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umbc.edu>Job Description: Chairperson, Education Department, UMBC The Education Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for Chair at the rank of Professor. We seek a person with a strong record of teaching, research, scholarship and publication. The candidate will have successful grant and administrative experience and demonstrated ability to wok effectively with both faculty and administration at K-12 and university levels. Housed in the college of Arts and Sciences, UMBC's Education Department offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs. Recently accredited by NCATE, the Department certifies and undergraduates majoring in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Programs in English, to speakers of other languages (ESOL) and bilingual education prepare graduate students for teaching English as a foreign language and curriculum development in K-16 venues in the US and abroad. The Department is a lead collaborator in the newly established interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture offered jointly by the Departments of Africana Studies, Education, English, Modern Languages and Linguistics, and Sociology/Anthropology. The Training Systems graduate program targets business and industry with tracks in distance learning, computer-based instruction, and instructional systems development. The Education Department is engaged in nationally recognized partnerships throughout the states in the areas of urban education, K-16 teaching, teacher training, curriculum development, and program administration. UMBC: an Honors University of Maryland is a public research university of ten thousand students located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor and in close proximity to other major universities, as well as key federal research and funding agencies. UMBC combines the creative intensity of the research university, the traditions of the liberal arts university, and the social responsibility of the public university. To apply, forward letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research agenda, reprints of select publications, and four letters of reference sent to Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., Chair, Education Chairperson Search Committee, Department of Psychology, MP312, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. The search committee will give priority to applications received by January 15, 2000. The review of applications will continue until the position is filled. We encourage applications from women, members of minority groups, and people with disabilities. For more information, please visit the UMBC web site at http://www.umbc.edu and the Education Department at http://www.umbc.edu/education/ . UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ***************************************** Sarah J. Shin Assistant Professor ESOL/Bilingual MA Program Department of Education University of Maryland Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250, USA Phone: (410) 455-2485 Fax: (410) 455-3986 Email: shinMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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