Dr. Kathi Bailey (2 credits)

Many effective teachers find themselves with administrative responsibilities but few receive explicit training for this role. Are you running meetings? Are you interviewing and hiring teachers? Are you recruiting students? Develop your skills as an effective program administrator through readings, tasks, discussions, a shadowing assignment, and an internship. Analyze the organizational structure of language programs, and explore ways of more effectively managing multiple roles and responsibilities.

Next offering: January 5 - 30, 2009

Course Description

The purpose of this two-unit course is to provide an introduction to the issues in and a sense of cohesion about the field of Language Program Administration (LPA). The course provides professional development opportunities for the participants and awards credit for successfully completing and reporting on an administrative internship. 
   
Course Materials

The texts currently required for the course include:

• White, R., Martin, Stimpson, & Hodge (1991). Mangagement in English language teaching. Cambridge University Press.  [ISBN 0-521-37763-3]
• Christison, M. and Stoller, F. (1997). A handbook for language program administrators. Alta Book Center Publishers. Paperback. [ISBN= 1-882483-62-6]

Assignments

In addition to the reading material, there are two written, graded assignments for this course:

• Each member of the class will “shadow” an administrator (preferably of a language program) for three hours. A brief written report on this experience will be submitted.
• Each person will complete a fifteen-hour administrative internship, document his/her activities during the internship, and write a well-informed report on the experience. 

In completing both of these assignments you are expected to relate your own experience (of shadowing and of completing the internship) to the professional literature studied in this class as well as to additional appropriate literature you locate on your own initiative.