From: "L-Soft list server at The City University of NY (1.8e)" To: Rafaela Oliveira Subject: File: "TESLJB-L LOG0112" Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:36:06 -0400 ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:46:52 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada X-No-Archive: yes From: http://aaal.lang.uiuc.edu/jobs/current.html This was posted 11/26/01 as an "updated ad" Simon Fraser University Department of Linguistics Lecturer Applications are being accepted for the position of Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at to start September 1, 2002. This is a continuing position with an initial probationary period of twelve months. The successful candidate will have teaching duties in the Department's Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate program and will teach and manage the Practicum course in this program. The individual may also be asked to teach general linguistics courses. Further details about the Department and the Certificate program can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/linguistics/. Candidates should hold a PhD in applied linguistics or a related discipline, have TESL and/or TEFL experience, and demonstrate dedication to teaching and the mentoring of teachers. Interested applicants are invited to send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, the names of at least three referees and a teaching dossier containing a statement of teaching philosophy and examples of teaching materials by November 30, 2001 to: Dr. Z. McRobbie, Chair, Department of Linguistics, 8888 University Dr., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6 Phone: (604) 291-3554, fax (604) 291-5659, email: zita_mcrobbie@sfu.ca All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:03:22 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Managua, Nicaragua X-No-Archive: yes From: http://jobsearch.globalesl.net/ Global ESL Network Nicaragua Christian Academy is currently seeking interested individuals to fill the following positions for the 2002-2003 school year (beginning August 1, 2002): 1 Elementary Special Education/Gifted Resource Specialist 3 Elementary Classroom Teachers 1 Music Teacher 3 Summer Camp Teachers (June 10 - July 26) 1 Secondary English Teacher Teacher Support Teachers are encouraged to seek support through evangelical mission agencies and through local churches to cover their travel and monthly living expenses (a single teacher should need about US$700/month for living expenses). Nicaragua Christian Academy Teacher Benefits * Housing (in Faculty house) * Visa and Residency costs while in the country * Opportunities for ministry in local evangelical churches Requirements for Teachers * 4-year degree "in-field", ideally with state teaching certification * Freedom from personal debt (with the possible exception of student loans) * Christian testimony with active local church experience * Sense of calling to teach in a third-world setting * Willingness to make a two (or more) year commitment Application Procedure Fill out and send in application form (see below), along with one pastoral and two professional reference forms before April 30, 2002 (or later if positions remain unfilled). Accepted teachers will be notified by within a week of receipt of completed application. Teachers will be expected to arrive in Managua on or before August 1, 2002 to begin orientation and pre-planning. Download the application at http://www.ibw.com.ni/~ncateach/EmploymentApplication.pdf(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view) Nicaragua Christian Academy Apartado 842 Managua, Nicaragua Telephone: 011-505-265-2277 School Fax: 011-505-265-2360 E-Mail: nca@ibw.com.ni --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 21:07:48 -0800 Reply-To: editor@OHAYOSENSEI.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: editor@OHAYOSENSEI.COM Subject: POSITION: 150+ in Japan -- 12/1/01 O-Hayo Sensei Now Available Free Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-No-Archive: yes The 12/1/01 issue of O-Hayo Sensei, the free electronic newsletter of (teaching) jobs in Japan, is now available. Issue #21 reports detailed information (salaries, qualifications, visa requirements, benefits, application deadlines/procedures, etc.) for 150+ currently available positions across Japan. Posts in this issue include: HEAD TEACHER/MANAGER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH ESL INSTRUCTOR, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR and ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. Pick up a free copy by sending an e-mail message with just the words "get issue" in the body (or subject line) to mailto:issue@ohayosensei.com (the complete issue will be e-mailed to you). Or visit the "virtual newsrack" at http://www.ohayosensei.com where you can click a button to receive #21 by e-mail or receive it immediately via FTP by clicking on a hyperlink. (Note: O-Hayo Sensei is a LARGE publication -- #21 runs about 35 single-spaced pages of text, or about a 130K plain text file.) Good luck! Lynn Cullivan Editor O-Hayo Sensei: The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan editor@ohayosensei.com http://www.ohayosensei.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:00:44 +0800 Reply-To: Admin LinguaSy Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Admin LinguaSy Subject: 46 Worldwide Positions at www.esleffect.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes There are currently 46 ESL positions available at the ESL Effect for these countries Australia (2) Canada (3) Chile (1) China (7) Greece (1) Italy (1) Japan (3) Lithuania (1) MONGOLIA (1) Online (1) Poland (2) South Korea (10) Spain (1) Taiwan (2) Thailand (1) Turkey (1) UK (7) USA (1) http://www.esleffect.com ESL Effect Admin - Post your position or CV for free. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:44:59 +0100 Reply-To: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Subject: POSITION: [TEFL.com] This week 244 worldwide jobs online - 56 new jobs! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes The TEFL Professional Network Career Database System currently has 244 worldwide ELT vacancies available online. Free access is available at http://www.tefl.com. The following are just a few of the available jobs: WORLDWIDE [30 Nov] Teachers of English VSO http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3545 VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. We have over 300 teach... Compensation: - We provide return flights and arrange visas and permits. - You will receive a living allowanc... UNITED KINGDOM [28 Nov] Summer School EFL Teachers Accent Courses Ltd. http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=536 Residential Summer Schools requiring EFL Teachers 2002 - late June/July/August in Cambridge, Read... Compensation: Newly qualified - #210 per week plus full board accommodation, rising to #245 per week plus full ... KOREA, SOUTH [27 Nov] GREAT TEACHING POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN KOREA!! Shin se dae ESL recruitment company http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=2868 LET SHIN SE DAE ESL RECRUITMENT COMPANY HELP YOU! No fee, just help to find the right job and as ... Compensation: Our schools offer the following benefits: *** Salary: 1.9 million won per month(approx 4.5% ta... SLOVAKIA [27 Nov] English language teacher Academy of Education http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3535 The Centre for Applied Languages of Akademia vzdelavania (Academy of Education) was the first EFL... Compensation: Academy of Education offers its teachers and excellent package. Teachers earn sufficient amount o... ROMANIA [25 Nov] director of studies http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3950 INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CENTRE 6 month to 1 year contract renewable In charge of the academic side of the school. Organising th... Compensation: Good local salary. 300 USD monthly supplement. Free accomodation in single appartments. Medical i... Jon Kemp http://www.tefl.com TEFL Professional Network p.s. THIS WEEK'S ONLINE POLL... Do you find ELT stressful? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:50:18 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ISSUES: Striking teachers in Japan X-No-Archive: yes http://www.ewaosaka.org/ Click on "English" (well, if you don't read Japanese, that is) and you can choose to read articles about the strike, or to sign a petition against term-limited contracts, nonpayment of unemployment insurance and non-inclusion in the Benefit Society for Private School Teachers for "tokunin" (non-tenured full-time) employees of Kansai University According to the petition, Kansai University has a history of discriminatory practices towards its educators on the basis of extranationality, or for other reasons unrelated to professionalism. In other words, Kansai University does not look at a foreign applicant in terms of qualification, but rather by citizenship, and has refused to change or update its employment practices as per recent developments or negotiations. Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:36:02 -0800 Reply-To: Terry Santos Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Terry Santos Subject: Tenure-Track Position MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-No-Archive: yes The English Department at Humboldt State University in Northern California would like to announce the following probationary position in Linguistics/TESL: Tenure-track appointment for Ph.D. with a specialization in TESL or Applied Linguistics effective Fall 2002. Candidates must demonstrate effective teaching ability in courses in second language acquisition, introductory linguistics, English syntax, issues in teaching English as a second/foreign language, content-based ESL, and others. The successful candidate will have strong secondary strengths in at least one of the following areas: history of English language; literature; composition and rhetoric; interdisciplinary studies. Deadline for application is Jan. 4, 2002. For full description of the position and application procedure, visit www.humboldt.edu/~facpers/facvac.html Terry Santos Professor Department of English Humboldt State University Arcata, CA 95521 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 07:45:39 +0000 Reply-To: Remarkable ESL Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Remarkable ESL Subject: ESL Jobs in Asia Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-No-Archive: yes For excellent salaries and conditions. Visit http://www.eslcityjobs.com Post free job wanted ads also All jobs in Asia _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:34:44 -0500 Reply-To: trena paulus Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: trena paulus Subject: online graduate course update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-No-Archive: yes For those of you interested in taking the Indiana University online graduate course on current approaches to instruction and assessment in EFL and ENL classrooms, the course Website is now complete: http://www.indiana.edu/~fpteach/eflenl/ This course will take place in the spring 2002 semester(January 8th- May 4th). The course number is L530 (Online). To register, please go to http://www.indiana.edu/~disted/spring.html Please contact fpawan@indiana.edu for more information. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:25:23 +0900 Reply-To: leesk@DRAGON.YONSEI.AC.KR Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Sangkook Lee Subject: Position-Wonju, South Korea MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_RMI6L3V94ZQ925BTISIF6JDN" X-No-Archive: yes This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_RMI6L3V94ZQ925BTISIF6JDN Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_R28J8V4AGL3GVIPIFELEGL7C" ------=_NextPart_R28J8V4AGL3GVIPIFELEGL7C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="euc-kr" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Positions: Wonju, Korea Posted By: Yonsei University at Wonju Qualifications : BA/BS degree or higher and at least one year's teaching experience We offer : 1) TWELVE weeks' paid vacation per year (four vacations, three weeks each) 2) Starting pay from 1.8 million won or higher per month depending on the teacher's education and teaching experience 3) Severance bonus upon completion of one-year contract 4) Fully furnished three bedroom apartment (shared with another instructor) which is a 10 minute walk from campus. 5) Medical insurance Working conditions and hours :1) Teaching hours : 24 hours per week 2) Curriculum : Set curriculum provided 3) Class size : Maximum of 20 students Required Documents for Application : 1) Resume with telephone number and e-mail address 2) Original University diploma 3) Official transcript 4) Two passport-size recent photos 5) Work (employment) record 6) Copy of passport information page 7) Two letters or recommendation. We are in the quiet, clean countryside of Kangwon-Do, but we are one and a half hour's bus ride from Seoul. Please forward your resume to Dr. Park, Program Director ( drmspark@empal.com ) Visit our website "http://dragon.yonsei.ac.kr/~instt/general01.htm" if you are interested in the position. Sangkook Lee Dept. of English, Yonsei University at Wonju 234 Mayji-ri Hungep-myen Wonju-si Kangwon-do 220-710 Korea Tel. 82-33-760-2221 Fax 82-33-760-2598 ------=_NextPart_R28J8V4AGL3GVIPIFELEGL7C Content-Type: text/html; charset="euc-kr" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Positions: Wonju, Korea Posted By: Yonsei University at Wonju
Qualifications : BA/BS degree or higher and at least one year's teaching experience
We offer : 1) TWELVE weeks' paid vacation per year (four vacations, three weeks each)
2) Starting pay from 1.8 million won or higher per month depending on the teacher's education and teaching experience 3) Severance bonus upon completion of one-year contract
4) Fully furnished three bedroom apartment (shared with another instructor) which is a 10 minute walk from campus. 5) Medical insurance
Working conditions and hours :1) Teaching hours : 24 hours per week
2) Curriculum : Set curriculum provided 3) Class size : Maximum of 20 students
Required Documents for Application : 1) Resume with telephone number and e-mail address
2) Original University diploma 3) Official transcript 4) Two passport-size recent photos
5) Work (employment) record 6) Copy of passport information page 7) Two letters or recommendation. We are in the quiet, clean countryside of Kangwon-Do, but we are one and a half hour's bus ride from Seoul. Please forward your resume to Dr. Park, Program Director ( drmspark@empal.com )
Visit our website "http://dragon.yonsei.ac.kr/~instt/general01.htm" if you are interested in the position.

