The Allyn & Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction	1
Pt. 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?	9
	The Writing Program in the University	23
	Administration as Focus for Understanding the Teaching of Writing	34
	Working Outside of English	38
Pt. II	Administering, Managing, Leading	47
	Developing Healthy Management and Leadership Styles: Surviving the WPA's "Inside Game"	49
	The Administrative Audience: A Rhetorical Problem	68
	Postmasculinist Directions in Writing Program Administration	78
	WPA Work at the Small College or University: Re-Imagining Power and Making the Small School Visible	91
	Use It or Lose It: Power and the WPA	106
Pt. III	Teaching Assistant Training and Staff Development	115
	A Selection of Strategies for Training Teaching Assistants	117
	Training the Workforce: Overview of GTA Education Curricula	139
	Professional Development for Writing Program Staff	156
	TA Training in English: An Annotated Bibliography	166
Pt. IV	Curriculum Design and Assessment	183
	Curriculum Design for First-Year Writing Programs	185
	A Working Methodology of Assessment for Writing Program Administrators	207
	Ten Commandments for Computers and Composition	228
	Redefining Composition, Managing Change, and the Role of the WPA	243
	The Role of AP and the Composition Program	252
	Writing Across the Curriculum	264
	The Future of WAC	275
Pt. V	Promotion and Professional Issues for WPAs	297
	Understanding Larger Discourses in Higher Education: Practical Advice for WPAs	299
	Professional Advancement of the WPA: Rhetoric and Politics in Tenure and Promotion	315
	The Politics of Writing Promotion	331
Pt. VI	Appendices	343
App. A	Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing	345
App. B	"The Portland Resolution"	352
App. C	WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition	357
App. D	Guidelines for the Workload of the College English Teacher	360
App. E	Position Statement on the Preparation and Professional Development of Teachers of Writing	362
App. F	Evaluating the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration	366
App. G	ADE Guidelines for Class Size and Workload for College and University Teachers of English: A Statement of Policy	379
App. H	The Buckley Amendment: "Protection of the Rights and Privacy of Parents and Students"	383
App. I	Guidelines for Self-Study to Precede WPA Visit	388
	Index	395