Tina, I think there are quite a few language center managers/directors who also have teaching duties. Some have faculty positions, some have staff positions. In many years of talking with colleagues I have learned that there may be as many variations as there are commonalities when it comes to position descriptions, tenure, pay, etc. Nonetheless, it is helpful, as you say, to know what goes on elsewhere. This is my personal situation: I worked for 18 years as full-time manager of the language center here at Loyola University Chicago. Additionally, for many of those years, I taught one German course per semester, for which I was paid additionally, as "part-time" faculty. Two jobs, two checks. Less than one year ago the administration decided that they wanted to change this arrangement. They added the teaching responsibility to my job description, and added the extra pay I had been receiving for teaching into my staff salary. In other words, for me it's the same work, same pay as before. The difference is that teaching language courses (2 per year) is now officially a part of my job. However, my status remains unchanged--I have a staff position, not a faculty position. According to my recently revised job description, that language teaching component accounts for about 20% of my time. (I figure that teaching the one class requires about 25% of my time when classes are in session, so only 20% on average since my staff position is a 12-month position.) I should add that my staff position requires additional "teaching" as well, in the form of workshops for faculty and occasionally for students. Personally, I find that teaching language classes helps me immensely when it comes to my role as center manager. It gives me insight into the issues involved with classroom teaching, allows me to test technologies with my students. allows me to better understand the forces at work on classroom teachers and to make suitable recommendations. I also think it gives me more credibility and respect among the faculty. Hope this helps. It's an interesting discussion. One may question the practice of incorporating teaching responsibilities into a staff position without also giving faculty status and/or benefits, or at least considering something equivalent. In my case, I didn't come away with tangible extra benefits, but as I said, I would say the net effect of teaching is positive. David Pankratz Loyola University Chicago *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************