Rotating Admin. Models

[ALISON RUSSELL <RUSSELLA@xavier.xu.edu>]

Does anyone on the list have experience with a rotating model of 
administration, for which the Writing Center Director and Writing Program
Director rotate positions every few years?  A couple of years ago our WPD
wanted a break from the job and so I was hired.  Then our WCD left us and
I was moved to that position.  We now have an interim Writing Program 
Director because our former WPD is reluctant to do the job again.  She
seems receptive to a rotating model as a way of avoiding burnout, but we
both would like to know more about such a model.  

Our dept. is pressuring my colleague to return to the WPD position and will
not consider hiring another compositionist as we are a smallish dept. (15
full-time/tenured/tenure track and another 15 or so part-time).  The WPD
supervises the 15 or so part-timers, and as Writing Center Director, I
supervise about the same number of student tutors).  

I am actually hesitant to suggest a rotating model to my dept. since I
really like the Writing Center work, but if it persuades my colleague to
return to her WPD work--now being done by our Shakespearean--I might be
open to it.  Can anyone point me to sources on rotating models or share
wisdom about pitfalls/advantages?  Thanks for any help you can give me.  

Alison Russell
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH