"Subject Area Supervisor, World Languages"

Department Summary

World Languages & Literatures Department faculty are highly qualified, international, accomplished and dedicated teachers and scholars who prepare students to become tomorrow’s productive citizens in an increasingly multicultural, multilingual global community. We actively support study abroad, clubs and other organizations related to world languages and international studies at San José State University. The Department promotes proficiency in languages, knowledge of cultures and literatures and a genuine appreciation of differences and similarities shared among peoples and nations. We offer minor, B.A., M.A. and single subject teaching credential programs in a variety of world languages.

For more information, visit www.sjsu.edu/wll.

Brief Description of Duties

• Assessing subject matter competency, providing feedback on how to attain subject matter competency, and re-checking subject matter competency of all subject-area applicants to the program and in the credential program. Interviewing and conducting initial credential program advising with all subject-area applicants to the program. Working with the Field Placement Coordinator in the College of Education to vet potential mentor teachers, make placements for teacher candidates, and monitor their progress. Teaching the following courses in the Department of World Languages and Literatures: FLED 184Y (Student Teaching II - Classroom Teaching), FLED 184Z (Student Teaching III - Classroom Teaching), FLED 285 (Student Teaching Seminar in Foreign Language Education), and FLED 380 (Teaching Foreign Languages).
• Collaborating with the Teacher Education Department Office and the College of Education Field Office to plan supervision loads. Communicating with the TED Office regarding projected and actual enrollments in methods and seminar/colloquium. Collaborating with the College of Education Field Office to address any issues that arise for teacher candidates, supervisors, and/or mentor teachers in the field. Consulting with the College of Education Field Office on improvement plans for teacher candidates about whom concerns have been raised. Consulting with the College of Education Field Office on remediation plans for students who receive NC for student teaching.
• Attending monthly meetings of the Single Subject Credential Program, including preparation and presentation of related tasks. Assisting both pre-service and in-service teachers to find jobs. Working with the College of Education Program Advisor and TED Chair to develop and implement new policies, procedures, curriculum, and assessments particularly as they relate to methods coursework, supervision of teacher candidates, and CalTPA. Recruiting, hiring, and retaining instructors for supervision, seminar/colloquium, and methods. May manage other supervisors, including workload assignments, monitoring work, and writing evaluations.

Required Qualifications

• MA or BA and a minimum of 5 years of relevant college or university-level teaching experience relevant to program needs;
• California Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential in a relevant world language (Mandarin Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish);
• Experience teaching at the secondary level.
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coaching and mentoring student teachers, interns or beginning teachers
• Experience working in settings characterized by cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity
• Experience with the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) or other teacher performance assessments.

Compensation

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2.

Anticipated starting salary:

L-A / Range 2 - $5507 - $5959

L-B / Range 3 - $6221 - $7481

L-C / Range 4 - $6825 - $9431

L-D / Range 5 - $8593 - $10347

Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate of full-time AY faculty--part-time rates are prorated. There are 6 monthly payments per semester (full-time AY annual salary = rate x 12). See the Faculty Salary Schedule for more information.

Application Procedure

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:

• CV
• Cover Letter

This is a continuing open position.