<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Mon 03 Mar 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:La Jolla Country Day School Job</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 03 Mar 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:"Mark Rosenblum" <<a href="mailto:mrosenblum2110@gmail.com">mrosenblum2110@gmail.com</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:La Jolla Country Day School Job</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">La Jolla Country Day School, an independent (private) non-religious<br>affiliated N-12 school in San Diego, seeks an experienced and qualified<br>full-time Middle and Upper School Teacher of Arabic for the 2008-2009<br>academic year and beyond to implement a dynamic Arabic program with<br>innovative curriculum.<br><br>The position will have primary responsibility for teaching four to five<br>sections of Arabic (and/or French and/or History electives in Middle Eastern<br>Studies, as necessary and commensurate with the skill set of the candidate).<br>Essential duties will include: (1) comprehensive and dynamic new curriculum<br>and program development for a grade 7-12 Arabic sequence; (2) classroom<br>instruction; (3) conferences with students and colleagues; (4) active<br>participation in the work of the department with on-going and<br>cross-curricular development and pedagogy; (5) assuming at least one<br>additional duty as a faculty member (coaching a sport, advising a student<br>club, joining a standing committee, and the like); and (6) working closely<br>with the Department Chair, Deans, Division Directors, and Public Relations<br>team to actively encourage enrollment in Arabic courses and effectively<br>educate the community about Arabic language, Arabic culture and history, and<br>our Arabic program goals.<br><br>The ideal candidate will be a native Arabic speaker with near-native command<br>of English, and have a Bachelor's degree in Arabic Language and/or<br>Literature, Linguistics/SLA Pedagogy, and/or Teaching/Education. We<br>encourage English mother tongue candidates with near-native Arabic<br>abilities, so long as the candidate is experienced and has a proven track<br>record of teaching excellence in a middle school setting, high school<br>setting, and/or with freshman/sophomore level college students. Candidates<br>with advanced degrees in the areas outlined above, plus near-native French<br>fluency and experience teaching French are preferred. Familiarity with<br>computers and with the use of technology in Second Language Instruction is<br>also preferred (PC/Windows platform and Sanako(R) language lab).<br><br>La Jolla Country Day School Values Diversity<br><br>To learn more about the school, visit <a href="http://www.ljcds.org/">www.ljcds.org</a> or write to<br><a href="mailto:mrosenblum@ljcds.org">mrosenblum@ljcds.org</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 03 Mar 2008</div></body></html>