[lg policy] CARLA Director Search Open

[Kendall King]

*Director*

*Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition*

*Position Description*

*Job ID # 306957*
Position Overview

The CARLA Director provides overall academic leadership for the Center for
Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) <http://www.carla.umn.edu>,
one of 16 National Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department
of Education. The CARLA Director plays a vital role in shaping the Center's
mission, serves as Principal Investigator of the center's foundational
Language Resource Center grant and other major grants, seeks additional
funding consistent with the center's overall mission, supervises the
Center’s administrative and programmatic staff, carries out research,
provides oversight of summer institutes and workshops focused on second
language acquisition and teaching, and directs the dissemination of the
Center's work to the broader academic and language teaching community in
the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Education and Human
Development, the University, and across the country.
Position Duties

*1. Academic leadership (40%)*

   - Provide ongoing leadership and direction for the scholarly and
   pedagogical content of CARLA's projects and professional development
   programs including the Center's Language Resource Center projects such as
   conferences on immersion education and language teacher education
   (international); the CARLA summer institute program (international); the
   Minnesota Professional Development Consortium workshops (regional); the
   CARLA presentation series (campus-wide); and other special events.
   - Continue/develop a sustainable program of research and publication
   directly related to CARLA’s mission.
   - Serve as Principal Investigator for CARLA's USDE Title VI LRC Program
   grant, shaping quadrennial proposal content and supervising the directors
   of LRC projects.
   - Oversee the Center's budgets, working closely with the CARLA Executive
   Assistant Director to make budgetary decisions.
   - Oversee overall content of professional development initiatives, to
   maximize collaboration and broad dissemination to the language teaching
   community, both nationally and locally, especially in partnership with the
   College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Language Center and with the College of
   Education and Human Development (CEHD).
   - Design and supervise program evaluation and reporting for program
   analysis and improvement.
   - Report regularly to the Associate Vice President and Dean of Global
   Programs and Strategy Alliance, serve on GPS Directors Board and
   International Program Committee.

*2. Research and advising for instructors of language programs in CLA (25%)*

·      In collaboration with the CLA Language Center Director and Directors
of Language Programs, provide research expertise to instructors of CLA
language programs.

·      Provide SLA expertise and support for professional and curricular
development projects in CLA.

·      Facilitate collaboration with the Language Center leadership to
cultivate research opportunities for CLA language instructors, graduate
students, and staff.

*3. Grant-seeking and resource-seeking (15%)*

   - Identify Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from funding organizations
   whose missions coincide with those of the Center, and supervise the writing
   of proposals in collaboration with academic partners and Center staff.
   - Write research and professional development proposals on topics in the
   Director's own areas of expertise.
   - Partner with CARLA Executive Committee members in their grant-seeking
   and grant-delivery efforts, acting as consultant to meet their needs for
   professional development work in connection with their grant projects.
   - Work with the GPS Alliance Senior Development Officer to create and
   carry out a development plan for the Center that engages the resources of
   community partners.
   - Work with CARLA Executive Assistant Director to create and deliver a
   dissemination and publicity system to maximize the Center's connections and
   community good will for the mission of the Center.

*4. Disseminate the Center's resources and professional development work
(15%)*

   - Teach a weeklong CARLA summer institute annually on a topic related to
   the Director's own areas of expertise. (For background information
see: *http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/index.html
   <http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/index.html>*)
   - Present the Center's work at state and national professional
   conferences to a wide audience of language teaching professionals.
   - Meet with other Language Resource Center directors and coordinators
   annually at the ACTFL Conference, collaborating with them to maximize
   resources through strategic partnerships.

*5. Supervise CARLA personnel (5%)*

   - Supervise CARLA's Executive Assistant Director, who is responsible for
   project execution, budget management and monitoring, and the summer
   institute program, and program staff, who are responsible for designing and
   delivering academic projects the Center is funded to carry out.
   - Supervise the heads of CARLA projects.
   - Organize and participate in Center searches for program staff, and
   oversee their hiring and layoff, in accordance with grant funding.

*Required Qualifications*

   - Ph.D. or Ed.D. in areas related to second language acquisition and
   teaching
   - Demonstrated scholarship, background and experience in language
   education
   - Knowledge about key national and international issues related to
   language education
   - Documented evidence of management ability, organizational and
   interpersonal skills, and strong public relations skills

*Preferred Qualifications*

   - Demonstrated leadership and professional involvement in foreign
   language education
   - Demonstrated success in writing, procuring, and managing grants
   - Demonstrated interdisciplinary team-building success in academic
   and/or non-academic settings

Position Details

   - 100%, 12-month, annually-renewable, Professional and Academic
   Administrative (P&A) position - Education Program Manager 4
   - Salary range - $80,000-$106,000 annually (depending on qualifications)

*Application Instructions*



Applications *must* be submitted online at:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/

The job ID # is 306957. In the online system, you will be given the
opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a
cover letter and résumé. *Please list the names and contact info of your
references at the end of your résumé.*



*Required Documents*

·      Resume or CV *including a list of 3 professional references*

·      Cover Letter



Review of applications will begin on *March 1, 2016*.
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