Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury TA Job

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1) Subject:Middlebury TA Job

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Date: 21 Apr 2006
From:qmecham at middlebury.edu
Subject:Middlebury TA Job

Job Description for the Arabic Teaching Assistant

Middlebury College is seeking to hire a Teaching Assistant in Arabic  
for the academic year, September 2006 until June 2007. The successful  
candidate will have strong Arabic and English language skills, and a  
willingness to work closely with students and faculty in the Arabic  
program. Please send a letter of application, a c.v., and three  
letters of recommendation to Dr. Ian Barrow, Director of  
International Studies, Robert A. Jones '59 House, Middlebury College,  
Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA. Applications and letters of  
recommendation may also be sent by email to: ibarrow at middlebury.edu.  
Review of applications will begin immediately and end when the  
position has been filled.

The Arabic Teaching Assistant (TA) will assist the faculty of the  
Arabic program as necessary: this might include leading conversation  
or drill sections; conducting oral interviews of exams; occasionally  
substituting for faculty away at conferences; and holding office  
hours. This will average six contact hours per week during both  
twelve-week semesters and the four-week winter term. During the  
winter term there may be the opportunity, depending on student need  
and the Dean's approval, to teach a section of the first-year Arabic  
course, which will entail more than six contact hours per week.

The TA will live in the Arabic House with students who have made a  
commitment to speak primarily in Arabic while in the house. The TA  
will encourage the use of Arabic by providing a linguistic model and  
by organizing cultural and recreational activities that will promote  
it. These activities might include movie and video showings, guest  
lectures, parties, dinners, an Arabic radio show, etc. The TA will  
organize and supervise a student committee that will help plan Arabic  
cultural programming. The TA is responsible for ensuring the smooth  
functioning of the Arabic lunch tables.

If the TA is not a US citizen, then he or she must enroll, for free,  
in two courses, one each term. If the TA is a US citizen, then he or  
she may choose to enroll in up to two courses.

Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to  
recruiting a diverse faculty to complement its increasingly diverse  
student body.

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