--- Forwarded Message from Linda Jones <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:57:18 -0500 (CDT) >From: Linda Jones <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: tenure question for tenure track directors Hi all, I have a question concerning the development of a tenure-track position for a faculty member who will be a full time lab director (that is, not a professor of lit, for example, who runs the lab as just part of his/her duties, but a person who is indeed hired to run the lab, work with technology and faculty and teach tech/language courses). For those of you who are either tenured as full time lab directors or are on a tenure track position, I am wondering what your job structure is like. In other words, we are questioning whether a tenure track position for a lab director should be: a) 50% administration / 50% non-administration (that is teaching 1 course per semester and also conducting research and doing service - committees, faculty workshops) b) 25% administration / 75% non-administration (that is teaching 2 courses per semester and also conducting research and doing service - committees, faculty workshops. Perhaps it is a question of alignment. That is, the 50%/50% could mean that you "place" faculty workshops under the umbrella of administration whereas the 25%/75% means you place faculty workshops under the umbrella of non-administration/service... Any thoughts??? How are your positions structured? Is this a question of relevance to a particular department, university, departmental needs???? Thanks! Linda Linda Jones Director, Language Learning Center University of Arkansas (501) 575-7608