Sangkook Lee
Dept. of English, Yonsei University at Wonju
234 Mayji-ri Hungep-myen Wonju-si Kangwon-do 220-710 Korea
Tel. 82-33-760-2221 Fax 82-33-760-2598


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Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:58:58 +0600 Reply-To: Natasha Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Natasha Organization: Language School Subject: Volunteer teacher for the International Summer Language School in Siberia 2002 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes The International Language School "Cosmopolitan" invites volunteer teachers and international students (university, college, high school, middle school levels, interested adults) to join the annual multi-cultural educational program of the International Summer Language School, which will take place in four two-week sessions during the summer of 2002 in a picturesque wooded area outside the city of Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. For the past few years volunteer teachers from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Finland, Holland, Denmark, Argentina, Singapore, Malaysia, and university students and school children from the USA, Great Britain and Germany have participated in our program. The program of the International Summer Language School 2002, themed "A Mission of Peace", is aimed at creating opportunities in a diverse multicultural environment for the youngsters to improve their foreign language knowledge, learn about the ways to live their lives as peacemakers and acquire peacemaking skills, find creative expression and build relationships based on honesty, understanding and respect. The Russian course is provided for all volunteer teachers and international students and covers language studies as well as Russian culture, history and society. The program of the Summer School integrates language and peace education into daily activities which include creativity workshops, music and drama, games and contests, art and journaling, creative writing and drawing, cultural fair and the Summer School Olympics, interactive projects with the use of the Internet technologies. We plan to complete the Peace Register and submit it to the United Nations. We seek participation from as wide a geographic distribution of cultures and nations as possible, so that representatives of a broad range of nations could have an opportunity to share their hopes, dreams and concerns, express their thoughts and feelings, and make a lot of good friends to achieve a greater international understanding and promote a safer, saner world. We are looking for VOLUNTEER TEACHERS (TEACHERS of English, French, German and other subjects levels elementary school through University, SPECIALISTS in other fields such as computing, business, journalism, music, arts, etc., MEDIA and TECHNOLOGY professionals, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS) who are energetic, enthusiastic, enjoy summer camp experiences and working with teenagers, possess love for children and the desire to foster a peaceful environment. We also seek people worldwide (middle school through university students, and ADULTS) who are interested in the Russian language and culture to join this international forum as students, gain in-depth understanding of international issues and bring a new depth of appreciation and knowledge home to their friends and communities. INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBILITES: - Roundtrip airfare to Novosibirsk. - Obtaining the Russian visa and visa fees. - Medical insurance. - Participation fees, which vary depending on the status of the participant. You can also join the "Peace Through Tourism" program of the Summer School by ordering one of the offered excursion packages that include trips to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, TransSiberian Railroad. We encourage you to contribute to investing in a vision of a better world by joining people around the globe willing to support ongoing peace through this worthwhile effort. It's a wonderful way to show that you value peacemaking and inspire the world to quest for peace. It is a powerful way of sharing to children that we are all one world. I will very much appreciate it if you could also forward the information on the International Summer Language school in Siberia to your colleagues, friends and students who might be interested. I look forward to hearing from you and remain hopeful that we could establish a worthwhile co-operation. Regards, Natasha Bodrova, Director of International Language School "Cosmopolitan", Novosibirsk, Russia cosmoschool@mail.ru --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To get a brief summary of postings for the past week, send a message to saying: SEARCH * IN TESLJB-L SINCE TODAY-7 To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 13:06:30 +0000 Reply-To: hickman@ARABIA.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Dennis Hickman Subject: Position: Prague, CZ (March 2002) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes Opening as to March 1st (short-term contract, may be extended) or September 1st 2002 (contract for at least 11 months, including 4 weeks of paid leave) An opportunity to join the Department of Languages, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences nand Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University (an engineering school of excellence, founded in 1707), Prague, Czech Republic. Qualifications: The candidate must be a native speaker of English with a university degree in English and teaching qualification, and must have at least one year of experience teaching EFL. He or she should be able to cope with a full range of courses. i.e., Intermediate, Advanced, English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, etc. Salary and Benefits will depend on the years of experience and will be based on the University' s salary scale. Accommodation can be offered in the University hotel or a hall of residence; a part of the fees will be covered by the Department. Residence permit and visa permit are required, so applications are requested as soon as possible. Please send your CV with a cover letter outlining your suitability to: email: Dvorakova@km1.fjfi.cvut.cz Irena Dvorakova Department of Languages Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering Czech Technical University Trojanova 13 120 00 Prague 2 Czech Republic _________________________________________ Download mersal and add me as a friend :) http://www.arabia.com/mersal/english --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:39:18 -0500 Reply-To: Ashley Hastings Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Ashley Hastings Subject: TESOL Distance Learning Facilitator Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes Distance Learning Facilitator in TESOL. Duties: supervising and grading = online work of students in graduate TESOL courses under direction of = faculty; fielding questions related to material. No lectures or material = preparation. Qualifications: master's in TESOL or closely related field; 2 = years experience in ESL/EFL teaching and/or administration; computer/Intern= et skills. Work requires extensive use of Internet and VCR, ability to = receive faxes. Send CV and list of references to: Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons, = Dean of Arts and Sciences, Shenandoah University, 1460 University Drive, = Winchester, VA 22601, tfitzsim@su.edu. Or, for further information, = contact Dr. Ashley Hastings, ahasting@su.edu. Applications must be in hand = by December 20. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:28:32 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Fukushima, Japan X-No-Archive: yes From: http://aaal.lang.uiuc.edu/jobs/current.html University of Aizu Center for Language Research Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics/TESOL Rank of Job: Associate Professor Areas Required: Applied Linguistics/TESOL University or Organization: University of Aizu Department: Center for Language Research State or Province: Fukushima Country: Japan Final Date of Application: January 19, 2002 Contact: Faculty Selection Committee position@u-aizu.ac.jp Address for Applications: University of Aizu Aizu-Wakamatsu Fukushima 965-8580 Japan Starting date: April 1, 2002 Qualifications: Ph.D. in TESL/TEFL/Applied Linguistics or a related field; a native English speaker with at least three years' experience in TESL/TEFL or a related field; ability to teach English courses in academic English and academic/ technical writing that are appropriate for students majoring in computer science and computer engineering; experience with computer-based language instruction. Duties: Teaching 4-5 classes per semester (1 class is 90 minutes per week); developing course materials; participating in group projects; serving on committees; conducting research; and carrying out other university-related responsibilities. Salary: Based on the Fukushima Prefecture Salary Scale for Public Employees. Benefits: Subsidized furnished housing; airfare and shipping; etc. Please send cover letter; resume (education, publication list, teaching experience); copies of three recently published papers; three letters of recommendation; graduate school transcripts; and the following: (1) a proposal for achieving effective results in English education using computers; (2) evidence of effective results through your teaching experience; (3) examples of your education syllabuses and handouts; (4) evidence of your experience using computers; (5) description of your research interests. All documents should arrive at the following address before January 19, 2002: Faculty Selection Committee c/o Personnel Affairs Section University of Aizu Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan Tel: +81-242-37-2538 Fax: +81-242-37-2531 Email: position@u-aizu.ac.jp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:30:28 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Arcata, California, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://aaal.lang.uiuc.edu/jobs/current.html Humboldt State University English Department Tenure-track position in Linguistics/TESL The English Department at Humboldt State University in Northern California would like to announce the following probationary position in Linguistics/TESL: Tenure-track appointment for Ph.D. with a specialization in TESL or Applied Linguistics effective Fall 2002. Candidates must demonstrate effective teaching ability in courses in second language acquisition, introductory linguistics, English syntax, issues in teaching English as a second/foreign language, content-based ESL, and others. The successful candidate will have strong secondary strengths in at least one of the following areas: history of English language; literature; composition and rhetoric; interdisciplinary studies. Deadline for application is Jan. 4, 2002. For full description of the position and application procedure, visit www.humboldt.edu/~facpers/facvac.html Terry Santos Professor Department of English Humboldt State University Arcata, CA 95521 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:35:31 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Pleasant Hill, California, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.ccjobsonline.com/jobs/classifieds.cgi Diablo Valley College, located in Pleasant Hill, is a large suburban community college approximately 25 miles east of San Francisco in Contra Costa County. Diablo Valley College enrolls approximately 24,000 students. The San Ramon Valley Center, founded in 1985, is located 20 miles south of the main campus and enrolls 4,000 students. Diablo Valley College ranks consistently as one of the most successful transfer institutions in California and also offers a wide range of highly respected occupational programs leading to certificates or degrees. The San Ramon Valley Center is seeking a full-time tenure track instructor in English. The successful applicant will be well qualified to teach a full range of English courses with an emphasis on teaching and developing transfer level courses. The applicants should be committed to the development of a broad English program and to assuming the responsibilities of a full-time English instructor at a small satellite campus. Qualifications: * Master's degree in English, literature, comparative literature or composition. * Bachelor's degree in any of the above and a master's degree in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism * Valid California community college instructor credential authorizing full-time. instruction in English. * Equivalent (if you believe you meet the minimum requirements, please complete the equivalency form in the application packet.) We offer a very generous benefit, retirement and vacation plan. Please download application packet from www.dvc.edu/hiring or call 925-685-1230 x 1929 for instructions on how to apply for this position. Final Filing Date 12/10/01. The Contra Costa Community College District is an EOE/AA Employer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 16:40:28 -0800 Reply-To: Steve Schackne Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Steve Schackne Subject: Beware MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-No-Archive: yes Hello Listmembers, I have seen several jobs advertised here where the initial post and the filing deadline vary between one and two weeks. These are often not legitimate solicitations, but schools trying to comply with affirmative action or other legal requirements. Many times the jobs have already been awarded. I have already alerted my listmembers to this practice, which, by the way, is illegal. I encourage listmembers to avoid these and only respond to postings where the "lead time" can logically accomodate all candidates. Steve Schackne Schackne Online http://www.schackne.com Internet Resources For Life Long Learners" ESLMoney@Yahoogroups.Com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 11:53:47 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Princeton, New Jersey, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.ets.org/hr/000144.htm POSITION TITLE: Assessment Specialist I VP AREA: ETS - GPE - Assessment POSITION : 000144 LOCATION: Rosedale - N Bldg SALARY GRADE: I COST CENTER NAME: GPE - Assessment HR CONSULTANT: Cassandra Thompson BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Develops tests in field of specialty. Writes, reviews and revises test questions for ESL tests, particularly the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Assembles tests or pools of questions to meet specifications. Works independently and as part of a team; may also work with outside experts in field of specialty. Serves on developmental teams, committees, corporate task forces and renewal teams, as requested. Assists clients committees, to include organizing meetings, recommending committee members, and explaining and summarizing analysis results. EXPERIENCE Three years of increasingly responsible professional experience, including experience in educational measurement, applied statistics, teaching or editing. EDUCATION Master's Degree in a language-related field of such as ESL, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics or English or an equivalent combination of education and experiences from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired HOW TO APPLY External: ETS offers competitive salaries, an excellent benefits package, and an ideal environment for professional growth. Please send two copies of your resume, along with cover letter stating position title and number, and salary requirements to Carol A Hawkes, Educational Testing Service, Mail Stop 52-D, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541, FAX at (609) 734-1900 or chawkes@ets.org We regret we are unable to respond to each resume received. