Arabic-L:PEDA:CASA Program Director/Host Institution Deadline Extended

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1) Subject: CASA Program Director/Host Institution Deadline Extended

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Date: 04 Jan 2014
From: Mahmoud Al-Batal <albatal at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: CASA Program Director/Host Institution Deadline Extended

Dear Colleagues,
Please note that the deadline for the CASA host institution and director
has been extended until January 31, 2014. Please help us distribute the
following announcement.
Thank you
Mahmoud Al-Batal

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

DIRECTOR AND HOST INSTITUTION
CENTER FOR ARABIC STUDY ABROAD (CASA)

Deadline Extended until: January 31, 2014

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 Middle Eastern-Studies related fields
. Professional-level competence in Arabic
. Experience in administering study abroad programs
. Experience in supervising Arabic curriculum development projects
. Administrative and grant-writing experience
. Readiness to launch a fund raising campaign for CASA


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 January 31, 2014.
.  A letter of application and complete CV 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
204 W. 21st Street, F9400, CAL 510A
Austin, TX 78712

For any questions, please contact 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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