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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING/BILINGUAL EDUCATION<BR><BR>The Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley<BR>announces an opening for a tenure-track or tenured appointment at the<BR>Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank in English Language<BR>Learning/Bilingual Education, starting July 1, 2011. This is a full time<BR>position with a nine-month academic year appointment, and it is in the<BR>Language and Literacy, Society and Culture area of the school.<BR><BR>Across the nation and world, schools struggle to educate immigrant students<BR>and English language learners. We seek a scholar whose research and teaching<BR>will contribute to the theory and practice of English language learning and<BR>teaching/bilingual education by providing rigorous and theoretically<BR>grounded approaches to understanding the academic and schooling experiences<BR>of immigrant and English language learners. The work of ideal candidates<BR>will engage classroom learning and teaching practices, but it will situate<BR>and analyze these practices in the broader context of the socio-historical,<BR>cultural diversity, and political-equity issues surrounding the schooling of<BR>immigrant students, English language learners, bilingual, and culturally and<BR>linguistically diverse students. A focus on K-12 education is desired.<BR><BR>Candidates should hold a doctoral degree in educational linguistics,<BR>language and literacy education, second language acquisition, or another<BR>related field. They should have demonstrated a record, or the potential for<BR>achieving a record, of producing and publishing high-quality research and<BR>generating funding from competitive grants. Candidates will be expected to<BR>have excellent teaching and mentoring skills and contribute to teaching and<BR>advising in our doctoral/masters and credential programs. There will also be<BR>opportunities to teach courses in our undergraduate minor.<BR><BR>Strong candidates will have expertise in one or more of the following areas:<BR>(1) first/second language development and assessment, (2) instructing<BR>immigrant, English language learners, bilingual, and/or culturally and<BR>linguistically diverse students in one or more of the content areas<BR>(literacy, social studies, science, and math), and (3) the intersections<BR>between language, race, ethnicity, and culture in teaching and learning.<BR><BR>Applications must include a detailed letter of interests and qualifications;<BR>a curriculum vitae; a sample of recent scholarly writings; and three letters<BR>of reference. All items must be submitted no later than December 1, 2010.<BR>For instructions about submitting materials, please visit:<BR><A href="http://gse.berkeley.edu/Admin/newfac.html">http://gse.berkeley.edu/Admin/newfac.html</A>. Follow the directions for<BR>self-registration and uploading of PDF's, and obtain the URL for your<BR>letters of reference writers. Contact person for questions: Ms. Helen<BR>Clifton, Dean's Office, Graduate School of Education, University of<BR>California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1670; email: hclifton@berkeley.edu.<BR>Please arrange for letters of recommendation to be sent to us directly, and<BR>refer your referees to the University's statement on confidentiality, found<BR>at <A href="http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html">http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html</A><BR><BR>The Graduate School of Education is interested in candidates who will<BR>contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through<BR>their teaching, research, and service. UC Berkeley is committed to<BR>addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and<BR>single parents.<BR><BR>The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative<BR>Action Employer.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>