to clarify, no i created the associate producer positions becuase i would like to see the combined camera work of marc, paul, and bart in motion along with my directing since they have the wealth of experience, as to be by guide of sorts, a coaching team if you will....
Let me put it this way: sometimes directors don't make good producers. An associate producer has producer's tasks, but is more of a right hand man to the producer at large. It's not an assistant, per se, that's a different term.
What you have described is not even close to this definition.
I think the term you're looking for is more of a consultant role than anything else.
The key to being a good director is to have your own style. You can take inspiration from other directors, I take some from Marc Breslow myself, but I adapt some of his ideas and revamp them into my own style. But, nobody will direct the same way as I do, and that's what makes every director unique.
