Handbook for Language Program Administrators (Alta Professional);

"A Handbook for Language Program Administrators (Second Edition) has been revised and updated to reflect current issues in language program administrators by experienced professionals in the field, focusese on the multiple roles that language program administrators must play, including multicultural manager; strategic planner; decision maker;negotiator; innovator; advocate for students, faculty, and the program; promoter; organizer; personnel manager; quality guarantor; and financial planner. Each chapter offers an accurate picture of the challenges faced by language program administrators and presents practitioners with practical, tried and ture, suggestions. Each chapter includes a list of suggested reading and sa set of discussion questions and activities. The volume begins with a section on transitioning from teaching to adminstration and concludes with a section on different contexts for English language teacing-adult education, binational centers centers, intensive English programs, international schools, K-12 programs, and private schools-with an emphasis on the duties of language program administrators and the challenges that they faced in these contexts. This comprehensive Handbook should be in the personal library of every practicing and future language program administrator" (Alta Professional series).