--- 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 ------------------ 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 > ---------- > From: LLTI-Editor > Reply To: Language Learning and Technology International Information > Forum > Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2001 16:03 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: #5931.5 title? (!) > > --- Forwarded Message from "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]> > --- > > >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 > > 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. > > > > --- Forwarded Message from Annick Deakin <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >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? > > 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 -- > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > _ > Annick Deakin, Language Learning Centre, University of Western > Ontario > London - Ontario, Canada, 519 661 2104 <[log in to unmask]> > > > Susan Breeyear, Language Resource Center Coordinator > 200 Southwick Building > University of Vermont > Burlington, Vermont 05405 > > VOICE:802-656-7856 > FAX: 802-656-0212 > email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmlrc >