--- Forwarded Message from "Bob Peckham" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: opening: Director of Language Resource Center >Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:03:32 -0500 >Thread-Topic: opening: Director of Language Resource Center >Thread-Index: AcfvUDIT2fFP8Nw/RNaAXnI4A/xsQw== >From: "Bob Peckham" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> I am sending this for my friends in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/ of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. TBob =============================================================================== == University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (College of Letters and Science, Milwaukee WI 53201-0413) Director of Language Resource Center http://www.uwm.edu 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$E2s 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. UWM is an AA/EEO employer and educator strongly committed to maintaining a climate supporting equality of opportunity and respect for difference based on gender, culture, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, and lawful activities. We particularly encourage applications from individuals who would enhance and diversify our workforce. =============================================================================== == Robert D. Peckham, Ph.D Professor of French Chair, AATF Commission on Advocacy Director, Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center Director, Globe-Gate Intercultural Web Project Director, Andy Holt Virtual Library Department of Modern Foreign Languages Univ. of Tennessee at Martin / Martin TN 38238 Email: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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]) ***********************************************