Academic SpecialistLanguage Instructional Specialist
Academic SpecialistLanguage Instructional Specialist
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The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and its National African Language Resource Center NALRC seek a Language Instructional Specialist LIS to join the faculty at Indiana University. The LIS will devote 100 of their time to the pedagogical aspects of all NALRC projects working with language specialists to design and develop language learning materials to ensure that all center products conform to all proficiency guidelines and attain high pedagogical standards. Owing to the Centers goal of producing highquality levelappropriate materials such as textbooks online courses and activities/exercise workbooks for learning African languages a primary responsibility of the LIS is to provide instruction and guidance for various language content developers. The LIS will prepare sample lessons activities and assignments and document the process for creating the materials. Because the job provides instructional support to language content developers and creates workshops for language instructors the LIS will design and construct relevant instructional materials for training sessions. Manages logistics for holding workshops and events; reserves space schedules online meetings manages/tracks attendance copying materials etc. Work with the NALRC Associate Director to recruit language instructors to participate in the projects; this also includes developing marketing material and/or planning and holding events. In consultation with the Director and Associate Director of NALRC provides oral and written feedback to participants for pedagogical projects using expertise to guide them in the appropriate design models. Attends meetings and conferences to present research and other aspects of the NALRC Projects. This a 12month academic position with an August 1. 2023 starting date with the potential for an earlier starting date to be negotiated if mutually agreeable. The role will be appointed within the Indiana University faculty at the rank of Academic Specialist. This position is funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant awarded to the National African Language Resource Center which shall continue for the next three years. Continuation of this appointment beyond the current grant cycle is dependent upon renewal of Title VI funding in future cycles.
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Employment Type
Full Time
