Arabic-L:PEDA:Director and Host Institution for CASA

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1) Subject:Director and Host Institution for CASA

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Date: 10 Jul 2012
From:"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <albatal at austin.utexas.edu>
Subject:Director and Host Institution for CASA

DIRECTOR & Host Institution****

*Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)*

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Deadline:  October 15, 2012

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) seeks applications for a new host
institution and a new Director (a regular full-time faculty member at that
institution) to assume responsibility of the program effective June 2013.
The CASA Stateside office is currently located at the University of Texas
at Austin and operates an overseas program at the American University in
Cairo, Egypt.  A detailed description of CASA and its various programs is
available at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa/

The prospective *host institution* must be an institutional member of the
CASA Consortium and must commit to providing CASA with the following for a
minimum of five years:

**§  **Office and file storage space for a CASA full time program
coordinator.  CASA will pay for the coordinator’s position but the space
needs to be provided by the host institution free of charge.****

**§  **Support from administrative staff (also free of any charge) within
the academic department/unit that will be hosting CASA. ****

**§  **Support (free of any direct or indirect costs) through the
institution’s accounting office and office of sponsored programs to
administer the CASA accounts, including a US Department of Education grant.
****

Requirements for the *CASA Director* include:

**§  **PhD in Arabic or related field****

**§  **Professional-level competence in Arabic****

**§  **Experience in proficiency and content-based teaching, especially at
the advanced levels****

**§  **Experience in curriculum & material development and testing****

**§  **Study Abroad Experience****

**§  **Administrative and grant-writing experience****

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Based on CASA By Laws, the CASA Director receives summer salary supplement
equivalent to 25% of her/his annual salary.****

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Interested institutions need to submit the following application materials
by *October 15, 2012*.****

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   - A letter of application, complete CV, and two letters of
   recommendation for the Director’s position.****
   - A letter of commitment from the Department chair or Dean of the
   prospective host institution indicating the institution’s willingness to
   host CASA for a minimum of five years.**

** All application materials should be mailed to:

            Marissa Canales, Program Coordinator****

            Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)
            University of Texas at Austin
            1 University Station, F9400
            Austin, TX 78712-0527****

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For any questions, please contact Ms. Marissa Canales via email at
casaprogram1967 at gmail.com or by phone at 512-471-3513.****

** **

** *THE CENTER FOR ARABIC STUDY ABROAD (CASA)*

*IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER*
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