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We are dedicated to Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action in the workplace --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:14:10 +0100 Reply-To: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Subject: POSITION: [TEFL.com] This week 244 worldwide jobs online - 71 new jobs! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes The TEFL Professional Network Career Database System currently has 244 worldwide ELT vacancies available online. Free access is available at http://www.tefl.com. The following are just a few of the available jobs: UNITED KINGDOM [6 Dec] Centre Co-ordinator IMG ESOL http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4036 Centre Co-ordinator required for esol community teaching project in Cambridgeshire. Will have ov... Compensation: Salary #20,000 per annum plus bonus and 20 days holiday. Hours: 3 pm to 10 pm, 5 days in 7, m... JAPAN [5 Dec] Preschool Class Head Teacher & 2 Toddler Sp... English Plus Co. http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4006 We are English Plus Co., a strong and growing language institute with a 12-year history in beauti... Compensation: Contract through end of March, 2003. Starting salary: Preschool 260,000, Toddler Specialist 250,... GERMANY [4 Dec] English Teacher General and Business The Language Centre http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=2837 We are a small friendly professional school for English Due to expansion we are looking for a tea... Compensation: average 25 to 30 x 45 minute lessons per week. full contract = health cover paid hols etc. Guaran... BULGARIA [9 Dec] 12 positions Ministry of Education Teachers for Central and Eastern Europe http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4061 THAILAND [8 Dec] English Teacher Evason Hua Hin Resort & Spa http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4055 Jon Kemp http://www.tefl.com TEFL Professional Network p.s. THIS WEEK'S ONLINE POLL... What are your future plans? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:17:53 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ISSUES: "Entrepreneur" adjunct? X-No-Archive: yes This post is about an article that looks primarily at adjunct employment issues in the US. In various email lists that deal with part-time/adjunct/collateral employment issues in academia, there has been some sense that The Chronicle for Higher Ed was selling out, particularly after they hosted an online discussion with an author who advocated an entrepreneurial approach to being an adjunct. There's a somewhat different kind of article on The Chronicle of Higher Education website this time, one that argues (albeit mildly) against the "entrepreneur adjunct" approach, at http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/12/2001121002c.htm One portion reads: "I have been reading recent articles on the Career Network that tell me I should run my teaching as a business enterprise. I must manage my time better, these articles say, and teach more classes. To do this I would pretty much have to leave the state of Florida. One of the colleges where I teach, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, pays me $1,000 a course, more than most two-year institutions in the state, so moving to another part of Florida would not be any advantage. I would have to move someplace with sufficient wealth to support expensive private colleges for well-heeled students. Then I would market my classes to upscale buyers, double my pay, and halve my class load. I would refuse to teach for colleges that paid low wages. But the thing is, I like teaching in community colleges..." and it goes on. Sometimes I am able to access articles that other people can't due to my college's subscription. If someone for some reason can't access this article but would like a copy, let me know. Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:57:40 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Los Altos Hills, California, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://wwwfh.fhda.edu/district/hr/announcements/02013.pdf Foothill College, English as a Second Language - Composition (Language Arts Division) Job Number 02-013 Open Date: 12/01/00 Duties: Primary responsibility is to teach college-level ESL composition, although other ESL courses may be assigned. Assignment may include evening classes. Participate in ESL Dept activities such as curriculum development, placement exams, and text selection. Standard duties expected of all faculty include maintaining scheduled office hours, attending division meetings, pursuing professional growth activities; performing other duties consistent with the role of an instructors. Instructors also have the opportunity to serve on District and college committees and participate in campus extra-curricular activties. Salary range: $44,195 - 68,755 annually plus benefits; actual placement is non-negotiable and is based on applicant's verified education and experience. Minimum Qualifications: 1. Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic socio-economic ethnic, cultural, disability, religious background and sexual orientation of community college students. 2. Master's in TESL, TESOL, applied linguistics with TESL emphasis, linguistics with a TESL emphasis, English with a TESL emphasis, or education with a TESL emphasis OR Bachelor's in TESL, TESOL, English with a TESL certificate, linguistics with a TESL certificate, or any foreign language with a TESL certificate AND Master's in linguistics, applied linguistics, English, composition, bilingual/bicultural studies, reading, speech, or any foreign language OR the equivalent. PREFERRED QUALIFICIATION: 1. Strong background in teaching composition. 2. Speak and write standard American English sufficient to serve as a linguistic model. 3. Experience teaching, assistant teaching, or tutoring at the secondary, community college, or university level. 4. Ability to teach all English language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) to a wide range of students. 5. Graduate course work and experience in teaching composition to non-native speakers. 6. Ability to interact well with an extremely diverse student population. 7. Knowledge of principles of second language assessment, especially holistic writing assessment. 8. Ability to design, revise, and implement new curricula. 9. Ability to utilize instructional technology. 10. Active participation in relevant professional organizations. 11. Familiarity with a non-western culture/language. 12. Commitment to participation in department/program activities and the shared governance of the College. APPLICATION PACKET 1. A district application form 2. A cover letter not to exceed two pages detailing specifically how your experience meets the minimum and preferred qualifications for the position. 3. A current resume of all work experience, formal education and training. 4. Photocopies of all college transcripts. Submit application materials to: Employment Services Foothill-De Anza Community College District 12345 El Monte Road Los Altos Hills, California 94022 phone: 650-949-6217 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:31:42 -0700 Reply-To: astover@email.arizona.edu Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "Alfred D. Stover" Subject: Director, IEP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes The Center for English as a Second Language of the University of Arizona is seeking a director. The application submission date is 1/31/02. The anticipated start date is 7/1/02. The complete position announcement including qualifications can be found at http://www.hr.arizona.edu/21278xadxprox.htm. __________________________________________________ Alfred D. Stover, Ph.D. The Center for English as a Second Language The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210024 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0024 Phone: 520-621-9307 Fax: 520-621-9180 www.cesl.arizona.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:16:37 -0700 Reply-To: Robert Hausmann Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Robert Hausmann Organization: UMT Subject: IEP Instructor, The University of Montana MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes Second Posting (first posting November 29th): English Language Instructor The University of Montana's English Language Institute is accepting = applications for a full-time, non-tenure track ESL teacher for the = spring (and possibly summer) semester of 2002 (duties to begin January = 20). The position may be renewable. Our Institute is a well-established, intensive program (20+ hours a = week) of study for students intending to enroll in university degree = programs. Hence, we have an English for Academic Purposes curriculum = with courses in the typical language skills of functional grammar, = reading, writing, speaking, and listening with a focus on American = academic and non-academic culture and study skills, including = interaction with American professors, students, and community members.=20 Besides teaching 16 hours a week, additional responsibilities will = include your fair share of the normal support activities of a small, = intensive IEP: some administration, committee assignments, meetings, = office hours, field trips and parties, orientation and commencement = programs, counseling students, assisting with entrance and exit tests, = arranging speaking partners, developing curriculum collaboratively-the = whole gamut of academic and social support activities. The ideal candidate will have native-like proficiency in English, an MA = in TESL or a closely related field, and three years of successful, = full-time teaching TESL/TEFL experience with at least one year of = overseas experience. We are looking for someone with excellent teaching = skills, professional experience, and dedication to the profession. The = successful candidate will show evidence of an ability to work = collaboratively and cooperatively with a well-established team of = colleagues and imaginatively and inspirationally with students. We would = like someone with demonstrated CALL experience to continue developing = our CALL program, although that qualification will not outweigh other = selection criteria for this position. Preference will be given to = applicants who would flourish teaching in a small but increasingly = sophisticated Montana city in the Rocky Mountain West close to = wilderness areas (Money Magazine ranks Missoula third behind Portland = and Providence as cities to live in if you do not live in NYC and = Outside Magazine ranks Missoula in the top 10 US cities for recreational = opportunities). Appointment will be at the instructor rank and will be = competitive. Please submit a letter of application explaining your qualifications in = detail, a r=E9sum=E9, and 3 letters of recommendation to Prof. Robert = Hausmann, Director, English Language Institute, The University of = Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. Letters of application and r=E9sum=E9s may = be submitted electronically. Letters of recommendation must be faxed or = sent by snail mail.=20 While review of applications will begin December 17, 2001, review will = continue until the position is filled. Applicants completing their = applications before January 1 can expect to receive full consideration. = For further information about our Institute, visit the English Language = Institute website at http://www.umt.edu/eli, call (406) 243-4751 (phone = [(406) 243-2016 (fax)]), or e-mail linguist@selway.umt.edu. The = University of Montana is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity = educational institution. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:46:41 EST Reply-To: MartiCarros@AOL.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Marti Dechesne Subject: Query: previous posting-summer teaching in England MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes Happy holidays from the sunny Cote D'Azur- I'm looking for a recent posting about summer teaching (I believe it was for June, July and August) in England. Karen Stanley kindly helped me to search in the TESLJB archives, but we could not locate it. I had saved the posting on my computer but it has mysteriously disappeared. Thanks if anyone saved the posting and could send it along to me. Marti Dechese MartiCarros@aol.com Dr. Marti Dechesne Nice, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:13:45 -0400 Reply-To: dshouston@earthlink.net Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "Dorine S. Houston" Organization: Institute for Global Communication Subject: POST-DOCS: Rrochester, NY, USA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes From: Professor Richard N.Aslin Subject: Interdisciplinary: 5 Postdocs at Univ of Rochester, NY USA Rank of Job: Postdoc Areas Required: Training in language sciences and/or learning and developmental plasticity Other Desired Areas: Interdisciplinary University or Organization: University of Rochester Department: Center for Language Sciences and Brain & Cognitive Sciences State or Province: New York Country: USA Final Date of Application: beginning January 15, 2002 Contact: Professor Richard N. Aslin aslin@cvs.rochester.edu Address for Applications: Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Meliora Hall Rochester, NY 14627-0268 USA THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER The University of Rochester seeks five or more outstanding postdoctoral fellows with research interests in several areas of the Cognitive Sciences, including language, learning, and development. Two NIH training grants provide support. (1) An NIH training grant is affiliated with the Center for Language Sciences. The Center brings together faculty and students with interests in spoken and signed languages from the Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy, as well as the interdepartmental program in Neuroscience. We encour- age applicants from any of these disciplines who have expertise in any area of natural language. We are particularly interested in postdoctoral fellows who want to contribute to an interdisciplinary community. (2) A second NIH training grant spans the disciplines of Learning and Developmental Plasticity. Applicants should have expertise in human or animal research on learning and developmental plasticity or in computational modeling. Contributing faculty are in the Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, and the interdepartmental program in Neuroscience. All fellowships are open only to US citizens or permanent residents. Applicants should send a letter describing their graduate training and research interests, a curriculum vitae, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Professor Richard N. Aslin Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Meliora Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0268. Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2002 and continue until all of the positions are filled, with expected start dates ranging from June 30 to September 1, 2002. Learn more about the community of faculty, students, and training facilities of the Center for Language Sciences (and affiliated departments and programs) and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences by visiting our web sites: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/cls and http://www.bcs.rochester.