CLTA newsletter May 2019

CLTA NEWSLETTER
The posting will remain open until December 16, 2019
to accommodate department needs and new
applicants. Appointments for spring are usually
reviewed in October; summer appointments are
usually reviewed in March, and fall appointments are
typically reviewed in April. If you wish to remain in the
pool after December 16, 2019 you will need to
reapply.
All letters will be treated as confidential per University
of California policy and California state law. Please
refer potential referees, including when letters are
provided via a third party (i.e. dossier service or
career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of
confidentiality http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior
to submitting their letters.
Please direct questions to the Department of East
Asian Languages and Cultures
at: easearch@berkeley.edu
The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability,
age or protected veteran status. For the complete
University of California nondiscrimination and
affirmative action policy
see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAf
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Job location
Berkeley, CA
Requirements
Document requirements
• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Teaching
• Internet Link to Teaching Demonstration (Maximum
length 10 minutes) – Upload the link only in a PDF
document.
Reference requirements
• 3-5 required (contact information only)
Resident Director in China (Bellevue, WA)
American Cultural Exchange Service (ACES) is
seeking a qualified Resident Director (RD) to work on
site with a group of up to 25 US high school students
for an approximately six-week program in China
through the National Security Language Initiative for
Youth (NSLI-Y) Program. In China, students will
engage in language learning in both formal (language
courses) and informal settings (dormitory and/or host
family living). The RD is required to attend a two-day
pre-program training in Bellevue, WA (late May to
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early June), attend a student orientation in
Washington D.C. (late June), represent ACES for the
duration of the program (late June to mid-August),
and submit reports during and immediately after the
program.
For detailed information about the position, please
visit:
www.exploretheworld.org/news-events/residentdirector-in-china
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese (Worcester,
MA)
The Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures at the College of the Holy Cross invites
applications for a visiting full-time faculty appointment
in Chinese for the 2019-2020 academic year to begin
in August 2019.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must have native or near native
proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English, a PhD
or ABD in Chinese pedagogy, literature, linguistics,
cinema, or a related field, and U.S.-based teaching
experience in Chinese language at the college level.
They must demonstrate commitment to, and
excellence in, undergraduate teaching as informed by
current practice and scholarship in the field.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit a letter of application, current
curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy
and interests, official transcripts of undergraduate and
graduate study, two confidential letters of
recommendation, and a link to a recent video of
yourself teaching elementary or intermediate
Mandarin. Provide information about the location of
the class and the level of the students in your video,
the topic that your lesson covered, and the learning
goals you had for the students in that class.
Please submit all application materials to Interfolio
at https://apply.interfolio.com/60393
Visiting Assistant Professor or Instructor, Chinese
Language Pedagogy and Linguistics (University
Center, MI)
The Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign
Language (MA-TCFL) Chinese teacher preparation
program invites applicants for a 10-month
appointment from late August 2019 through late May
2020. Applicants for the visiting professor rank must
have an earned Ph.D. in second language pedagogy
or applied linguistics with a focus on Chinese. The
instructor rank applies to candidates with ABD status
in the same fields. The successful candidate would be