PAC7 at JALT2008 Proceedings Article Data

Article title, keywords, abstract, and writer profiles

Title:
Part-time Teachers Developing their Coordinators

Keywords:
program coordination and coordinator development

Abstract:
Although part-time teachers assume most of the teaching workload, some coordinators rarely cultivate the kinds of learning enriched school cultures (Rosenholtz, 1989) where all teacher voices are taken into account. Research shows (see Hadley, 1999; Bryan, 2002; and Viswat et al., 2003) that failure to include part-timers in curriculum development and the absence of adequate training provision and support during program implementation leads to lower morale and poorer quality instruction. In addition, coordinators may be missing out on valuable opportunities to grow and develop without properly cultivating supportive relationships with their part-timers. This paper considers these factors and focuses on ways that part-time teachers can develop their coordinators when given the chance.

Writer profiles:
Brad Deacon currently coordinates a language program and has been told that he looks like John Cusack.

Graham Taylor is teaching in a variety of coordinated programs and was once told that he looks like Prince William.

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