--- Forwarded Message from TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 15:29:15 -0800 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6509.1 Lab Director/Coordinator/pecking order? (!) ------------------ I imagine that nomenclature is treated so differntly in different places that what is important is how the position is treated and how you are treated in the position. My title is "Director", but I gave myself the title (and it seems to be the most common for what I do). We are understaffed, and there will always be a chance that someone will want to save money by closing down the lab. We handle more than 730 hours/week of student practice per week (from levels 111-222) and an unrecorded number of hours from advanced students, which may be above 30/week. I work hard to keep costs down for everything, but I am also careful top survey student opinion and faculty satisfaction every semester. So far, I find that I am treated with respect. I do think people forget sometimes how hard all IT work is. TBob -- ========================================================== Look it up in the Andy Holt Virtual Library http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/vlhome.shtml ========================================================== Robert D. Peckham, PhD Director, the Globe-Gate Project Director, the Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center Department of Modern Foreign Languages Univ. of Tennessee-Martin http://globegate.org/french/globe.html