Re: released time for administrators

[ROBERTSC@ipfw.edu (Roberts,Carol)]

Tere,
1.  I am a tenured Instructor in English at Indiana U-Purdue U Fort Wayne.
I teach two writing classes a semester and direct the IPFW Writing Center (a
two-course release).  IPFW has 12,000 students, 16 people staff our center
(15 undergrad, graduate and associate faculty [adjunct] writing consultants,
and one computer consultant) and we work with about 1,200 students a
semester.  We're open daily except Saturday but are limited on number of
consultations by the size of the room we're in--we turn away many students
(larger quarters are planned when the university renovates the building in
the next couple years).  We have no secretary (students sign up for
appointments on the bulletin board outside the center, and we take drop-ins
when a consultant's available).  I do all the administrative work, teach a
3-credit class for new consultants each fall (my favorite class), design and
give workshops as requested by faculty in various disciplines (for example,
I'm currently working with a faculty member designing an APA  workshop for a
400-level "Creative Arts, Health and Wellness" class which has a
research/writing component). I served as acting director of the writing
program for the past two years while we did a national search for a new
writing director; I serve on the English department's Composition Committee
and Faculty Review Committee, the university's Retention Committee, and the
Task Force on Associate Faculty (working to improve conditions for our
part-time faculty).  Hope you're successful in lobbying for better
conditions for you!

Carol Roberts
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
robertsc@ipfw.edu

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