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dorine S. Houston, Director, Institute for Global Communication 1300 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA 215-893-8400 E-MAIL: dshouston@earthlink.net FAX: 215-735-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:18:53 -0400 Reply-To: dshouston@earthlink.net Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "Dorine S. Houston" Organization: Institute for Global Communication Subject: Grad Support: Boston, MA, USA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes From: Katherine Demuth Subject: Graduate Support, Brown University LEARNING AND ACTION IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY Brown University Interdisciplinary Graduate Training Program Deadline for Applications: January 1, 2002 Brown University is actively recruiting graduate students for an NSF-supported Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Research and Training (IGERT) program in "Learning and Action in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive, Computational and Statistical Approaches". The use of probabilistic models and statistical methods has had a major impact on our understanding of language, vision, action, and reasoning. This training program provides students with the opportu- nity to integrate a detailed study of human or artificial systems for lan- guage acquisition and use, visual processing, action, and reasoning with appropriate mathematical and computational models. Students will be enrolled in one of the three participating departments (Applied Math- ematics, Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, or Computer Science) and will follow an interdisciplinary program of courses in topics such as statistical estimation, cognitive processes, linguistics, and computational models. The aim of this program is to provide promising students with a mix of mathematical, computational and experimental expertise to carry out multidisciplinary collaborative research across the disciplines of Applied Mathematics, Computer Sci., & Cognitive & Linguistic Sci. Interested students should apply to the participating department closest to their area of interest and expertise, and should indicate their interest in the IGERT training program in their application. These NSF funded positions are restricted to US citizens and permanent residents. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. For additional information about the program, application procedures, and ongoing research initiatives please visit our website at: http://www.brown.edu/Research/IGERT/ or download our brochure at: http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT/IGERT-flyer.pdf or contact: Prof. Julie Sedivy Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Brown University, Box 1978 Providence, RI 02912 USA Julie_Sedivy@brown.edu ***************************** Katherine Demuth, Professor Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Brown University, Box 1978 Providence, RI 02912 TEL: (401) 863-1053 FAX: (401) 863-2255 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dorine S. Houston, Director, Institute for Global Communication 1300 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA 215-893-8400 E-MAIL: dshouston@earthlink.net FAX: 215-735-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:01:03 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: UK (various) X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.englishexpert.com/england/England-jobs/Default.htm U.K. Supply Teaching and Full-Contract Teaching Positions Graduate teachers holding qualified teacher status using English as the medium of instruction at primary/secondary levels in home countries. English Experts at in association with national recruiters of teachers in the UK seek teachers in all subject disciplines to meet nationwide shortages of staff for government schools in UK. Qualified teacher applicants may be placed initially on a supply (substitute teacher) basis with guaranteed weekly rates of L505 gross and there are also long-term/short-term contract positions available nationwide once located here. Typically overseas teachers originate from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, South Africa, and other similar countries where English is indigenous and the medium of instruction in education. Must be free from criminal convictions. Teachers are responsible for arranging for and conducting their own travel to UK and for accommodation. The rates of pay are the same as for local teachers. Supply teaching rates range from about L90-100 pounds sterling per working day (normally Monday to Friday) with guaranteed minimum L505 per week to fully qualified teachers. Normal salary ranges & increments for teachers placed on full-term contracts, including paid vacation periods etc. There are standard taxation and medical insurance deductions for everyone working in UK, and a universal medical system where you register with a nearby medical practitioner for health needs. The English curriculum is divided into four stages (Key Stages 1 - 4), Key Stages 1 & 2 being at primary level and Key Stages 3 & 4 being at secondary (high school) level. Prospective teachers will need to become familiar with this curriculum, which involves substantial practical work in some subjects (rather than just rote learning) and continuous assessment plays a major part in examination formats. Qualified and/or experienced graduate teachers from overseas should find little difficulty in adapting to this. It is essential that teachers are able to function in their subject areas through the medium of English. Additional language skills can be a distinct advantage to overseas teachers, as there is a large immigrant community in UK. UK and European law does not allow racial, ethnic, or gender discrimination in employment or daily life. Vacancies exist in all constituent countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Teachers becoming permanently located in Wales may need to acquire a basic qualification in Welsh. To Proceed: Initially you should forward your brief CV etc. by email to include the following details: Requirements for this program: An applicant must satisfy all the following requirements; we are unable to process an application from a person who does not satisfy every requirement because employment is controlled by laws and regulations. The applicant - must be competent in the four skills areas of English (listening, speaking, reading and writing) such that he/she can teach effectively in English; - have recent teaching experience (at least one month at a particular school within the last six years); - state where (area) he/she would like to teach; - provide at least 1 valid reference from a school recently worked at; - have a relevant teaching qualification for the schools sector that is acceptable for teaching purposes in UK: eg, a bachelor of education or an initial post-graduate certificate in education (overseas ESL certificates and diplomas are not acceptable for these purposes); - provide an up-to-date CV in the following format: a. year of qualification as a teacher b. type of qualification c. subject(s) qualified to teach d. details of references e. teaching history. - move to the UK when it is confirmed that our associate can accept you as a teacher as you cannot be offered a contract until you move to UK. - When corresponding please observe the standard conventions of written English as we will not proof-read and correct an applicant's English. We are unable to offer a free advice service to persons other than those who meet these requirements and who register with us. Steve Thomas (quote ref: Teaching UK) email address for your details: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:33:33 -0700 Reply-To: Linda Schwinghammer Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Linda Schwinghammer Subject: ESL Opportunities in/opinions about Dubai UAE? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-No-Archive: yes Greetings: My husband has a chance at to work in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. At first we thought it would be a temporary position. However, we learned this week that the position would be permanent, therefore require relocation of our family of 4. I'm hoping the TESLJB group could help me with some questions. First off, are there opportunities to teach English as a Second Language there? International schools? tutoring? public schools? etc. Second...According to one of the recruiters, Dubai is a large city (he compared it to Chicago) with a large international population. Can anyone give me more details? Would a feminist feel comfortable living there? Please reply to me privately at the address below. Many thanks. -- Linda Schwinghammer ESL Teacher, Park Elementary Durango, CO USA lschwing@outerbounds.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:32:49 +0400 Reply-To: isa <786isa@OMANTEL.NET.OM> Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: isa <786isa@OMANTEL.NET.OM> Subject: ESL Opportunities in/opinions about Dubai UAE? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:33:33 -0700 > From: Linda Schwinghammer > Subject: ESL Opportunities in/opinions about Dubai UAE? > > First off, are there opportunities to teach English as a Second > Language there? International schools? tutoring? public schools? etc. There is a wide range of teaching opportunities from commercial teaching to academic teaching in primary secondary and tertiary institutions. > Dubai is a large city > (he compared it to Chicago) with a large international population. > Can anyone give me more details? Dubai is a very large very urban very modern city with very up to date shopping centers and famous international shopping festivals. Modern cinema with popular movies featuring Hollywood and Bollywood primarily, and an active night life I am told. (I myself don't disco or drink), and all kinds of entertainment. Satelite TV provides everything one would find in Europe. etc. > > > Would a feminist feel comfortable living there? That would largely depend upon whom one associated with and what kind of feminism one practiced. There is not much room for political activism in any Gulf country. There are many kinds of women professionals from many different countries in Dubai. There are many single women teachers, as well as married women teachers. K-12 education is largely not co-educational as far as I know. Check out the many Dubai web sites on the Internet to get a better feel for the place. It is definitely Gulf but quite different from any stereotypes, both positively and negatively. I am told by quite independent ladies how much they enjoy living there, but as a male, I cannot say what it would be like there for you. Isa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:00:51 -0500 Reply-To: Nikki Jordan Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Nikki Jordan Subject: Post Office curriculum MIME-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-No-Archive: yes I'm trying to find curriculum about the Post Office, such as vocabulary, services that are offered, etc. The material provided by the U.S. Post Office is either too much or too little. Nikki Jordan AACA Boston, Mass. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:56:51 -0800 Reply-To: Doug Jones Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Doug Jones Subject: Re: Dubai In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-No-Archive: yes The population of Dubai is around 450,000. It feels larger than it really is, probably in part because of traffic congestion and tall modern buildings. It just feels crowded. It is very international in terms of trade and business. Indians comprise a large percentage of the actual population. You will think you are in Bombay sometimes. There are opportunities to teach English but the best jobs are not easy to get. Competition is high due to the large number of British teachers in the region. Open expressions of feminism-whatever form those might take-are not welcome in this part of the world. While not as strict as Saudi Arabia, the UAE is still a conservative Islamic country that continues to follow traditional beliefs and values. For example, most Emirati women wear the traditional shaila and abaya in public. Most Asian women dress very conservatively as well. It is generally not a good idea to openly promote attitudes and values that are offensive to the society. Of course some still do. Keep in mind also that this is not a free society in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of press. The wrong word said to the wrong person can result in you losing your job and even getting kicked out of the country. I worked in the UAE for three years. Hope this helps. By the way, you might want to consider the enormous tension that many Westerners are feeling right now in that part of the world. Doug Jones UNAM San Antonio, Texas --- Linda Schwinghammer wrote: > First off, are there opportunities to teach English > as a Second > Language there? International schools? tutoring? > public schools? etc. > > Second...According to one of the recruiters, Dubai > is a large city > (he compared it to Chicago) with a large > international population. > Can anyone give me more details? > > Would a feminist feel comfortable living there? > > Please reply to me privately at the address below. > > Many thanks. > > -- > Linda Schwinghammer > ESL Teacher, Park Elementary > Durango, CO USA > lschwing@outerbounds.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for > part-time positions > QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; > ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic > (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related > issues LA: Living Abroad > TECH TIP OF THE DAY: > To find the addresses of people in a certain > country, use the SCAN > function. > Example: send a message to > saying: > SCAN TESL-L ".kr " > This will find all subscribers in Korea. > ===== Doug Jones 11839 Parliament #2222 San Antonio, TX 78216 Tel.(210)348-6573 dougjalain@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:07:04 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: MANAGEMENT: Help keep the list on topic X-No-Archive: yes If anyone has a reply to Nikki's post on the post office, please answer off-list in order to keep TESLJB-L focused on employment issues. Thanks. Karen Stanley TESLJB-L Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:40:11 -0800 Reply-To: Doug Jones Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Doug Jones Subject: Re: Dubai MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-No-Archive: yes The population of Dubai is around 450,000. It feels larger than it really is, probably in part because of traffic congestion and tall modern buildings. It just feels crowded. It is very international in terms of trade and business. Indians comprise a large percentage of the actual population. You will think you are in Bombay sometimes. There are opportunities to teach English but the best jobs are not easy to get. Competition is high due to the large number of British teachers in the region. Open expressions of feminism-whatever form those might take-are not welcome in this part of the world. While not as strict as Saudi Arabia, the UAE is still a conservative Islamic country that continues to follow traditional beliefs and values. For example, most Emirati women wear the traditional shaila and abaya in public. Most Asian women dress very conservatively as well. It is generally not a good idea to openly promote attitudes and values that are offensive to the society. Of course some still do. Keep in mind also that this is not a free society in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of press. The wrong word said to the wrong person can result in you losing your job and even getting kicked out of the country. I worked in the UAE for three years. Hope this helps. By the way, you might want to consider the enormous tension that many Westerners are feeling right now in that part of the world. Doug Jones UNAM San Antonio, Texas ===== Doug Jones 11839 Parliament #2222 San Antonio, TX 78216 Tel.