The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) invites applications for a teaching assistant (TA) position in the Korean language program starting Spring 2021. The appointment will be made semester by semester at the minimum of 33% up to 41% and is renewable, contingent upon his/her teaching performance and funding availability.
Applicants must have native, or near native level fluency in Korean, and native or near native English proficiency. All teaching assistants whose native language is not English will need to provide a qualifying score of the TOEFL iBT, iELTS, or the English Proficiency Interview (EPI) to be considered for a teaching assistantship in fall 2020. Experience in teaching in higher education is highly desirable.
Duties and responsibilities of a Korean TA are as follows:
- Teach a Korean language course (4 or 5 days a week)
- Grade assignments, quizzes and exams
- Attend bi-weekly TA meetings
- Attend an annual half-day Korean TA teaching workshop in August
- Assist with the UIUC Korean placement test in August and January
To ensure full consideration, please email a teaching statement in Korean that outlines your teaching experiences and philosophy, and CV to Jeeyoung Ahn Ha (j-ahn3@illinois.edu), Director of the Korean language program. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. Please include “Application for the Korean TA position” as the subject of the email.
Review process will begin after the deadline and an appointment is expected to be conveyed to the successful candidate by the end of November.
The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO
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