[lg policy] Two job announcements

Mon Oct 8 14:34:49 UTC 2012

Forwarded From:   edling at bunner.geol.lu.se

Today's Topics:

   1. Job: Assistant Professor, ESL/Bilingual Education (Johnson, David)
   2. Job: Biliteracy/ Bilingualism and Early Childhood at Ohio
      State (Francis Hult)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:09:26 +0000
From: "Johnson, David" <johnsondc at wsu.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Job: Assistant Professor, ESL/Bilingual Education
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR of ESL/BILINGUAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TRI-CITIES

Title:                          Assistant Professor
Salary:                       Competitive, commensurate with experience
Position:                      Permanent full-time, tenure-track
Effective Date:           August 16, 2013

Position: The Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State
University Tri-Cities seeks applicants with research and teaching
interests in ESL/bilingual education for a full time tenure track
faculty position. The candidate will have an earned doctorate in
ESL/bilingual education, Applied Linguistics, Educational Linguistics,
or a related field and demonstrated commitment to working with
underrepresented, multilingual, and culturally-diverse students.

The College of Education seeks applicants with a demonstrated
knowledge and ability to work effectively with individuals and groups
with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds and ideologies in
a global environment.

Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct scholarly research leading to
publication in area of expertise. Pursue extramural funding to support
active research agenda. Teach graduate and undergraduate courses
focused on education of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the K-12
school system and foundations and cultural competency courses. Mentor
and advise undergraduate, master?s, and doctoral students. Engage in
service activities at a variety of levels. Candidates should be
comfortable utilizing face-to-face, online, and/or teleconference
instructional formats.

  *   Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate at time of employment
in ESL/bilingual education, Applied Linguistics, Educational
Linguistics, or related field; a demonstrated record of, or potential
for, scholarly productivity, extramural funding, and excellence in
teaching.  Minimum 9 months experience with EFL, ESL, or bilingual
education programs in K-12 settings.  Experience with and/or
commitment to working with underrepresented, multilingual, and
culturally-diverse students.

  *   Desired Qualifications: Expertise in applied or educational
linguistics with a focus on the area of second language acquisition
and/or ESL education.  Expertise in data collection based on fieldwork
methods.  Desire to conduct community outreach and family engagement
activities with minority and underrepresented groups.  Familiarity
with Title I school districts and minority education programs. Ability
to establish effective partnerships with a variety of school districts
and state agencies.  Proficiency in another language (in addition to
English).

University: The Washington State University system is a premier
research university that includes four campuses with faculty that are
considered to be ?one faculty, geographically dispersed.?  The faculty
across campuses belong to one department that is usually housed on the
Pullman campus.  Tenure and promotion expectations are the same for
all faculty on all campuses.  WSU Tri-Cities is located on the banks
of the Columbia River in north Richland close to the cities of Pasco
and Kennewick. WSUTC is currently in the process of establishing
itself as the only four year, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in
eastern Washington and has model outreach programs including MESA and
GEAR-UP.

Position open until filled. Screening will begin on December 1, 2012.
Applicants should apply online at www.wsujobs.com
<http://www.wsujobs.com>  and submit a letter of application
addressing the qualifications, three current letters of
recommendation, two samples of scholarly work, and a current
comprehensive vita including the names, addresses, and phone numbers
of at least three references.

Washington State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
educator and employer.  Members of ethnic minorities, women,
Vietnam-era or disabled veterans, persons of disability, and/or
persons aged 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

David Cassels Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Language and Literacy Education
Washington State University
321 Cleveland Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-2132
http://education.wsu.edu/directory/faculty/johnsondc
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 16:38:31 +0000
From: Francis Hult <Francis.Hult at englund.lu.se>
Subject: [Edling] Job: Biliteracy/ Bilingualism and Early Childhood at
        Ohio    State
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The Ohio State University
College of Education & Human Ecology
Assistant/Associate Professor
Biliteracy/ Bilingualism and Early Childhood / Elementary Ed[ucation

The School of Teaching & Learning is seeking a nine-month, full-time,
tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor with a record of scholarship
and a program of research with a focus on bilingualism and biliteracy in
early childhood / elementary education.  In particular we are looking for
candidates who focus on young children?s development of biliteracy and
bilingualism across classroom, family, and community contexts.  We seek a
colleague with a background in language and literacy development, the
ethnography of communication, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics,
linguistic anthropology, child language development, or related fields.

The School of Teaching and Learning values collaborative scholarship among
colleagues within the School, the College, and across the University.  The
person in this position will seek and establish strong ties with colleagues
within and across the College and University as well as with educators in
local school districts and early childhood centers. The School has a
commitment to scholarship, teaching and service that emphasizes social
justice, diversity, and educational equity.

Preferred qualifications include candidates who are bilingual and biliterate
in Spanish and English, who have experience working in or with urban schools
and communities, who have experience employing advanced technologies in
their teaching and scholarship, and who have experience as a teacher of
young children.

Duties include: research, teaching and service; collaborating with
colleagues to expand world class scholarship agendas that focus on current
and important educational issues; providing leadership to the growth of
undergraduate and graduate research initiatives including collaboration with
Pre-K-12 schools and other centers; working with and mentoring doctoral
students; acting as a resource to School of Teaching and Learning colleagues
with an interest in literacy education, multilingualism, early childhood /
elementary education; developing on-line courses that enable further access
to courses related to bilingualism and biliteracy, urban education,
diversity and equity; attracting and mentoring outstanding students from
around the world; other duties as assigned.

APPLICATION:  Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum
vita, a statement describing their program of research, a statement
regarding their teaching philosophy, the names with contact information of
three references, and two representative scholarly works to:

Dr. David Bloome, Search Committee Chair
The Ohio State University
225 Ramseyer Hall
29 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
bloome.1 at osu.edu

Electronic applications are encouraged.  Inquiries welcome by email.

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2012, and continue until
the position is filled.

To build a diverse workforce, Ohio State encourages applications from
minorities, veterans, women, and individuals with disabilities. EEO/AA
employer.

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