(210)348-6573 dougjalain@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:22:54 +0100 Reply-To: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Subject: JOB: [TEFL.com] This week 235 worldwide jobs online - 63 new jobs! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes The TEFL Professional Network Career Database System currently has 235 worldwide ELT vacancies available online. Free access is available at http://www.tefl.com. The following are just a few of the available jobs: THAILAND [12 Dec] Teachers Elite Training Institute http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3335 Elite Training Institute in Bangkok, Thailand is looking for Math, Science & EFL teachers to ... Compensation: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. JAPAN [11 Dec] University Teaching Position in Japan Westgate Corporation http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=497 You teach conversational English to university students at their campuses. Contract: April 30,... Compensation: Salaries range from monthly 250,000 - 275,000 yen depending on qualifications. Westgate Housing ... GERMANY [11 Dec] English Teacher General and Business The Language Centre http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=2837 We are a small friendly professional school for English Due to expansion we are looking for a tea... Compensation: average 25 to 30 x 45 minute lessons per week. full contract = health cover paid hols etc. Guaran... JAPAN [11 Dec] Language Instructor KENSINGTON ENGLISH SCHOOL http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3196 We are looking for qualified teachers to start from 01 April 2002, but to arrive in Japan by the ... Compensation: In return, we will offer a starting starting salary of Y270,000, plus 5 weeks paid holiday, and a... UNITED STATES [12 Dec] ESL Teaching Certificate Program Instructor Boston Academy of English http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4096 Jon Kemp http://www.tefl.com TEFL Professional Network p.s. THIS WEEK'S ONLINE POLL... Do you think telephone messaging can be used as a language learning tool? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:42:59 -0800 Reply-To: editor@OHAYOSENSEI.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: editor@OHAYOSENSEI.COM Subject: POSITION: 155+ in Japan -- 12/16/01 O-Hayo Sensei Now Available Free Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-No-Archive: yes The 12/16/01 issue of O-Hayo Sensei, the free electronic newsletter of (teaching) jobs in Japan, is now available. Issue #22 reports detailed information (salaries, qualifications, visa requirements, benefits, application deadlines/procedures, etc.) for 155+ currently available positions across Japan. Posts in this issue include: UNIVERSITY LECTURER, PRESCHOOL TEACHER, ENGLISH LANGUAGE/TOIEC INSTRUCTOR AND EFL TEACHER. Pick up a free copy by sending an e-mail message with just the words "get issue" in the body (or subject line) to mailto:issue@ohayosensei.com (the complete issue will be e-mailed to you). Or visit the "virtual newsrack" at http://www.ohayosensei.com where you can click a button to receive #22 by e-mail or receive it immediately via FTP by clicking on a hyperlink. (Note: O-Hayo Sensei is a LARGE publication -- #22 runs about 40 single-spaced pages of text, or about a 140K plain text file.) Good luck! Lynn Cullivan Editor O-Hayo Sensei: The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan editor@ohayosensei.com http://www.ohayosensei.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To change the e-mail address for all of your subscriptions, send a message to stating both your old and new addresses. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 01:10:28 -0400 Reply-To: dshouston@earthlink.net Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "Dorine S. Houston" Organization: Institute for Global Communication Subject: POSITION: NYC, USA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes From: Alan Huffman Subject: ESL: AsstProf in New York City, NY USA ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION IN COLLEGE ESL The New York City Technical College, the Senior Technical College of the City University of New York , seeks candidates for a full-time, tenure-track position in College English as a Second Language at the rank of Assistant Professor. The requirements are: * Earned Doctorate in Applied or Functional Linguistics, Language Education, TESOL, or a closely related field * Competence to teach all areas of college ESL writing, speech, and reading * Appropriate sustained teaching experience in college ESL or related areas * An orientation to ESL teaching based on college-level academic texts and discourse * Experience with a multicultural student body; knowledge of diverse cultures and of one or more languages other than English Candidates will be further evaluated for: * Demonstrated excellence in teaching * Knowledge of innovative and varied teaching methodologies and the use of educational technology * Commitment to college and community service, professional development, and academic scholarship. This position will begin in September 2002. Screening of candidates will begin immediately. Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications. The minimum CUNY salary for an Assistant Professor is $32,703. Send CV and cover letter, with names of three references, to: Michelle Harris Office of Human Resources New York City Technical College 300 Jay Street Namm 321 Brooklyn, New York 11201 EOE/AA/ADA -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dorine S. Houston, Director, Institute for Global Communication 1300 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA 215-893-8400 E-MAIL: dshouston@earthlink.net FAX: 215-735-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:49:54 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: FT & PT POSITIONS: Norwalk, California, USA or online X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.languagemagazine.com/ Posted 12/17/01 CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Cerritos College, a single campus community college district located in Southeast Los Angeles County adjacent to north Orange County with an enrollment of approximately 21,000 students is accepting applications for the following faculty positions: Full-time instructor: English As a Second Language -- 2/26/02 >>The following are not quite ESL, but might be interesting for some: Part-Time Distance Education Instructors: Cerritos Community College is seeking applicants to develop a list of qualified candidates for part-time online teaching assignments in the following area(s): English Speech Spanish Online instructors need not reside in California For application, announcement, and additional information contact: Human Resources Cerritos College 11110 Alondra Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650-6298 (562) 860-2451, Ext. 2284 Web site: http://www.cerritos.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:58:22 -0500 Reply-To: amyh@HigherEdJobs.com Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Amy Hoover Subject: Position Openings-English as a Second Language MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes The following English as a Second Language positions were recently posted to HigherEdJobs.com. To search all 5,000 faculty and staff positions, go to http://www.HigherEdJobs.com. We hope this is helpful! Amy University of Arkansas at Little Rock ESL Education Instructor Application Due: Open Until Filled Posted: 12/14/2001 Location: AR Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175021035 University of Arkansas at Little Rock ESL Teachers Application Due: Open Until Filled Posted: 12/14/2001 Location: AR Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175021009 University of Northern Colorado Assistant/Associate Professor Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language and Education Foundations Position #20294 Application Due: 2/15/2002 Posted: 12/12/2001 Location: CO Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175020874 Broward Community College ESL/Reading/SLS Department Head, #168 Application Due: 1/31/2002 Posted: 12/12/2001 Location: FL Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175020844 Delaware County Community College English as a Second Language Instructor Application Due: 1/15/2002 Posted: 12/10/2001 Location: PA Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175020653 Hillsborough Community College English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor Application Due: 2/15/2002 Posted: 12/07/2001 Location: FL Type: Full Time http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175020538 City College of San Francisco English As A Second Language Instructor Application Due: 1/4/2002 Posted: 11/28/2001 Location: CA Type: Full Time Salary: $35,000 to $70,000 http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175019875 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:49:33 -0800 Reply-To: Jack Longmate Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Jack Longmate Subject: Meeting for Part-time Faculty: The BritishColumbia Model MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes Hi All, Scheduled on January 19, 2002, at Seattle Central Community College, is = "Part-Time Legislative Summit: The British Columbia Model." The purpose = will be to consider the pro-rata model of the British Columbia community = college system and its possible impact on short-term/no-cost and = long-term legislative goals for community college part-time faculty in = the State of Washington. =20 Featured speakers will be Frank Cosco and Linda Sperling from Vancouver, = B.C., who were plenary speakers at this year's California Part-Time = Faculty Association (CPFA) convention. Also featured will be Keith = Hoeller, founder of the Part-Time Faculty Association, and Lynne Dodson, = president of the Seattle Community College Federation of Teachers, among = others. =20 The following Monday, January 21, is both Martin Luther King day and = "Lobby Day" in Olympia, where faculty are encouraged to visit their = legislators to persuade them to defend faculty in light of the state's 1 = billion budgetary shortfall. =20 The meeting is sponsored by the National Education Association, and = co-sponsored by the Washington Federation of Teachers (WFT), the = Part-Time Faculty Association (PTFA) of Washington state, and the = Washington Education Association (WEA). =20 Best wishes, Jack Longmate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:46:30 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITIONS: Santa Monica, California, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://jobsearch.netscape.monster.com/ Posted: December 13, 2001 SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE will be recruiting for the following full-time, tenure-track faculty positions for the Fall 2002 semester. FACULTY POSITIONS CLOSING DATES Counselor-Latino Center 03/01/2002 English Composition/Literature 03/08/2002 ESL (Vocational ESL/English for Special Purposes) 03/11/2002 Reading/English Composition 03/15/2002 Salary range is $41,076-$88,706 for faculty positions. Complete job descriptions and district applications will be available after January 7, 2002. Please address inquiries to the Office of Academic Human Resources, Santa Monica Community College District, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. District Office is located at 2714 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. (310) 434-4336 (24-hour employment information line). EOE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:05:22 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ISSUES: negotiating contracts in Asia X-No-Archive: yes There's an interesting article on negotiating job conditions for jobs in Asia at http://www.workabroadesl.com/BookDetail.asp?item_id=49& I can't vouch for its applicability or accuracy, but it begins: "We spoke with Chantal Guntli, an experienced ESL teacher from Canada who has worked in Taiwan, China, Korea, and Japan, and asked her what are the benefits that she bargains for in a contract..." Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:11:09 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Jakarta, Indonesia X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.workabroadesl.com/ Our school is EF English First Bintaro and is located in the southwest of Jakarta. Bintaro is a residential area with a lot of facilities, such as: Shopping malls, International hospital, etc. We are currently looking for teachers beginning of January 2002. In return for your teaching skills, we offer: 1. 14 days paid holiday plus the additional 2 weeks school holiday. 2.Return Airfare. 3. Work Permit. 4. A salary of Rp 6.000.000 (net)/month. 5. A bonus for one month salary upon completion of 12 month contracts. 6. Hospitalization Insurance. 7. Medical coverage. 8. Teachers pool housing. 9. A renewable one year contract. 10. Free internet access. If you think you might be interested in joining our teaching staff, please send your resume together with any relevant certificates and references to: emma.basnawi@englishfirst.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 22:08:25 +0100 Reply-To: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Subject: JOB: [TEFL.com] This week 229 worldwide jobs online - 66 new jobs! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes The TEFL Professional Network Career Database System currently has 229 worldwide ELT vacancies available online. Free access is available at http://www.tefl.com. The following are just a few of the available jobs: FRANCE [19 Dec] Academic/Service Manager Wall Street Institute Paris http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=3648 Having opened 7 centres and with more than 140 staff in just 5 years, Wall Street Institute Paris... Compensation: - From 11,000 to 14,500 FFr Gross/Month (8,800-11,600 FFrs Net/Month) for a 35 hour/week contract... UNITED KINGDOM [19 Dec] Summer School EFL Teachers Accent Courses Ltd. http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=536 Residential Summer Schools requiring EFL Teachers 2002 - late June/July/August in Cambridge, Read... Compensation: Newly qualified - #210 per week plus full board accommodation, rising to #245 per week plus full ... COLOMBIA [18 Dec] EFL Teacher The Language Connection http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4148 GERMANY [18 Dec] English Teacher General and Business The Language Centre http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=2837 We are a small friendly professional school for English Due to expansion we are looking for a tea... Compensation: average 25 to 30 x 45 minute lessons per week. full contract = health cover paid hols etc. Guaran... INDONESIA [18 Dec] Branch Director of Studies Indonesia Australia Language Foundation http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4139 The IALF Surabaya now requires a Director of Studies to be responsible for the management and aca... Compensation: Terms and Conditions of Service are for one year with an initial probationary period of 3 months.... Jon Kemp http://www.tefl.com TEFL Professional Network p.s. THIS WEEK'S ONLINE POLL... Do you think you're saving enough money from your job? