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>Subject: Re: #7406 Language lab director's responsibilities
>Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:18:40 -0500
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The first thing that the director's job should entail is to be the
resident expert on everything from soup-to-nuts on the system, its
capabilities, and most significantly, how to troubleshoot all aspects
of all components. Any unfamiliar items will be guaranteed to
malfunction at the most critical time possible. The director is of
course expected to fix all malfunctions on the spot and immediately.
The second thing that the director has to be able to do is teach
faculty how to use the equipment, and advise them on how to integrate
this technology into their pedagogical efforts. Never mix these two
items up, as it is not the director's job to create blocks of
instruction for the professors. Ownership of the class needs to remain
firmly in the instructor's hands.
The third thing that the director needs to understand is how to
research and obtain supporting or independent recordings/media/software
for all of the supported languages. This means being an astute web
surfer, and to be be a liaison with as many publishers/producers as
possible.
Fourth, the director must be a scheduling wizard for classes, training
sessions, down time for maintenance, and unforeseen circumstances that
blow away a carefully crafted schedule/plan.
Ordering supplies (e. g., tapes, cleaning/maintenance supplies, normal
office support items), scheduling student workers or RA's, (or in
larger schools, the full and part-time staff) is also an inherent part
of this job.
Finally, the director must be on very close terms with the equipment
rep, and understand that part of the rep's job is to ensure that your
questions are answered promptly and accurately, and if necessary, will
visit you ASAP to solve problems. Assertiveness is key here.
Salary ranges that I have observed run the gambit from the low
$30K-range for smaller centers to $70K plus for larger centers.
That is a bottom line of what is entailed, and would be a good starting
point from which to begin writing your description.
Ron Skulas
Language Learning Center Coordinator
Bowling Green State University
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> Hello,
>
> I'm the chair of Modern Languages at Capital University in Columbus,
> Ohio. We are about to acquire a Sony Virtuoso/Soloist language lab and
> will obviously need a lab director.
>
> The dean of Arts and Sciences has asked me for a list of the
> responsibilities of a language lab director as well as a salary range
> so
> that he can include this in next year's budget. Unfortunately, he
> needs
> this information immediately.
>
> Since we don't currently have a language lab, and at the suggestion of
> the director of the language lab at St. Olaf College, I am asking for
> your help with the list of responsibilities as well as salary range.
> Hours your lab is open would also be very helpful.
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
>
> --Barbara Keller
> Professor and Chair
> Dept. of Modern Languages
> Capital University
> Columbus, OH 43209-2394
> Fax (home: I'm on sabbatical): (614) 488-1455
>
>
Dr. Ron Skulas
Language Learning Center Coordinator
BGSU
(419) 372-8146
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/greal/llc
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