U Pitt seeks High School Russian Language Instructor

[Seckler, Dawn A]

The University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) seeks an educator with experience teaching Russian at the high school level to collaborate on, and potentially serve as the lead instructor in, an intensive and immersive 4-week residential summer program for high school students.  The ideal candidate will have a detailed knowledge of ACTFL's 5 C's of Foreign Language Education and experience building these goal areas into curricula.
In the short term, Pitt hopes to hire such a person as a consultant with whom to conceptualize a rigorous, intensive 4-week curriculum for high school students who have had either no prior training or only one year of Russian language training.  The consultant position will extend from late September 2014 to November 2014.  If Pitt successfully secures the necessary funding to run this program, the person would be encouraged to participate in the program as its lead instructor.
For the consultancy period, it will be possible to work from home.  The summer program's lead instructor will need to be available to be in the Pittsburgh region from mid-June to mid-July 2015 (specific dates TBA).
Requirements
Fluent Russian speaker
Experience teaching Russian to high school students
Experience with a performance-based communicative approach to foreign language pedagogy
Familiarity with ACTFL's 5 C's of Foreign Language Education
Preferred
Experience teaching underserved minority students
Interest in serving as both a curriculum consultant (September - November 2014) and lead instructor (June-July 2015)
Strong background in foreign language pedagogy
Strong background in assessment-based proficiency goals
Those interested in the position should send a cover letter and resume addressed to Dawn Seckler, Das200 at pitt.edu<mailto:Das200 at pitt.edu>. Review of materials will begin immediately. Suitable candidates will be contacted for a phone or Skype interview.
Best,
Dawn

Dawn Seckler, PhD
Executive Director, Summer Language Institute
Acting Associate Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Das200 at pitt.edu<mailto:Das200 at pitt.edu>
412-648-9881




Dawn Seckler, PhD
Executive Director, Summer Language Institute
Acting Associate Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Das200 at pitt.edu<mailto:Das200 at pitt.edu>
412-648-9881


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