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: If you find that the listserv says that you are 'not subscribed' or 'not authorized' even though you are receiving messages, your e-mail address has probably changed. Contact TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU for help. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:00:57 -0600 Reply-To: Thomas.Riedmiller@UNI.EDU Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Thomas Riedmiller Subject: Away from my mailbox MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain X-No-Archive: yes I am currently away from my mailbox and unavailable. I expect to return shortly after the new year. You should receive this notice only once even if you send me multiple messages during my time away from the office. ALL messages will be delivered, and I will read them when I get back. Thanks, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To get a brief summary of postings for the past week, send a message to saying: SEARCH * IN TESLJB-L SINCE TODAY-7 To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 04:16:41 -0800 Reply-To: Thomas Nixon Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Thomas Nixon Subject: Teacher shortage article MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes I am looking for people to interview who have recently (within the past = 2 years) served on search committees. My hope is to find people at = several different levels (community college, university, etc.). This is = for an article which will be in the next "ESL Magazine." = (http://www.eslmag.com) The topic is the current teacher shortage. Thank you for your time. Tom Nixon ---- Co-author, "Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance = Learning" http://www.degree.net/books/educationdegrees.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:09:08 -0800 Reply-To: Thomas Nixon Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Thomas Nixon Subject: Teacher shortage, part two MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes I am also looking to interview anyone who changed levels because of the = job opportunities. Perhaps someone who was an adjunct at a community = college, but switched to the public schools because of the opportunity = for full-time employment. Thanks to everyone who has already responded. Due to the volume, it = will take me a little bit to get back to you all, but I will. Tom Nixon ---- Co-author, "Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance = Learning" http://www.degree.net/books/educationdegrees.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: Listserv requests to: In body of message: To unsubscribe: UNSUB TESLJB-L; To set NOMAIL: SET TESLJB-L NOMAIL; To get full "how to" info: GET TESL-L INSTRUCT F=MAIL ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:43:29 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Langley, British Columbia, Canada X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.aucc.ca/en/uaoindex.html Teaching English as a second language Trinity Western University seeks candidates for a full time faculty position as Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (MA TESOL). A Ph.D. in a related field as well as demonstrated excellence in teaching and a superior record of research and publication are required. Specialization in pronouncation enhancement preferred. The successful candidate will implement this new program by developing new courses in both computer mediated and face-to-face learning contexts, hiring and managing other MA TESOL instructors, and creatively expanding the university's involvement in related areas. Trinity Western University seeks candidates who are committed to and supportive of the evangelical Christian basis and mission of the University. Contact Dr. Philip Goertzen, Chair, Department of Linguistics, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Road, Langley, B.C., V2Y 1Y1, Canada Phone: 604-888-7511; Fax: 604-513-2143; email: goertzen@twu.ca. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given first consideration. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:50:50 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Libya X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.overseasjobs.com/do/details/41659 Posted: Tue Dec 18 04:16:22 2001 Bell International EFL Trainer/Tester Job Location: Libya Job Description: One year (renewable) assignments teaching general EFL to oil refinery employees, up to KET/PET level, plus testing using UCLES BULATS tests in an all male environment. This is a new contract due to start January 2002. We require EFL teachers/testers to teach general English preparing students for Cambridge KET/PET exams, carry out oral examinations, and assess students using BULATS exams. Six day week - four hours teaching per day, plus administration. Candidates will have a university degree, CELTA or equivalent, at least 10 years' EFL experience including 2 overseas. Experience of Islamic culture desirable. Annual salary L25,000 (including completion bonus) Contact: Overseas Department Bell International Hillscross Red Cross Lane Cambridge, UK CB2 2QX Email: info.overseas@bell-centres.com WWW: www.bell-centres.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:24:07 -0600 Reply-To: said@rconnect.com Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Theresa Pruett Subject: Re: Teacher shortage? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-No-Archive: yes I'm kind of curious as to where the information comes from that there is a teacher shortage. Here in Iowa I hear politicians talk about a potential teacher shortage, and in certain areas like math and science I know schools find it harder to find teachers in those areas but in the language arts, language teaching, etc. I don't really see a teacher shortage. In fact, it seems that there are more teachers than positions. That's in K-12. And at the college level there are definitely more teachers than positions particularly if we only consider full-time postions. I'm guessing that in certain areas that have a fast growing populaton like California there may be some temporary shortages. However, in areas with a stagnant or decreasing population, many teaching positions are being eliminated. Now I say all this without much real research to back me up. But I'm skeptical because I still recall a Newsweek front page headline several years ago that said that there was a huge shortage of ESL and bilingual teachers while at the same time several of my friends with credentials in these areas couldn't find any ESL or bilingual jobs in Illinois or several other states. Is there sound research out there that compares number of actual jobs with numbers of people with credentials in those areas? Is this only at the state level? Or is there research that actually shows this at a national level? Terry Pruett-Said ESL instructor NE Iowa CC US said@rconnect --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:06:50 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ISSUES: Teacher shortage X-No-Archive: yes In Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) there is definitely a K-12 teacher shortage, even in ESL. A fair number of instructors who have been teaching ESL at the college level or in adult ed classes, and whose first choice was not to teach children, have nonetheless taken jobs in the public schools for the very good reason that they could get decent pay, benefits, etc. In fact, we could use more qualified teachers in college and adult ed ESL, but the system is unwilling/unable (depending on which source you talk to) to offer more full-time positions. Just recently I forwarded a job announcement for FT teachers needed for the UK. Since I merely re-posted that ad, I don't know if it is a valid reflection of the situation. However, if it is to be believed, the UK is also experiencing the equivalent of a K-12 teacher shortage, at least in some regions. Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:35:01 -0800 Reply-To: Thomas Nixon Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Thomas Nixon Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher shortage MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes > In Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) there is definitely a K-12 teacher > shortage, even in ESL. A fair number of instructors who have been > teaching ESL at the college level or in adult ed classes, and whose > first choice was not to teach children, have nonetheless taken jobs in > the public schools for the very good reason that they could get decent > pay, benefits, etc. > > In fact, we could use more qualified teachers in college and adult ed > ESL, but the system is unwilling/unable (depending on which source > you talk to) to offer more full-time positions. > > Just recently I forwarded a job announcement for FT teachers needed > for the UK. Since I merely re-posted that ad, I don't know if it is a valid > reflection of the situation. However, if it is to be believed, the UK > is also experiencing the equivalent of a K-12 teacher shortage, at least > in some regions. > > Karen Stanley What Karen says is quite true. One thing to bear in mind about the teacher shortage is that it is quite geographic in nature. In my city there isn't one at all. Even at the K-12 level we have a glut of teaching candidates. Another thing to bear in mind is that in K-12 teaching, the drop-out rate is tremendous. 50% of new k-12 teachers will not be teaching after 5 years. A significant part of this teacher shortage is that we can't keep teachers and not that we don't have enough teacher credential students. In addition to the vast numbers that we lose early on, we have another large group which decide not to become teachers after completing a teacher preparation program. Although we do have somewhat of a teacher shortage for community college and adult students it is because "they" refuse to hire full-time teachers. I could go out tomorrow and get a part-time teaching job for the next semester, but full-time is almost completely impossible. Tom Nixon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: For technical help, send a message to TESLHELP@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU including any error messages that you might have received. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:25:37 -0800 Reply-To: doryrussell@lycos.com Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Doreen Russell Organization: Lycos Mail (http://mail.lycos.com:80) Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher shortage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes In researching this issue, perhaps what we would find is that there is not, in fact, a "teacher shortage" but a shortage of teachers who are willing to work in an inflexible system for inflexible people. In short, there's just an abundance of crappy jobs. I don't want to go on a rant here about class size, standardized tests, standardized curriculum, and discipline, but... This might be one of the things conservative minded people might have right. If teachers were able to negotiate the conditions of their contracts like individuals in the private sector, fewer people would leave the field. I would ask for a shorter day for lower pay. As things stand today, teaching in MOST public schools is no more empowering than working on an assembly line. As soon as new teachers learn this, they're gone. At least in college we can choose our methods and specific content, within reason, as long as we achieve our objectives. --- D R -- Click here for your very own create-a-date adventure from MatchMaker Go to http://ecard.matchmaker.com/dating.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To search for past messages on a topic send lines like the following to : SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE FEBRUARY 1997 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing in the actual messages To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message listing the numbers of the postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L 5001 5009-5012 5015 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:45:06 -0500 Reply-To: Arlyn Freed Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Arlyn Freed Subject: TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-No-Archive: yes RE: Teacher Shortage The flurry of listings over the past two years indicates that there is (or rather has been) a teacher shortage in various disciplines, especially in K-12. However, such shortages may have been filled (for example in Philadelphia) by offering uncertified teachers the opportunity to begin as an "ESL Teaching Assistant" for 18K/yr. (1997) and earn certification at night, even if one had several years of university-level/adult ed. teaching experience, a TEFL certificate and a Master's degree in Education (but not ESL). As the shortage continued, the stakes were raised and in 2001 the Philadelphia school district was offering a summer ESL training session to untrained (e.g. no previous experience), uncertified people with a B.A. (this was especially true for K-2). After the training, these new teachers began teaching fulltime in Sept. '01 and were expected to earn certification in the evening. Starting pay, with summers off: 32K/yr.--- more than most ESL university faculty positions offer, without the required Master's degree or previous experience. Without question, the pay and benefit discrepancies between higher education and public K-12 had many of my colleagues switching populations this past September. Bottom line: many found they simply could no longer "afford" to teach in the university classroom. I have been called "foolish" for hanging on, because I truly love the students I teach (adult 18 - 70), but it's true that I am running out of arguments to support my choice financially. I would say that there is NOT a teacher shortage at the university level, for it appears that there are many teachers willing to work part-time for no benefits. These teachers find this work fits into their lifestyle. Unfortunately, as long as universities have an abundance of talented teachers willing to work part-time, it will be difficult to raise the bar (and standard of living) for the rest of us who depend on these jobs as our sole support. Ms. Arlyn Freed Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, Michigan _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:25:45 +0800 Reply-To: Laurence John Oliver Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Laurence John Oliver Subject: Re: 1. ISSUES: Teacher shortage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-No-Archive: yes Hi Doreen/all, >Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:25:37 -0800 >From: Doreen Russell >Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher shortage > >In researching this issue, perhaps what we would find is that there is >not, in fact, a "teacher shortage" but a shortage of teachers who are >willing to work in an inflexible system for inflexible people. In short, >there's just an abundance of crappy jobs. I don't want to go on a rant >here about HEAR HEAR! I think the last 5 years its gone from bad to worse. In places like Australia the jobs are now ALL rubbish - substandard pay, working for morons on power trips and horrendous hours. I've personally gone from earning 3000 US net per month (with free 5 bedroom apartment, free airfares, free utilities, free medical, etc.) - teaching 9 contact hours per week (in the Emirates) to NOW (here in Australia) teaching 25 contact hours and earning about 1000 US net per month:-( In Thailand I was a full professor and got the same money (1000 US net per month) for teaching *6* contact hours a week and supervising a few postgrad students - and you *can* live on 