Re: released time for administrators

[Donna_Sewell <dsewell@valdosta.edu>]

Hi, My responses are below.

		Donna

Dr. Donna Sewell
Director of Writing Center
Assistant Professor of English
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(912) 333-5946

Email address: dsewell@valdosta.edu

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 tmhogue@iupui.edu wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> help!! 
> 
> 1.  what is your rank?  do you hold a staff/faculty/administrative
> appointment?

I'm faculty.
> 
> 2.  what is your teaching load?  how much released time are you allowed to
> administer your center?
> 
On the quarter system, most faculty taught 3-3-3 (3 five-hour courses per 
quarter); I had one course reassigned time each quarter to direct the
Center, but I taught a tutor-training course every quarter (a two-hour
course) as an overload. 

> 3.  what size is your institution;  how many people staff your center and
> how many students do you see a semester?

The population is just under 10,000. We have 7 peer tutors, 2 graduate
assistants, and two work-study students who help with the computers. Last
year, we conducted 606 tutorials, led 11 workshops, conducted 486
orientations to word processing.
 
> > 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.)?

The Writing Center holds 24 computers, and it functions as a general
computer lab when faculty members don't reserve it for use.
> 
> 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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