I am posting this position for Hiroko Yamashita, who is chair of the serach committee. Please contact her with any questions - not me. Thanks, Ruth Position: Director of Foreign Language Technology Rochester Institute of Technology seeks to hire a Director of Foreign Language Technology for its state-of-the-art Foreign Language Technology Center to start on or before December 1, 2006. Rank: staff or faculty, depending on qualifications. Qualifications include an M.A. or Ph.D. in educational technology, foreign language pedagogy, second language acquisition, linguistics, or a related field. Required are thorough understanding of FL educational technology; experience in creating FL courseware; experience in teaching a foreign language; and experience in grant writing. Experience in supervising a FL lab/technology center 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 report to the Chair of the Foreign Language Department and 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 creative expansion of its use, facilitating the use of technology in FL teaching by creating or acquiring technology-based instructional materials, by engaging in creative new uses of software and hardware for FL learning, by providing training to faculty and students, 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. S/he has a clear vision of the goals and methods of FL pedagogy and the effective integration of technology into FL teaching and learning. The successful candidate 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 at once and continue until the 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. *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************