[EDLING:399] Job: Bilingual/Bicultural Education WIU

[Francis Hult]

http://www.wiu.edu/employment/emp.sphp?id=530

 

Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies - Assistant/Associate Professor - Bilingual/Bicultural Education - WIU - Quad Cities

 

APPOINTMENT: Preferred start date January 2008.

QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate in Bilingual Education or related field (ABD considered). Bilingual/Biliterate in English and Spanish. 

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Teaching experience w/ K-12 students in bilingual or ESL settings; college teaching experience. Candidates will be evaluated with respect to their performance and promise in teaching, research, and/or other creative work, and potential for grant-writing.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in bilingual/ESL methods, assessment of bilingual/ESL students, and Multicultural and Social foundation of Education at main campus and off-campus sites; scholarship and service activities. The position will be based on the Quad Cities campus. 

 

RANK & SALARY: Assistant/Associate Professor. Western Illinois University offers a competitive benefits package that includes domestic partner benefits. For full benefit information visit: http://www.wiu.edu/hr/index.shtml#benefits .

 

THE DEPARTMENT:The Department of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies offers an undergraduate major leading to bilingual education certification and courses at the graduate level that lead to a bilingual/ESL endorsement. WIU's Bilingual/Bicultural Education major was established in 1973 and is the oldest program in the state of Illinois. The Department also offers a Masters of Science in Education in Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Seventeen faculty members teach classes at our main campus and a secondary campus. Our program is NCATE accredited. Our bilingual program is partially supported by Project Estrella, a Title III, National Professional Development Grant. 

 

THE UNIVERSITY: Recognized as one of the "Best in the Midwest Colleges" by The Princeton Review and selected as one of just 24 public universities ranked a Tier 1 Midwestern Masters Institution by U.S. News and World Report, Western Illinois University serves 13,400 students in the heart of the Midwest through its traditional, residential, four-year campus in Macomb, IL and its upper division, urban, commuter location in the Quad Cities/Moline.

 

WIU's friendly, accessible, nurturing campus communities are dedicated to higher values in higher education and are comprised of strong faculty, state of the art technology and facilities, and a wide range of academic and extracurricular opportunities for students and staff. The four core values at the heart of WIU are academic excellence, educational opportunity, personal growth, and social responsibility. WIU's GradTrac and Cost Guarantee programs ensure that students can achieve their degrees within four years while paying a fixed rate for tuition, fees, plus room and board. WIU remains the only university in Illinois to guarantee the cost for tuition plus fees and room and board over a four-year period at both the undergraduate and graduate level. 

 

WIU is a comprehensive, public university offering 55 undergraduate degree programs, 35 graduate degree programs and a doctorate degree. With a student to faculty ratio of 17:1, WIU's 615 full-time faculty teach 95 percent of all undergraduate as well as graduate courses in addition to 13 pre-professional degree programs and 10 certificate programs. WIU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Western Illinois University is a member of the NCAA and competes at the Division I level. The Leslie F. Malpass Library ranks among the finest at comprehensive universities in the United States.

 

WIU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. 

 

APPLICATION: Letter of application stating experience in bilingual education and areas of expertise; curriculum vita;copy of transcripts of doctoral courses; three reference contacts (name, relationship to applicant, phone number and e-mail address) Apply to: Dr. Reinhard Lindner, Dept. of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Illinois University; 1 University Circle; Macomb, IL 61455-1390. Official transcripts will be required of those offered an on-campus interview.

 

Application review begins October 22, 2007; position open until filled.

 

 
 
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Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
University of Texas at San Antonio
 
Web: http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/
 
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