--- Forwarded Message from Philippe Delcloque <[log in to unmask]> ---
>From: Philippe Delcloque <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5931.5 title? (!)
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:22:12 -0000
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All these are very good points, we appear to be moving in this direction too
in the UK with a tendency to downgrade language departments (in some
institutions) and/or deliver them without class contact or minimal class
contact and maximum self access.
So far, most created posts end up being called Director but there are a few
co-ordinators and supervisors, etc... and crucially, Foreign Languages can
end up being part of Institutional Libraries which implies perhaps non
academic post status, a worrying development.
Philippe
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> --- Forwarded Message from "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
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> >From: "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Organization: UVM, College of Arts & Sciences
> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
> >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:12:30 -0400EDT
> >Subject: Re: #5930 title?
> >Priority: normal
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> My official title is "Coordinator" here at the University of Vermont.
> When the position was created in 1986, they decided to make it a
> coordinator position in order not to have to pay big bucks to the
> person in the job. I have tried without success to get it upgraded to
> director, which is the true nature of the position--but was told by our
> Human Resources that it would "raise some questions" from our
> auditors because my salary is so much lower than that of the
> directors of other programs. They also used the excuse that the
> Language Resource Center is neither an academic program nor a
> department, and "you can't be a director unless you're in one of
> those areas." But they told me I could feel free to use the director
> title anywhere outside of the university if it made me feel better...!
> Given that last semester we had over 3000 sign-ins to the Resource
> Center (students coming in to work on either audio or computer), it
> seems to me that we should be given a little more respect! Sorry to
> go on and on...just one of my personal beefs.
>
>
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> --- Forwarded Message from Annick Deakin <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:13:27 -0400
> >From: Annick Deakin <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: title?
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> Hi all,
> Most Language Learning Centres are managed by a "Director". Are
> there
> other titles for the position which manages and maintains a Language
> Learning Centre, administers a network, train users etc? Thank you,
> Annick --
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