U.S. Department of Defense
Assistant Professor (Brazilian Portuguese)
Pay$71744.00 - $92390.00 / year
LocationMiami Beach/Florida
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: 746772700
- Teachers employ computer skills to organize data and teaching material.
- Faculty members are expected to stay abreast of current foreign language teaching theories and methods.
- Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center offers an intensive student-centered environment with diverse opportunities for faculty development.
- Faculty members teach listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as geopolitical, economic and social issues, in an immersion-based environment.
- Faculty members employ resources such as Smart Boards, the Internet, iPods, and Tablet PCs.
- Teachers integrate technology in the classroom and in homework assignments.
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires current, valid U.S. work Authorization at time of application.
- Applicants who do not possess a current, valid U.S. work authorization may not be appointed for 12 months, 1 day, but will receive an appointment aligned to their work authorization status, to include those who may only be appointed for less than one year, who will receive a TEMPORARY Tenure 0 appointment.
- This position is a TERM time limited position, tenure track. The initial appointment is not to exceed (NTE) 12 months, 1 day, and may be extended upon mission, funding and management discretion.
- Must be able to speak, read and write in Brazilian Portuguese fluently.
- Must be able to speak, read and write in English fluently.
- Speaking, reading and writing French is desirable.
- Computer Skills
- Foreign Language
- Oral Communication
- Teaching Others
- Writing
About the Position: Serves as a Brazilian Portuguese language teacher for CONTINUING EDUCATION FIELD SUPPORT & SPECIAL PROGRAMS located in Miami, Florida. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) offers foreign language instruction in more than two dozen languages on a schedule that extends throughout the year. Courses are taught six hours per day, five days a week, with the exception of federal holidays and training holidays.Duties
Requirements
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens and Non-US Citizens with valid US Work Authorization.
This position is a TERM time limited position tenure track. The initial appointment is not to exceed (NTE) 12 months, 1 day, and may be extended upon mission, funding and management discretion.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant work experience and education level (degree and year awarded); official transcripts/foreign transcript evaluation will be requested upon selection.
OR
Master's degree in any discipline and one year of directly related work.
OR
Bachelor's degree in any discipline and two years of directly related work.
DIRECTLY RELATED WORK: Formal classroom instruction of a language foreign to the students at high school level or above. Formal classroom instruction normally includes such activities as class preparation, course preparation/modification, testing, tutoring, and counseling in a structured, education environment.
Diagnostic Assessment (DA) certification is desirable; however, if the candidate is not currently certified, completion of DA training will be required.
If selected, applicant must pass a language proficiency test (OPI).
LANGUAGE EVALUATION: The minimum English proficiency is a Level 2 in speaking. The minimum proficiency for the language to be taught is a Level 3 in speaking. If a dialect is required, the minimum proficiency is also Level 3. The proficiency levels are defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level descriptions and can be viewed 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 against an open vacancy announcement after 6 months if they wish to be considered again. If selected again, retesting is allowed only once.
You must submit a 300-word HANDWRITTEN essay in Brazilian Portuguese. You must also include a 300-word HANDWRITTEN English translation of the essay. Essay topic is how your background, education and training has prepared you to be a foreign language teacher. NOTE: Typed essays are NOT acceptable. The essay is not used to evaluate work experience, only for the purpose of evaluating the language writing proficiency.
You must also provide, at a minimum, three professional references with your application packet. Please note: Letters of recommendation will not be forwarded to management, you must provide three professional references; to include name, title, email address and/or phone number.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
About the company
The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".