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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor - Bilingual/Bicultural Education - WIU - Quad Cities</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>APPOINTMENT: Preferred start date January 2008.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate in Bilingual Education or related field (ABD considered). Bilingual/Biliterate in English and Spanish. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Teaching experience w/ K-12 students in bilingual or ESL settings; college teaching experience. Candidates will be evaluated with respect to their performance and promise in teaching, research, and/or other creative work, and potential for grant-writing.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>RESPONSIBILITIES: Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in bilingual/ESL methods, assessment of bilingual/ESL students, and Multicultural and Social foundation of Education at main campus and off-campus sites; scholarship and service activities. The position will be based on the Quad Cities campus. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>RANK & SALARY: Assistant/Associate Professor. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> offers a competitive benefits package that includes domestic partner benefits. For full benefit information visit: http://www.wiu.edu/hr/index.shtml#benefits .</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>THE DEPARTMENT:The Department of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies offers an undergraduate major leading to bilingual education certification and courses at the graduate level that lead to a bilingual/ESL endorsement. WIU’s Bilingual/Bicultural Education major was established in 1973 and is the oldest program in the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>. The Department also offers a Masters of Science in Education in Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Seventeen faculty members teach classes at our main campus and a secondary campus. Our program is NCATE accredited. Our bilingual program is partially supported by Project Estrella, a Title III, National Professional Development Grant. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>THE UNIVERSITY: Recognized as one of the "Best in the Midwest Colleges" by The Princeton Review and selected as one of just 24 public universities ranked a Tier 1 Midwestern Masters Institution by U.S. News and World Report, Western Illinois University serves 13,400 students in the heart of the Midwest through its traditional, residential, four-year campus in Macomb, IL and its upper division, urban, commuter location in the Quad Cities/Moline.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WIU's friendly, accessible, nurturing campus communities are dedicated to higher values in higher education and are comprised of strong faculty, state of the art technology and facilities, and a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for students and staff. The four core values at the heart of WIU are academic excellence, educational opportunity, personal growth, and social responsibility. WIU's GradTrac and Cost Guarantee programs ensure that students can achieve their degrees within four years while paying a fixed rate for tuition, fees, plus room and board. WIU remains the only university in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> to guarantee the cost for tuition plus fees and room and board over a four-year period at both the undergraduate and graduate level. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WIU is a comprehensive, public university offering 55 undergraduate degree programs, 35 graduate degree programs and a doctorate degree. With a student to faculty ratio of 17:1, WIU's 615 full-time faculty teach 95 percent of all undergraduate as well as graduate courses in addition to 13 pre-professional degree programs and 10 certificate programs. WIU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Western</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is a member of the NCAA and competes at the Division I level. The Leslie F. Malpass Library ranks among the finest at comprehensive universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WIU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>APPLICATION: Letter of application stating experience in bilingual education and areas of expertise; curriculum vita;copy of transcripts of doctoral courses; three reference contacts (name, relationship to applicant, phone number and e-mail address) Apply to: Dr. Reinhard Lindner, Dept. of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Illinois University; 1 University Circle; Macomb, IL 61455-1390. Official transcripts will be required of those offered an on-campus interview.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Application review begins October 22, 2007; position open until filled.</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Professor</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>University of Texas at San Antonio</DIV>
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<DIV>Web: <A href="http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/">http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/</A></FONT></DIV>
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