Director Position at Middlebury College Korean School (summer intensive language program)

Director, Middlebury College Korean School (summer intensive language program)
Middlebury College Campus, Middlebury, Vermont USA
 
Position Description
Middlebury’s internationally renowned Language Schools seeks a visionary leader with extensive language teaching experience, expertise with communicative competency-based language instruction and assessment, and demonstrated administrative ability to serve as the inaugural director of the 11th School, the School of Korean, which will be launched during our Centennial summer of 2015.

Middlebury College enjoys a reputation for excellence in language teaching at its undergraduate college, intensive summer programs, and schools abroad. During the summer, courses are offered from beginning to graduate level in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish; study is also offered in Hebrew, Japanese, and Portuguese. Language Schools students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 50 foreign countries.http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/

During the summer the Director is responsible for overseeing the instructional and co-curricular program on-site in Middlebury, Vermont; during the academic year s/he evaluates and hires faculty, publicizes the program, recruits students, oversees the admissions process, and attends one on-campus winter meeting. As part of the terms of a negotiated contract, the successful candidate will spend all or part of the upcoming summer of 2014 at our Vermont campus observing the operation of the School, meeting with the Vice President, as well as faculty, staff and other directors, and planning for the following year, as director-designate. The three-year term will begin September 1, 2014.

Qualifications
Applicants for this position should be faculty members with tenure or tenurable credentials in an established Korean program. Candidates with extensive language teaching, administrative experience, and leadership ability will receive strongest consideration.

Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation. Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect applications. Email and paper applications will not be accepted.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research. An Equal Opportunity Employer, the College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty as we work to foster innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body.