Again, 7s are bullets in the original.