The Language Training Specialist (LTS) is a non-supervisory FP-03/GS-13 position and serves as technical advisor on language program design and management, language program staff development and language materials development.  The LTS collaborates to develop strategies, systems, procedures and materials that support language programming, participates in the collection and analysis of language training data and reports findings to stakeholders within the agency. The LTS designs and advises on the development of training for language instructors, developing standard curriculum, training materials and guidance, and may travel to Peace Corps posts to provide staff training and technical assistance. The LTS facilitates information and materials sharing among country language programs and serves as liaison and advocate for language training issues.

Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. 

Applications accepted through October 26th.

Details can be found here.

DATES: April 11-13, 2019

Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Call for Papers: At the Boundaries of Ourselves: Masculinities & Decoloniality 

Building off of the innovative presentations and lectures given at the American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA) conference in March 2018 in Minneapolis, this conference seeks to push forward the field of Critical Studies of Men & Masculinities further. Last year the theme – ‘Bodies, Sexualities, Masculinities’ – addressed critical gaps in the field related to sex and sexualities and their connection to bodies. Similarly, this year’s conference looks to examine the holes in the field related to issues of space, borders, location, the interface of space and ontologies (urban, rural, remote... hipsters, lumbersexuals, farmers, but also masculinity, mental health and space), masculinity and dis-location (spatial and ephemeral: inclusion/exclusion i.e.), borders and migration, nation building colonial invasion, ontological hybridity and buttressing (whiteness, one-drop politics, mestizos...), colonialism, indigeneity, and the ways that these impact on men and masculinities globally. As part of this, AMSA is hosting its annual conference for the second time outside of the US at Brandon University in Canada. 

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2018

See attachment for details.

Professors-in-Training – PROF-iT Series

PROF-iT Series with Dr. Linda Hodges

This seminar is part of the PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) series. Participants will learn how to develop a syllabus, manage time in the classroom, and plan content for the semester.

Speaker: Dr. Linda Hodges, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Director of the Faculty Development Center, UMBC Faculty Development Center.

Linda C. Hodges was Director of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University from 2003-2009 before retiring to Maryland. She holds a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Kentucky and was a faculty member for over 20 years before transitioning into faculty development. Prior to coming to the McGraw Center in 2001, she was the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Agnes Scott College near Atlanta, Georgia. During her faculty tenure at two different institutions, she taught a wide range of courses, participated in faculty governance, and served as department chair. In 1999 she was one of 28 faculty chosen nationally to study and assess new pedagogical approaches as a Carnegie Scholar of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She has published widely on her work in faculty development, engaged student learning, and effective teaching practices. Her special interests are in pedagogies of engagement and the scholarship of teaching and learning.