[HERITAGE-LIST] Job: Lushootseed Language Program Developer (WA) -- DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 31 JULY

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

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THE TULALIP TRIBES
JOB DESCRIPTION
 
JOB TITLE:  Lushootseed Language Program Developer
 
TRIBAL DEPARTMENT:  Lushootseed Department
 
JOB SUMMARY:  Work with Lushootseed Department 
administration in Lushootseed language revitalization and 
maintenance for teachers, the community, and for Marysville 
School District schools serving Tribal children. Assist in 
teacher development for Lushootseed instructors. Assist in 
research in grant writing.
 
EMPLOYEE REPORTS TO:  Lushootseed Department Manager
 
EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR POSITION:  Ph.D. (preferred) in 
Applied Linguistics, Adult Education, Curriculum and 
Instruction, Educational Leadership, TESOL, or closely 
related field. ABD or MA with experience considered. 
 
REFERENCES:
Please provide the names and addresses of professional 
references who can speak to your teaching and/or 
administrative experience. It would be helpful if the 
references could address the following: educational 
administration or teacher training, language teaching, and 
curriculum development especially if it pertains to 
Washington State Education codes (EALRs, GLEs). 
 
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:  
Valid Washington State driver’s license, proof of automobile 
insurance, dependable vehicle for traveling within the state.
 
SPECIFIC DUTIES PERFORMED:  
Development of Lushootseed Language Fluency 
1. Assist department administration in developing strategies 
to help staff members improve their Lushootseed fluency.
2. Attend classes in Lushootseed. 
 
Teacher Development 
3.  Work with staff to create professional development plans 
to improve Lushootseed teaching.
4. Work with staff to improve curriculum design and to 
document fulfillment of State codes. 
 
Community Outreach
5.  Under the direction of the department manager, join 
department team  in working with the Office of the 
Superintendent of Public Education, the First Peoples’ 
Language and Culture Committee and other organizations  to 
maintain Tulalip Tribes’ co-governance role in educational 
policy-making and  implementation.
6. Assist department manager in work with  Marysville School 
District and  local principals on Lushootseed Program 
concerns.
 
Research and Grant Writing
7.  Develop and implement evaluation and assessment of 
Lushootseed language program effectiveness. 
8.  Conduct studies on program effectiveness, language 
acquisition and other concerns as directed.
9.  Assist in grant application preparation.  
10.  Comply with Lushootseed Program Standard Operating 
Procedures (SOPs):  maintain excellent attendance and 
punctuality, excellent management of work time, cordial 
relations with staff.    
 
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  One-year renewable contract.  Full 
time (40 hours per week), with two months’ summer research 
component.  The job may involve evening and occasional 
weekend activities and travel out of town for conferences 
and training.
 
PAY RANGE:   Salary range is between $60,000 and $68,000 per 
year and is commensurate with experience.
 
BENEFITS:   Health and dental coverage through Tribal health 
plan; 401K plan, sick leave on accrual basis; all national 
holidays plus two weeks’ paid annual leave. 
 
TO APPLY:  Submit resume and names of three references to:
 
Program Developer Search
c/o Michele Balagot, Manager
Tulalip Lushootseed Program
7627–A  41st Avenue N.W.
Tulalip, WA 98271
 
Application deadline is Monday, July 31, 2006. 
 
COMMENTS:
            
We are a Tribal heritage language program with the 
responsibility for preserving and revitalizing a language 
whose only speakers are a young core of staff members. We 
are excited about the opportunities before us as we work 
toward spoken fluency and to pass the language on to others 
in the community. 

Our program employs eight teachers, an internet media 
developer, and a director.  We teach classes at the levels 
of preschool through Grade 5, community conversation classes 
and a series of 100- and 200-level classes under the 
auspices of  Northwest Indian College.  We have the written 
skills to originate Lushootseed texts, and we do 
translations of stories from and into Lushootseed. 

The Tulalip Reservation is located about thirty miles north 
of Seattle.  Drive time is about forty-five minutes, and 
both coming and going the trip is in the direction opposite 
to rush-hour traffic.