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| Contentid | 6688 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Director of Language Resource Center, Wisconsin |
| Body | The UW-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science invites applicants for a full-time (12 month) position as Director of the Language Resource Center (Instructional Program Manager II) to begin in October, 2007. The Director will: 1) collaborate with faculty in applying technology to language instruction (Arabic, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Yiddish); 2) administer daily operations, budget, staff, and multiple functions of the LRC; 3) offer and/or organize workshops in using technology in language pedagogy and assessment of proficiency, including TA orientation; 4) evaluate, test, and implement multi-media materials for language learning; 5) provide training and support to faculty, staff, and students in computer-based pedagogy; 6) serve as a liaison with the College's IT group. The Director normally will teach one language course per year. The successful candidate must have an M.A. or Ph.D. in a language, SLA, or related field, native or near-native fluency in a language other than English, and at least two years experience or training in instructional technology. Strong administrative, organizational, and interpersonal skills; experience in a language center; excellence in classroom teaching; and a commitment to pedagogical innovation and collaboration are highly desirable. Review of applications will begin on August 15, 2007 and continue until the position is filled. Send letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to Dr. Kathleen Wheatley, Search and Screen Chair-Language Resource Center Director, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, P.O. Box 413, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413. For more information, visit the UMW website at http://www.uwm.edu . |
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| Inputdate | 2007-09-09 10:18:34 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-09-09 10:18:34 |
| Expdate | 2008-09-15 00:00:00 |
| Publishdate | 2007-09-10 00:00:00 |
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