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: 25 Sep 2013
From: "Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <albatal at austin.utexas.edu>
Subject: Director and Host Institution for CASA

Position Announcement
Director and Host Institution
Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)

Deadline:  November 15, 2013

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 1,
2014.  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. Due to recent events in Egypt the program has been
temporarily moved to the Qasid Institute in Amman, Jordan. 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 for 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 U.S. Department of Education
(USED) grant.  The host institution will be asked to provide support for
the submissions of CASA's USED grant (every 4 years), processing 2-3
invoices to AUC annually in addition to maintaining two CASA operating and
endowment accounts.
Requirements for the CASA Director include:
§  Ph.D. 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
Based on CASA By-Laws, the CASA Director receives summer salary supplement
equivalent to 25% of her/his annual salary.
Interested institutions need to submit the following application materials
by November 15, 2013.

  *   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:
Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)
ATTN: Marissa Canales, Stateside Program Coordinator
The University of Texas at Austin
306 Inner Campus Drive, F9400
Austin, TX 78712-1029
For any questions, please contact Marissa Canales via email at
casaprogram1967 at gmail.com<mailto: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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