1000 US a month in Thailand... I spent more than 6 years getting three degrees in Education/TESOL - to become a 'specialist' - an 'expert' or 'professional' - but the reality is that I'm paid about 20 to 25 percent of what a good tradesman can earn in this country - and have to take one helluva lot more b___s___ to get that money... I now work for a typical hole in the wall commercial language school in Australia where I get a (gross) hourly rate of $AUS 32 per hour - this is about $US 16 - and this is BEFORE tax... My dentist, who did less years of university training than I did and who is in no way more of a 'professional' than I am earns about $AUS 100 every ten minutes... >class size, standardized tests, standardized curriculum, and discipline, >but... This might be one of All of these wonderful things - COMBINED with horrendously inadequate remuneration - certainly act as in incentive to people like myself to start afresh looking for ANY job I can get OUTSIDE education... >the things conservative minded people might have right. If teachers were >able to negotiate the conditions of their contracts like individuals in >the private sector, fewer people would leave the field. I would ask for a >shorter day for lower pay. As things stand today, teaching in MOST public *I* would ask for a SHORTER DAY - but would certainly NOT accept lower pay - if third world countries like Thailand can pay me $US 1000 (net) a month for 24 contact hours per month - AND *also* TREAT ME LIKE A PROFESSIONAL (*NO* evaluations, NO supervision - and being LEFT alone to decide WHAT I would do in my classroom and HOW - being TRUSTED to act like the professional I am) - then employers in so-called 'first world countries' can sure as hell pay me properly as well - WITHOUT me having to grind it out doing 25 (or more) contact hours per week - 25 hours of TEACHING is *not* the same as 25 hours of sitting at a desk in an office job... >schools is no more empowering than working on an assembly line. As soon >as new teachers learn Agreed totally - the sort of teaching jobs I can get here in Australia are about as DISempowering as you can get - I think the guy who cleans the toilets would get one heck of a lot LESS interference and petty politics/power games/control freak problems (there's a LOT of DOS control freaks out there - building their little empires and doing their best to crush anyone they think might be a threat to their little fiefdom) and a whole lot more personal satisfaction than most of the teachers I know... ESPECIALLY in the commercial colleges for overseas students - the students are customers and are 'always right' - they are usually spoilt rich euro-brats who come here to party and live cheap - and expect to sit on their butts and be spoon fed. If even ONE of them makes a complaint against you - the 'teaching professional' - you are in for it... >this, they're gone. At least in college we can choose our methods and >specific content, within reason, as long as we achieve our objectives. I guess I've posted this to basically 'vent my spleen' but also in the hope that it strikes a chord with at least one or two 'teaching professionals' out there in the ether - and that it will bring at least some of us to the inevitable conclusion that its time teachers started to INSIST on their rights as professionals - and THIS is only possible if they ORGANIZE AND UNIONIZE - there is strength in numbers or to put it another way, 'divided we fall'... (i.e. the way things are right now...) Bottom line: if WE don't take ourselves seriously as professionals (and raise our expectations of what we are entitled to) our employers sure as hell won't... Happy New Year to all... John. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 08:40:19 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: Fuzhou, China X-No-Archive: yes Forwarded from the TEFLChinaJob list. --------------------------- Immediate vacancy at IEN English in Fuzhou. Candidates are expected to start as soon as possible. Who is IEN English? The International Education Network Group (IEN Group) is a consortium of leading Australian higher education institutions: La Trobe University, University of Tasmania, Macquarie University, Deakin University, Flinders University, the Northern Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education and The Australian Centre for Languages. IEN English is the part of the IEN Group that provides English language teaching services at IEN Institutes, at Chinese Universities and at our own English Centres. Today we are teaching English in Beijing, Shenyang, Nanjing, Dalian and Fuzhou. IEN Institutes offer Australian degree and diploma courses in cooperation with Chinese education partners. Is IEN English looking for me? We are looking for teachers who are professional, career focused and highly motivated. We prefer native speakers of English or equivalent with (1) degree in education or a language, or (2) any degree with a recognized TESOL qualification for example RSA certificate and English teaching experience. What would I experience if I choose to teach at IEN English? Most of IEN English students are learning English to further their studies either in China or overseas especially in Australia and are therefore highly motivated learners. The courses they study include English for Academic Purposes and IELTS Preparation. Others are English for Communication and English for International Business. IEN English teaches a communicative approach. Class sizes are normally 25 or less. We have support staff. IEN English uses facilities of international standard with well-equipped classrooms, multimedia laboratories & learning technologies, staff rooms and professional TESOL teaching resources. Our teaching teams are lead by well-qualified & experienced TESOL professionals who provide advice and guidance. The educational leadership within IEN English is Western - at present all leadership teams are Australian. We offer the opportunity for advancement from teacher to senior teacher to Head Teacher or Principal. We also offer you the opportunity to live and work in different parts of China by transferring between IEN English locations. What are the salary and conditions at IEN English? Salary:RMB 5,000-8,000/mo depending on qualifications & experience. Holidays: Normally IEN English observes Chinese public holidays. The official holidays are 10 days a year. If you are required to work during any of these holidays IEN English will provide you with paid leave in lieu. We respect special requirements of working days for example religious customs. Sick Leave: At the rate of 10 days a year. The Chinese formalities: Normally IEN English will arrange for you to be granted a foreign expert certificate with permission to teach in China. If you are outside of China you will then have to approach a Chinese consulate for an entry visa. Once you arrive you IEN English will also arrange your residence permit. The only costs you have to meet are that of the entry visa. Airport welcome package: We will arrange for an English-speaking person to pick you up at the airport with a thoughtful welcome package and transport to immediately make you start feeling "at home". Accommodation: IEN English will provide fully furnished accommodation at the location you will be working. In some instances this may be shared with other IEN English staff. IEN English will meet reasonable local telephone, gas and electricity costs. Otherwise you will need to provide for your own normal living costs. Your accommodation will be comfortable and equipped with a number of amenities to which you will be accustomed for example a washing machines, micro-wave oven, gas stove, continuous hot water, shower, TV, telephone and some security features. Maids who cook and clean either on a full or part time basis can easily be afforded. Public transport in China is very frequent and cheap Hours of duty: 20 hours teaching a week within the period from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Monday to Sunday inclusive. At most locations teaching is Monday to Friday only. Teachers are never expected to work seven days a week and almost never to 10:00 pm. Teaching schedules varying from location to location and from time to time. Additional hours may be available by negotiation at a rate of RMB 100-130 per hour. Airfares: IEN English will either buy or reimburse the cost of a one-way airfare. Whether IEN English buys the ticket or reimburses the costs depends on what is practical at the time. After successfully completing a year the return fare will be paid. As a guide, IEN English allows for a maximum of US$700 for a one-way fare. If that is not sufficient in any particular situation please consult with IEN English before confirming any travel arrangements. Insurance: IEN English will take out basic hospital and outpatient (consultation with a doctor) insurance. Dental insurance is not available in China. You may want to consider additional insurance coverage that will be your own choice and responsibility. Chinese Lessons: IEN English will meet reasonable Chinese tuition costs, which may be on a one to one basis or in a group depending on the circumstances at particular locations. How do I apply to teach at IEN English? Please contact: Juliet Shu Teacher Recruitment Coordinator IEN English Shanghai Head Office Fax: 86 21 63178329 E-mail: teach@ienedu.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:55:31 -0800 Reply-To: Steve Schackne Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Steve Schackne Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher shortage In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-No-Archive: yes --- Doreen Russell wrote: > X-No-Archive: yes > > > In researching this issue, perhaps what we would > find is that there is not, in fact, a "teacher > shortage" but a shortage of teachers who are willing > to work in an inflexible system for inflexible > people. In short, there's just an abundance of > crappy jobs. I don't want to go on a rant here > about class size, standardized tests, standardized > curriculum, and discipline, but... This might be > one of the things conservative minded people might > have right. If teachers were able to negotiate the > conditions of their contracts like individuals in > the private sector, fewer people would leave the > field. I would ask for a shorter day for lower pay. > As things stand today, teaching in MOST public > schools is no more empowering than working on an > assembly line. As soon as new teachers learn this, > they're gone. At least in college we can choose our > methods and specific content, within reason, as long > as we achieve our objectives. > --- > D R Educational systems are the easiest institutions to politically hijack. Teaching is now a political profession. In looking at public k-12 institutions and community colleges, you find teachers who are sometimes barely literate. I have been working recently with 8th graders, many of them considered "problem" students. Their biggest complaint is that their teachers are "stupid." With over 20 years of classroom teaching, I've heard this chestnut before...but incredibly, when I talked with the teachers, I found little education, poor practical skills...poor verbal skills. Their jobs were political payoffs. The market has factored this in...teachers are poorly trained, low level employees, so now command fast food wages. Steve Schackne > > > > > > > > > > -- > Click here for your very own create-a-date adventure > from MatchMaker > Go to http://ecard.matchmaker.com/dating.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for > part-time positions > QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; > ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic > (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related > issues LA: Living Abroad > TECH TIP OF THE DAY: > To search for past messages on a topic send lines > like the following to > : > SEARCH KOREA AND UNIVERSITY IN TESLJB-L SINCE > FEBRUARY 1997 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <-- Words existing > in the actual messages > To get the actual messages send a GETPOST message > listing the numbers > of the > postings you want. Example: GETPOST TESLJB-L > 5001 5009-5012 5015 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:09:02 -0500 Reply-To: JackFlanders@ITALY.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Jack Flanders Subject: ISSUES: Teacher Shortage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-No-Archive: yes The low status of pay (which also means respect) that teachers face in the current job market, is a subject that pops up in the media on a regular basis. Then, there is a flurry of activity, calls for action and reform and even "work groups" at various conventions and so on. Then, nothing happens. This has been going on for years. Just take a glance the previous messages on this subject archived on this board. It's an eye-opener. The fact is, most teachers, particularly ESL teachers, are in denial. ESL continues to be a discipline with very questionable theoretical or practical foundations. That's simply the way it is. You can either accept this fact or fight it. If you accept it, presumably you move on to something else. If you fight it, then I hope you don't run out of zeal at about age 40 when you're really going to need it. Just yesterday I ran across the salary figure for a professor at the University of Chicago. It was over $200,000 a year. Granted he is rather famous and he isn't in ESL, but there you go. If you want to stay in the "academy", there are ways to make it big. But it isn't in ESL. For those who are going to come back with "I didn't become a teacher for the money", well, all I can say is you're a better person than I am. Jack Flanders jackflanders@italy.com http://www.myplace.com/ - find what you want @MyPlace.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:35:26 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ISSUES: Teacher Working Conditions X-No-Archive: yes Jack Flanders just posted that he feels that, in spite of periodic flurries of activity on the part-time/adjunct/collateral issue, nothing ever changes. I believe that we do not get huge overnight transformations, but that we are, indeed, slowly making progress. I suspect that the unionization in Japan has helped some situations. I think that the activism in the states of Washington and California have helped improve situations there. I think that CAUT and other organizations in Canada have greatly improved conditions in some regions. I think it would be really, really good for everyone on this list to try and think of what improvements, however small they may seem, have resulted from all our efforts. So: Please take the time to post anything you can think of to the list; for example, more specific details about what has improved over the last few years in Washing ton (Jack Longmate - are you out there?) Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:41:31 -0500 Reply-To: lesley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: lesley Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher shortage In-Reply-To: <20011230135531.40214.qmail@web14301.