--- Forwarded Message from Bradley Gano <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:11:11 -0500 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Bradley Gano <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Position Announcement from RIT: Director of Foreign Language Technology Dear all, RIT, which has a relatively new language center (that some of you may have seen at NEALLT last year), is seeking a Director of Foreign Language Technology. Please don't respond to me about the position; inquiries should go to Professor Yamashita at RIT--her contact info is below. Brad >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:30:43 -0500 >From: Hiroko Yamashita <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: position announcement: Director of Foreign Language Technology >To: [log in to unmask] >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Position: Director of Foreign Language Technology > >Rochester Institute of Technology seeks to hire a Director of Foreign >Language Technology for its newly established state-of-the-art Foreign >Language Technology Center to start July 1, 2006. Rank: staff or faculty, >depending on qualifications. Qualifications include an M.A. or Ph.D. in >educational technology, foreign language pedagogy, or a related field. >Required are expertise in FL educational technology; experience in >maintaining a local area network; experience with technology center >operations; experience in creating FL courseware; fluency in at least one >foreign language; and evidence of successful grant writing. Experience in >teaching a FL preferred. > >The Foreign Language program at RIT has grown approximately forty percent >in the last five years, and further rapid expansion is expected. The >Director will work closely with FL faculty in order to best serve students >that flourish in a technology-rich environment. The Director's primary >responsibilities include overseeing the center and further expanding its >use; facilitating the use of technology in FL teaching by creating or >acquiring technology-based instructional materials and by providing >training to faculty and students; widely promoting the center and FL >technology; and writing grants. The Director will also serve as liaison to >the office of Information and Technology Services, the Library, and other >related offices at the university. She or he must have a clear vision of >the goals and methods of FL pedagogy and the effective integration of >technology into FL teaching and learning. She or he also will have strong >interpersonal, communication, organizational, and administrative skills. > >The University places a high priority on the creation of an environment >supportive of the promotion of ethnic minorities, women, and persons with >disabilities. > >Review of applications will begin March 27th and continue until position >is filled. Applicants must send letter, curriculum vitae, names of three >references, a statement on the use of technology in foreign language >teaching and learning, and a sample of instructional materials by US >priority mail to Professor Hiroko Yamashita, Chair of Foreign Language >Technology Director Search Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Rochester >Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604. >----------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________ Bradley Gano Associate Director Center for Language Study Yale University http://www.cls.yale.edu *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************