The SALRC blog has returned, and with it SALRC’s new Grants and Program Coordinator, Elizabeth Cronin.
Elizabeth will be assuming Antoinette’s role in the department, of whom many of you knew well. Please feel free to contact Elizabeth at any time with your questions or concerns just as you did with Antoinette.
In addition to her duties at the Center, Elizabeth is a full-time student in the MA arts journalism program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Elizabeth’s hours are Monday and Wednesday afternoons, and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. Elizabeth can be reached at 773-834-3399 or at ecronin@uchicago.edu.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Loyola University Maryland
Language Learning Center Director
The LLC Director must be both a capable administrator and a knowledgeable technician. The Director is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Center and therefore must have the professional and personal skills necessary to train and to supervise the student staff as well as working with the faculty of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in order to facilitate both student and faculty use of the Language Learning Center.
In this context, the Director assists faculty in implementing courseware, streaming video, and other support technologies, and takes the initiative in investigating and implementing new technological approaches while making sure that the existing technology in the Center is in good working order. He or she administers the budget and oversees an on-going planning process which facilitates the timely maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrading of equipment so that the LLC stays abreast of changes in technology. In order to accurately assess the developing relationship between the Center and the classroom, the Director will teach three introductory or intermediate language courses per academic year.
The successful candidate will have a knowledge of and experience with instructional software, modern language broadcasts, network interfacing, and emerging as well as existing technologies. He/she will be familiar with placement exams and will have the ability to implement pedagogy-related projects. The Director should possess at minimum as M.S. or M.A. in Instructional Technology and/or in a modern language taught in the department.
Loyola University Maryland is a dynamic, highly selective, Jesuit Catholic institution in the liberal arts tradition and is recognized as a leading independent, comprehensive university in the northeastern United States.
Located in a beautiful residential section of Baltimore with Graduate Centers in Timonium and Columbia, Loyola enrolls over 3,500 students in its undergraduate programs and 3,000 students in its graduate programs.
The University welcomes applicants from all backgrounds who can contribute to its educational mission. Loyola is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, seeking applications from underrepresented groups.
Additional information is available at http://www.loyola.edu and http://www.loyola.edu/academics/alldepartments/modernlanguages/index.html
Review of Applications will begin mid-October 2011. Interviews will be held at the 2011 MLA Convention.
Applicants must submit the following materials online (www.loyola.edu/careers): letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of excellence in teaching, and a statement of teaching philosophy.
Three letters of recommendation should be sent to Natalie Rock, Administrative Assistant, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola University Maryland, 4501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210-2699.
Job posting in Sanskrit at Columbia
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University announces an opening in Sanskrit language to be filled at the Senior Lecturer or Lecturer rank, beginning July 2011. This is a full time appointment with multi-year renewal contingent on successful review. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience. Responsibilities will include teaching two or three courses per semester at all levels of the language and in all genres
A Ph.D. in Sanskrit is preferred but those with a Master’s degree and considerable language teaching experience are also encouraged to apply. The rank of senior lecturer in discipline (language) requires a high level of achievement, very substantial experience, and superlative record of teaching as a lecturer.
All applications must be made through Columbia’s online RAPS application system. Please upload in RAPS: an application cover letter, a brief statement of teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, a list of references, teaching evaluations and other teaching materials to support the application. You may enable the RAPS system to collect the required 3 letters of recommendation. Those letters may be uploaded directly by the reference providers. Wherever possible, letters should be uploaded in the online system.
academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53624
Applications will be reviewed starting October 1, 2010.
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Brown University
Internationalization is an important and growing focus at Brown University. Language learning will continue to play an increasingly important role as the Brown curriculum becomes a model for global undergraduate education, expands the depth and breadth of international experiences for students and brings more international scholars and programs to Providence. We encourage those with background and experience in teaching and learning languages to apply for following positions within the academic technology unit that works in support of faculty innovations through technology. http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Human_Resources/jobs/index.html
– Instructional Designer, Programs Coordinator – Job #B001151
– Instructional Technologist/Senior Instructional Technology – Job
#B001200
– Systems Administrator -Job #B01150
– Multimedia Coordinator – Job #B01206
– Media Production and Applications Specialist – Job #B01202
Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Interested candidates should apply to the following link and please note the specific job number stated above. https://careers.brown.edu
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Catherine Zabriskie,
Director, Academic Technology, CIS
Brown University
401-863-7235 office
401-440-8166 mobile
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill invites applications for a three-year renewable lecturer
position in Hindi-Urdu language and culture beginning July 1, 2011.
We are seeking a skilled language instructor with a commitment to a proficiency-based approach to
language. Native or near-native fluency in Modern Hindi-Urdu and English is required.
College-level experience teaching Hindi-Urdu to nonnative speakers is preferred. At least an MA is
required.
Responsibilities include teaching three courses per semester (language and content courses), including
introductory through advanced levels of Hindi-Urdu. Ability to teach both the Nagari and Nastaliq
writing systems, and high proficiency in both, is required.
Experience using new technologies for Hindi-Urdu language teaching is preferred. Submit a letter
detailing teaching philosophy, CV, available sample syllabi, and course evaluations online at
jobs.unc.edu/2500506. Paper or email applications will not be accepted.
In addition, send a teaching DVD/video and have three original, signed letters of reference sent
to: Hindi-Urdu Search Committee, Department of Asian Studies, CB 3267, 113 New West, University
of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC 27599.
Review of applications will begin on October 25, 2010 and continue until the position is filled.
For additional information, contact hindiurdusearch@unc.edu.
UNC-CH is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
