--- Forwarded Message from Bradley Gano <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:28:56 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Bradley Gano <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fwd: #5106 Alms...

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Hey Ed (et al.),

The Yale Language Lab pays as follows:

Most student employees (who sit at the desk, hand out tapes, check ID's,
etc.) are "Level 2's" in Yale's 4-level system. They started at $7.10/hr
last year (meaning they will start around $7.25 an hour for next year).
Students who have been working more than a year get a little more--probably
around 20 or 25 cents an hour more per year.

We have three or four Level 3 students (more responsibilities for the media
equipment, very basic troubleshooting of the analog equipment, videotape
format conversions, etc.) who will start around $7.50 this Septmeber. (We
don't have student managers of the lab, but these are the closest thing.)

We have one Level 4 student who assists the media/repair technician who
made around $8.45/hr. (he is a grad student). (On occasion, students have
tried the "but Campus Dining pays more" line. But at Yale, even student
employees in the dining halls have to pay union dues, thus reducing the
advantage.)

The Center for Language Study (we're still two separate depts., but we're
working on that!) pays as follows:

Last year we had about two students working in the office helping the
administrative assistant--mostly doing spreadsheet and data entry on the
computer. They were Level 4's at about $8.30/hr.

Then I had three undergraduates reporting directly to me doing web design,
programming, software installations, etc. They were making $10/hr. (During
the summer, those same folks make $12/hr.) Eventually, I plan to merge this
group in with the language lab's student employees, and we'll probably pay
them all somewhere in the middle (High 8's or low 9's something).

Since the CLS is grant-funded, we're not restricted by the 4-level system
dictated by the Student Employment Office (the way the Language Lab is). I
should point out that one of the main guidelines for what I chose to pay
students doing more technical work was that I wanted to be competitive with
ITS (that's why the jump all the way up to $12 during the summer). I must
say that though I don't have any hard research to back it up, I feel like
the competitive pay rates for the technical students resulted in an extra
good crop of candidates.

Hope this is helpful. If all else fails, maybe you could just take them all
out for a nice pub crawl.

take care,
Brad

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Bradley Gano
Language Technology Specialist
Center for Language Study
Yale University
(203) 432-8196