Re: released time for administrators

[ledwards@cu-portland.edu]

I am happy to share this information, and would (again) appreciate seeing
how others profile their job (see below) particularly those at small
liberal arts colleges like Concordia

Lynnell Edwards
Concordia University, Portland OR

At 10:44 AM 10/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>i have to write a report on 48 hours notice describing what rank writing
>center directors tend to hold *AND* how much released time they are
>allowed.  i know we've been over these issues before, but i'm
>thanking everyone for their kind support in advance.
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>help!! 
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>1.  what is your rank?  do you hold a staff/faculty/administrative
>appointment?
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I am ass't professor of English and (self titled) Director of the Writing
Center

>2.  what is your teaching load?  how much released time are you allowed to
>administer your center?

I teach 3 courses each sememster -- composition, creative writing, Poetry
(lit) and am given three hours releast time to run the writing center (the
normal load is 4-4)
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>3.  what size is your institution;  how many people staff your center and
>how many students do you see a semester?
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about 1100, a lot of non-traditional students; we see about 200 students a
semester (increases every year) It doesn't seem like we're exactly an
equivalent institution -- I have an undergraduate staff of 6 students.

>4.  what programs, besides the simple task of training tutors and
>administering the smooth running of the center, are you also in charge of
>(wac, consultants to faculty, etc.)?

I finally negotiated my way out of co-ordinating all other academic
tutoring with the argument that I needed/wanted to do more with WAC in the
school and grow the writing center as the center for WAC on campus.
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>yes, i am being allowed to write an argument for more time to do my job!!
>i a non-tenure-track lecturer currently teach 3 classes and have one
>class released time for writing center on a campus of 26,000 students
>with a staff of 25 seeing 2700-3000 students a semester plus related
>programs-- *not enough*!!  any help you can offer will be richly
>appreciated!!  
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Hope this helps!
Lynnell Edwards
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