Spanish & Portuguese Language Program Director

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin - Madison welcomes applications for a position as a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor of Teaching Spanish Linguistics or a Teaching Faculty IV, beginning in Fall 2024. The main responsibility for this position is directing our large Spanish Language Program. The teaching component of this position will normally be two courses per semester but may have a maximum of three courses per semester. Program direction responsibilities include course releases.
About the Department
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers undergraduate Spanish and Portuguese majors and a certificate in Spanish studies for Business majors. At the graduate level we offer MA and PhD degrees in Spanish and Portuguese with concentrations in literature, cultural studies, and linguistics.
The Spanish Language Program offers a curriculum based in principles of communicative language teaching. We seek a program director with expertise in contemporary pedagogies such as task-based, community-based and/or critical approaches to language teaching for both second/additional language learners and native/heritage Spanish speakers.

• 30% Designs curriculum and/or techniques for instruction in a disciplinary area and suggests new ways of effective instruction in courses within discipline
• 5% Develops teaching techniques that enhance course effectiveness in alignment with desired outcomes and established strategy and trains faculty and other instructional staff in use of instructional techniques and programs. Presents evaluations of teaching methods and techniques to those in the institution and elsewhere
• 50% Provides classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction, including grading
• 10% Supervises the day-to-day activities of work unit employees involved in instructional support as needed
• 5% Promotion and recruitment for course sequence for native/heritage Spanish speakers

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Required
PhD with a specialization in any or a combination of the following areas: Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Pedagogy or Language Education

1. Demonstrated native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English.
2. Expertise in Spanish in the U.S., Bi/Multilingualism in the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish for the Professions and/or Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
3. Knowledge of Portuguese to train and support TAs in the Portuguese language program.
4. Demonstrated commitment to or experience teaching upper-level content-based Spanish courses such as Applied Linguistics and SLA.
5. Experience teaching undergraduate Spanish courses, especially basic and intermediate language courses for second language learners and native/heritage speakers.
6. Demonstrated commitment to or experience directing or coordinating college-level undergraduate Spanish language courses for second language learners and native/heritage speakers.

Full Time: 100%
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Negotiable
ACADEMIC (9 months)
The starting salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays and paid time off; competitive insurances and saving accounts; and retirement benefits.

This vacancy is being announced simultaneously with PVL290611; please note that only one vacancy exists. Having two job postings allows the department to consider candidates with both tenure-track faculty credentials and non-tenure-track faculty credentials for this position.
A successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.

Please click on the "Apply Now" button to start the application process.
For questions on the position, contact: Kory Deavers at [email protected] or 608-262-2248.
To apply for this position you will need to upload one pdf document that includes:
1. Cover Letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. A Research Statement (1-2 pages)
4. A Statement of Teaching Philosophy that includes experiences teaching heritage language learners (1-2 pages)
5. Most recent two years of official teaching evaluations
6. Contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor. References will not be contacted without advance notice.
Your cover letter should address your qualifications as they pertain to the qualifications listed above.

Kory Deavers
[email protected]
608-262-2248
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Teaching Faculty IV(TL031)

A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/SPANISH & PORT/SPAN&PORT

Academic Staff-Renewable

290037-AS