--- Forwarded Message from Candace Chientzu Chou <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:07:44 -0600 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Candace Chientzu Chou <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Spanish Ed Specialist Position The College of Liberal Arts Language Center and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies University of Minnesota POSITION AVAILABLE Title: Assistant Education Specialist (Technology and Spanish Language Learning) {position title is under review and may be changed} Position: 100%, 12 months, Academic Professional (P/A) Position Start Date: July 1, 2002. Appointment is for one year with renewal contingent on satisfactory performance and funding. Salary: Commensurate with education and experience. Description: * Serve as liaison to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, providing information on Language Center services and working with individual language program staff to determine how the LC can best serve their needs. * Manage and support web-based courses of the department. * Assist the Language Center in fulfillment of its mission to provide technological support to language teachers. * Teach two Spanish language courses per year. * Organize and conduct workshops and ongoing colloquia on the use of technology in language teaching. * Assist in the development and implementation of instructional materials for teachers and students using technology in the teaching and learning of a second language. * Collect, evaluate and disseminate information on technology resources (video, software, Internet, etc.) for second-language teaching and learning. Essential Qualifications: * Master's degree or foreign equivalent or ABD in Spanish, second-language education, or related discipline * Proficiency in Spanish * A minimum of two years second-language teaching experience * Prior experience with technology in language teaching * Excellent organizational and communication skills; ability to work with faculty, staff, and students in Spanish and Portuguese Desired Qualifications: * Prior experience with teacher development in the area of technology and second-language learning * Prior experience in higher-education administration * Prior experience in managing web-based course systems, e.g., WebCT or Mallard Application Procedure: Send letter of application with curriculum vitae and have three references submit letters of recommendation directly to: Chair, Spanish Assistant Education Specialist Search Committee, Language Center, University of Minnesota, 51 Folwell Hall, 9 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Complete applications must be received by March 8, 2002. (The full ad can also be viewed at http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/lc/edspec_spanish.html.) The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. -- --------- C. Candace Chou, Ph.D. Associate Director CLA Language Center University of Minnesota 51 Folwell Hall 9 Pleasant St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-3865 [log in to unmask] http://LanguageCenter.cla.umn.edu