The Allyn & Bacon sourcebook for writing program administrators / [compiled by] Irene Ward, William J. Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ward, Irene, 1950-

Carpenter, William J. (William James)

Allyn and Bacon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Writing centers--Administration.

Physical Description:

xiv, 400 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Allyn and Bacon sourcebook for writing program administrators

Place of Publication:

New York : Longman, [2002]

Summary:

"The Allyn & Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators" offers essential advice for the novice, the experienced, or the returning Writing Program Administrator. Provides eleven original works by nationally known writing program directors plus reprints of ground-breaking articles from journals like "ADE Bulletin," "College English" and "WPA: Writing Program Administrator." Many of the chapters have extensive bibliographies and help with such issues as teacher training and professional development, curriculum and assessment, and promotion and professional issues. Other chapters are focused on advice for planning a career and flourishing as an administrator. An extensive section of appendices collects the major professional statements pertaining to writing program administration: including statements about standards for teaching, working conditions, and much more. For anyone interested in writing program administration.

Contents:

Part I Who Are You as Administrator? 7

The Writing Program (Administrator) in Context: Where Am I, and Can I Still Behave Like a Faculty Member? / David Schwalm 9

The Writing Program in the University / Katherine K. Gottschalk 23

Administration as Focus for Understanding the Teaching of Writing / Richard Gebhardt 34

Working Outside of English / Barry M. Maid 38

Part II Administering, Managing, Leading 47

Developing Healthy Management and Leadership Styles: Surviving the WPA's "Inside Game" / Irene Ward 49

The Administrative Audience: A Rhetorical Problem / Joyce Kinkead, Jeanne Simpson 68

Postmasculinist Directions in Writing Program Administration / Hildy Miller 78

WPA Work at the Small College or University: Re-Imagining Power and Making the Small School Visible / Thomas Amorose 91

Use It or Lose It: Power and the WPA / Edward White 106

Part III Teaching Assistant Training and Staff Development 115

A Selection of Strategies for Training Teaching Assistants / Irene Ward, Merry Perry 117

Training the Workforce: Overview of GTA Education Curricula / Catherine G. Latterell 139

Professional Development for Writing Program Staff / William J. Carpenter 156

TA Training in English: An Annotated Bibliography / Timothy Catalano, Will Clemens, Julia Goodwin, Gary McMillin, Jeff White, Stephen Wilhoit 166

Part IV Curriculum Design and Assessment 183

Curriculum Design for First-Year Writing Programs / David Smit 185

A Working Methodology of Assessment for Writing Program Administrators / Brian A. Huot, Ellen E. Schendel 207

Ten Commandments for Computers and Composition / Todd Taylor 228

Redefining Composition, Managing Change, and the Role of the WPA / Geoffrey Chase 243

The Role of AP and the Composition Program / Daniel Mahala, Michael Vivion 252

Writing Across the Curriculum / Martha Townsend 264

The Future of WAC / Barbara E. Walvoord 275

Part V Promotion and Professional Issues for WPAs 297

Understanding Larger Discourses in Higher Education: Practical Advice for WPAs / Douglas D. Hesse 299

Professional Advancement of the WPA: Rhetoric and Politics in Tenure and Promotion / Jeanne Gunner 315

The Politics of Writing Promotion / Charles I. Schuster 331

Appendix A Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing 345

Appendix B "The Portland Resolution" 352

Appendix C WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition 357

Appendix D Guidelines for the Workload of the College English Teacher 360

Appendix E Position Statement on the Preparation and Professional Development of Teachers of Writing 362

Appendix F Evaluating the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration 366

Appendix G ADE Guidelines for Class Size and Workload for College and University Teachers of English: A Statement of Policy 379

Appendix H The Buckley Amendment: "Protection of the Rights and Privacy of Parents and Students" 383

Appendix I Guidelines for Self-Study to Precede WPA Visit 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0205316875

OCLC:

45890516