LeeAnn and all, I'm glad that this topic came up. I recently graduated for Northeastern Illinois University with an M.A. in Linguistics. However, I have worked for the past 10 years in the field of association management--starting as a graphic designer, moving into Web design and Web programming, and now serving as Director of Member & Technical Services for a nonprofit professional society headquartered in Chicago. On weekend, I teach Irish Gaelic to kids as part of a community-center program. I would really like to make a lateral career move into CALL but, so far, it has been my perception that most employing institutions desire candidates with a Ph.D. Northern Illinois University offers a graduate certificate in Foreign Language Instructional Technology (http://catalog.niu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1813) but I'm not certain if even a six-course certificate would help me become more competitive in the marketplace. I would be very interested hearing any professional development advice the group may have to share.... Best regards, Brian Doyle *********************************************** 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]) ***********************************************