Federal Govt: Academic Specialist (RUSSIAN)

Organization: Department Of The Army - Army Training and Doctrine Command

Website: Army

Title: Academic Specialist (RUSSIAN)

Location: Fayetteville, NC

Compensation: $38,153 to $85,483 annually, plus federal benefits

Description:

Serves as academic support for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Language Training Detachment (LTD) under Continuing Education (CE). Responsible for coordinating and improving the LTD's language education environment. Evaluates language program effectiveness through classroom observation. Advises the LTD management on all matters related to foreign language acquisition. Designs and conducts training workshops for faculty development. Assists faculty in curriculum development and foreign language testing. Provides an evaluation of all foreign language materials and software. Counsels students to identify strengths and weaknesses and provide an individual learning methodology to each. Assists LTD site director in resolving academic issues. Provides quality control for language teaching material. Serves as a point of contact for academic support groups at other LTD sites. 

 

Qualifications:

POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED AT ONE OF FOUR RANKS: Assistant Instructor (indicated as level 01), Instructor (indicated as level 02), Senior Instructor (indicated as level 03), and Assistant Professor (indicated as level 04).  Qualifications for each rank may be found at https://cpolrhp.cpol.army.mil/west/employment/HowtoApplyforLanguageTeachingPositions/HowtoApplyforLanguageTeachingPositions.htm 

If selected, applicant must pass a language proficiency test.

LANGUAGE EVALUATION: The minimum English proficiency is a Level 2 and the minimum proficiency for the language to be taught is a Level 3 in speaking and writing as defined in the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level descriptions, which are posted in the DLI catalog at http://www.govtilr.org  Failure of any portion of the language tests will disqualify applicants for a period of 6 months.  Applicants may re-apply after the 6 month period.  Retesting is allowed only once.

 

To Apply: Apply here by October 26, 2011.