Job Description: AMTE Monograph Series Editor

Membership: Appointed by the President, with the approval of the Board.

TermTerm is for three to four years, with the possibility of renewal.

Succession: Normal succession is as appointed by a President. 

Assistance:  Editor(s) for individual monographs, editorial panel for individual monographs.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute time, effort, and knowledge to advance the objectives of the Board and attain the goals of the organization.
  • Develop themes for the even-numbered monographs, in consultation with the Board.
  • Attend (if possible) a portion of the AMTE Board meeting on Thursday before AMTE Annual Conference and one day during NCSM/NCTM Conference, as appropriate.
  • Assist monograph issue editors in developing a call for manuscripts, getting it approved by the Board, and having it distributed to members.
  • Serve as a reviewer, in addition to members of the Editorial Panel, of submitted monograph articles.
  • Make monograph issue editors aware of the timeline for publication, process of developing a monograph from initial call to final submission of monograph to printer, and assisting them in completing the process, including editing as needed.
  • Work as a liaison between the issue editors and the Executive Director on specific issues related to ISBN numbers, Library of Congress cataloguing, and selection of printer.

 

Annual Timeline of Duties:

January

  • Submit report on monograph status to AMTE Board Representative prior to AMTE Annual Conference.

February

  • Work with issue editors to develop a call for manuscripts for monographs for the volume to be published in the following year.

March

  • Ensure that the call for manuscripts is uploaded on the AMTE website and distributed electronically to AMTE members.

 June-August

  • Review manuscripts submitted for publication consideration in the monograph.
  • Provide templates for communications to prospective authors as needed.
  • Provide assistance, as needed, to monograph issue editors to ensure that the process moves forward.

September-December

  • Work with issue editors, as needed, to secure appropriate revisions to manuscripts that have been provisionally accepted, pending satisfactory revisions.

January – May of Second Year

  • Work with issue editors, as needed, to edit manuscripts and prepare the monograph for publication. (Monograph should be ready to go to the printer by August 1 so that it is available for distribution to the membership by early September.)

 

Written Reports/Communications:

  • Report of monograph status at each of the two annual Board meetings and during conference calls, as appropriate. 

 

Board Representative Assignment(s):  Board Member.

 

Board Representative Responsibilities:

  • Keep monograph series editor informed of any Board policy changes related to monograph publication.
  • Serve as committee advocate to AMTE Board for any issues that might arise.
  • Maintain contact with and providing support to monograph series editor.
  • Inform Board of Committee suggestions.

 

For more detailed information including a sample timeline of duties, please see pages 3 – 5 of the AMTE Leadership Handbook (4-17-10), which is located on the AMTE Website at: http://amte.net/about.