FACULTY ASSISTANT IN SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGE

Job no: 229564-AS
Work type: Temporary
Department: INTL DIV/SASLI
Location: Madison
Categories: Academic Advising, Student Services/Support, Instructional



Position Summary:

The South Asia Summer Language Institute is an intensive language program offering instruction at the Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced levels of thirteen South Asian languages each summer. SASLI is currently hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and welcomes students and instructors from around the world to campus each year. One summer at SASLI is the equivalent of one year's worth of language instruction during the academic year. SASLI hosts a week of pedagogy sessions for instructors prior to the start of classes, as well as various lectures, films, and other social events for the entire SASLI community throughout the summer program.

Position Duties:

List of Duties

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

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Degree and Area of Specialization:

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in South Asian or Area Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, or a related field plus fluency or near-native fluency in the language being taught and in English required.

Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:

One year of college/university experience preferred in teaching a South Asian Language as a second language at the elementary, intermediate, or advanced level in one of the following languages: Bengali, Dari, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Tamil, Tibetan, and/or Urdu. Familiarity with current issues in language pedagogy and training in language proficiency are also preferred.

Additional Information:

Diversity and inclusion are primary values for SASLI and are integral to achieving our strategic goals. We seek candidates with an awareness of and commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion across all spectrums.

Department(s):

A103300-INTL DIVISION/SASLI

Work Type:

Full or Part Time: 50% - 100%

Appointment Type, Duration:

Terminal, 2 month appointment.

Salary:

Minimum $39,353 SUMMER SESSION
Depending on Qualifications

Instructions to Applicants:

Please use the UW-Madison online job portal for applications. Applications sent by mail or email will not be accepted. Required application materials for the online portal will include a letter of application, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and a document listing which language you are applying to teach. Please apply only for languages listed in this posting. For more information, please visit https://sasli.wisc.edu/instructor-application/ .

Finalists will pass through a second round of screening and may be required to submit additional information to SASLI. Finalists will be contacted and given instructions for the second screening. SASLI may require finalists to present a teaching demo or be OPI tested prior to placement.

Positions are filled based on student enrollment numbers. Some notifications may come in late spring.

Contact:

Anne Naparstek
sasli@southasia.wisc.edu
608-261-1194
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )





Official Title:

FACULTY ASSISTANT(D91NN)

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Terminal

Job Number:

229564-AS

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Applications Open: Jan 5 2021 Central Standard Time
Applications Close: Jan 19 2021 11:55 PM Central Standard Time