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-No-Archive: yes >...but incredibly, when I talked with >the teachers, I found little education, poor practical >skills...poor verbal skills. Their jobs were political >payoffs. > >The market has factored this in...teachers are poorly >trained, low level employees, so now command fast food >wages. > >Steve Schackne Speaking from personal experience, I would say that this response is only partially true. There is a great discrepancy among districts ... even those within a relatively small geographic area. I personally know of one district in my state which hires just about anyone who will take the job and there are many (not all) teachers who coast along on handouts, grading papers or reading magazines while students do their "work." I know of one rather stupid and ill-qualified political appointee who was had sex with one of his former students at a previous high school and was just moved to another high school within the district because he has "connections". Blowing the whistle on someone like this would lead nowhere in such a corrupt district/police department. Within the same general geographic area, there are wonderfully qualified teachers at the high school I teach in. ABD's and National Board Certified teachers abound. One of the single factors most affecting this is parental level of education and parental involvement. The vigilance or lack thereof of state accreditation boards are another factor. I agree that teachers are often poorly trained. I was lucky enough to go to a school which gave me excellent training. I was astonished to find that teachers with Masters degrees in education from one of the biggest universities cranking out teachers in Massachusetts had no idea how to create a simple lesson plan! So where does the blame lie? It's no wonder that, in my state, qualified teacher applicants are so scarce. L Woodward lesley@crocker.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:34:05 +0100 Reply-To: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: "[TEFL.com] TEFL Professional Network" Subject: JOB: [TEFL.com] This week 220 worldwide jobs online - 44 new jobs! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes The TEFL Professional Network Career Database System currently has 220 worldwide ELT vacancies available online. Free access is available at http://www.tefl.com. The following are just a few of the available jobs: TAIWAN [29 Dec] Teach Young Learners Word of Mouth English http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=4214 Details: Young Learner TEFL. 2 yr contract starting May 1, 2002.6 day teaching week. 28 contact ... 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Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:32:43 -0500 Reply-To: djones55are@NETSCAPE.NET Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Douglas Jones Subject: ESL job market Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-No-Archive: yes The recent posts on ESL employment have reminded me of my own experience. I have an MATESL and 11 years of Adult level teaching experience. I've been back in the good ol' US for about 6 months now having spent the previous 9 years teaching abroad. I had been yearning to get back to the USA where I could just be myself and enjoy the blessings of living in my own country. I felt fortunate to have gotten a $17/hour ESL job that gives me about 20 hours a week. I bought a car and a condo and settled in. However, as much as I enjoy the job I doubt that I can exist for very long on the salary. After only 6 months back, I am now coming to the realization that it's only a matter of time before I'll have to work overseas again. That is if I want to stay in Adult ESL, get a respectable salary and enjoy a comfortable standard of living, which I do. I have no desire to teach K-12 or change careers. So probably in the next year or so I will be scrolling a lot through those overseas job listings. That seems to be the nature of ESL. Our skills are more marketable in other countries. ESL is great for folks who want to experience working abroad but probably not realistic as a career stateside. All the best, Doug Jones San Antonio, Texas djones55are@netscape.net -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. 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Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:57:50 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: POSITION: San Jose, California, USA X-No-Archive: yes From: http://www.catesol.org/ Subject: San Jose (02.01.02) IEP Studies in American Language, the Intensive English Program at San Jose State University since 1975, offers a full-time 12-month faculty position. Under the direction of the Director of Studies in American Language this position is responsible for providing academic English instruction and administrative support for international students in the SAL program. The position will include both teaching and non-teaching functions and may include regular administrative responsibilities in program development and implementation. Minimum qualifications: MA TESOL (or MA in related field with ESL/EFL teaching experience) 3 years experience in teaching ESL Administrative experience desirable Closing date: February 1, 2002 The complete job description is posted at http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Foundation/homepage.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:07:31 -0500 Reply-To: Karen Stanley Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Karen Stanley Subject: ADVICE: Finding a full-time ESL job in the US X-No-Archive: yes Doug Jones talked about his difficulty in finding a job teaching ESL at the adult level in the U.S. which provided adequate pay. While I got my job 18 years ago, I think the most important factor was that I was willing to go anywhere in the US to get a job. I also had the equivalent of an MA in linguistics and 4 1/2 years of experience in college and university IEP-style ESL. The TESOL Placement Service was where I found out about the job that I got. Just by luck, I got a job at a community college, which I think offers some of the better opportunities for ESL professionals if you can get a full-time job at one. (They are also notorious for overuse of PT instructors.) FYI, TESOL currently has job information posted at http://tesol.jobcontrolcenter.com/search.cfm Perhaps other listmembers who have been successful in getting full-time teaching positions in the US could offer information or advice to Doug and others like him. Karen Stanley Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:36:15 EST Reply-To: KSuther929@AOL.COM Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Kenton Sutherland Subject: Re: ADVICE: Finding a full-time ESL job in the US MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes I don't agree with Doug Jones that it is not possible to find full-time work in ESL in the USA. I just retired from 35 years of F/T ESL teaching in California community colleges. In California, there are over 100 community colleges that hire both full-time and part-time ESL teachers. While there are a lot more pat-time positions available, I have recently seen a number of full-tme openiings across the state. Most of these openings will likely be filled by teachers with experience at the community college level. A teacher with a MATESOL or similar degree or a degree in English or a foreign language plus a TESL Certificate qualify to teach ESL in California community colleges. Karen Stanley is quite retired that part-timers are exploited in California community colleges. Many colleges have a large majority of part-timers in comparison to full-timers as it is much more cost-effective to hire part-timers on an hourly salary without benefits. Doug Jones and others MATESOLers looking for jobs in U.S. community colleges will probably have to start as part-timers, possibly at several different colleges to put together a livable salary since most college district allow part-timers to teach only eight or nine hours per week. In California, these multi-college instructors are known as "freeway flyers" who often get burned out by the driving and lack of permanent contracts and benefits. Hourly salaries for these part-timers can range from about $40 to $70 per hour. This may seem like a lot to teachers working overseas at much lower hourly rates, but in the San Francisco Bay Area one needs to make at least $30,000 annually to scrape by. Given these considerations, it is possible to (barely) make a living as a part-time college teacher in California and to look forward to eventual-- but not easy to get -- full-time employment. Another area to look into are the Intensive English Programs (IEPs) operated by many U.S. colleges and universities. Perhaps someone with IEP experience could offer a run-down on the advantages and disadvantages of IEP work. For information on California ESL activities, check with CATESOL.ORG. Kent Sutherland, CATESOL Past President San Mateo County Community College District (Retired) Menlo Park, California, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:50:33 -0800 Reply-To: Jack Longmate Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Jack Longmate Subject: Re: ISSUES: Teacher Working Conditions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes Hi all (my first attempt was too long) In Washington State, over the last 4 years, the following improvements have taken place: 1. Pay. A rather significant pay raise for part-time community college faculty, which amount to up to $20 million in funds ear-marked for part-time faculty salary increases. The state paid for most of the increase but, in order to receive the state funds, each institution had to match the state funds by at least 40 percent of the match. About a third of the schools matched at 100 percent, another third matched between 100 and 40 percent (my institution was at 80 percent), and about a third at a minimum. Since the percentage of increase varies per institution, and each institution starts with a different baseline salary, it is difficult to generalize very precisely what this pay raise amounted to, but generally, Washington part-time faculty now receive roughly 50 percent on the dollar; prior to that pay raise, it had been 40 percent. 2. Eligibililty for retirement. To qualify for health care, part-time community college faculty had to work at 50 percent of a full-time load for two consecutive quarters. To qualify for retirement, it was 80 percent of a full-time load. The threshold for retirement has been lowered to 50 percent, the same as health care. (What is curious that many institutions, like mine, never hired part-timers beyond 70 percent, very, very rarely did any part-timers ever qualify, only those who may have worked in the K-12 system and were then grandfathered in.) 3. Sick Leave. Now, all part-time faculty in the state, regardless of the percentage of hours they work, accrue sick leave. This is truly a pro-rata, since it is directly proportional to the amount that one teaches; those who teach at 30 percent or 60 percent accrue sick leave at 30 or 60 percent of what a full-time faculty member would. 4. Unemployment. I have to confess I don't understand the dimensions of this most recent legislation, but it enables part-time faculty to qualify for unemployment benefits with far greater easy. It has to do with the reasonable expectation of employment. In my opinion, I think three factors might explain the Washington's improvements we've made (not to suggest in any way that we're anywhere close to where we should be): (1) strong advocacy by unions, especially the Washington Federation of Teachers, which established pay-equity for part-timer faculty as its top priority; (2) outstanding leadership and brilliant advocacy from part-time faculty, especially the revered leader in our state, Keith Hoeller, and (3) sympathetic legislators, especially Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney. But if people are in need of inspiration, I'd recommend looking at the system in British Columbia, where there is true pro-rata treatment in place. Full-time and part-time faculty are paid according to the same salary schedule; work assignments are not a function of full- or part-time status but are made by department; benefits for part-timers are absolutely equal to or proportional with those of full-timers and include health care, seniority, professional development, and even vacation accrual. Most significantly, however, is the system of "regularization" whereby "term" faculty hired as probationary employees become "regular" by satisfactory performance on the job. Regular faculty can be either full-time or part-time. Should anyone be interested, on January 19, a conference is being held in Seattle entitled "Part-Time Faculty Legislative Summit: The British Columbia Model." Two faculty leaders from British Columbia, Frank Cosco and Linda Sperling, will discuss their province's community college system relative to its treatment of part-time faculty. I have high hopes that the discussions will make an impact on legislation in Washington state and elsewhere. There is no registration charge for the conference, thanks to a grant from the National Education Association. I can provide details if anyone is interested. Best wishes, Jack Longmate (jacklongmate@silverlink.net) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the address of a particular individual use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L Clinton ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:45:07 -0800 Reply-To: Jack Longmate Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Jack Longmate Subject: Update/Corrections regarding Part-Time Faculty Improvements in Washington State MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-No-Archive: yes The following is a bit of clarification about recent successes for part-time faculty in Washington state from Keith Hoeller. > On pay, there has been close to $25 million in pay raises for part-time > faculty in Washington state. About 3 years ago, there was about $2.5 > million. Two years ago, there was about $15 million with the match. And > last year we had about $7.5 million. > > Salaries have gone from about 40% of a full-time salary (for teaching a > full-time load) to about 54% now. > > About two-thirds of part-timers, however, still do NOT have any state-paid > medical or retirement benefits. > > The sick leave has been interpreted by the state board as NOT being > compensible; compensible leave is supposed to be bargained locally. I have > not heard of any locals that have bargained compensible sick leave yet. > > Cordially, Keith > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:39:35 +0400 Reply-To: isa <786isa@OMANTEL.NET.OM> Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: isa <786isa@OMANTEL.NET.OM> Subject: Jobs and Employment Issues MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes The recent digests I have received continue to discuss the theme of what = may be termed professionalism in TESOL/ESL/EFL. I just would like to share some personal observations, and opinions based= on non-rigorous observation. As a matter of well researched fact, one of the most important factors in= economic development is education. The GI Bill of Roosevelt and WWII is = one of the basic factors underlying the economic expansion of the US in t= he 50s and 60s. Every successfully developing country in the world in the= 20th Century invested in widespread universal popular education, such as= Switzerland which with the world's highest standard of living has an alm= ost 99% graduation rate in a school system which requires literacy in at = least 2 languages, Singapore which also requires literacy in at least two= world languages, Korea, Thailand, and a host of other countries around t= he world, many of which, when I was a kid, were considered the way we con= sider Somalia now, hopelessly impoverished economically backward basket c= ases. Anyone who has ever read Heidi knows that Switzerland is not one of= the places which were considered advanced economically only a short time ago historically. When I was kid,= 'Made in Japan' was a sure mark of worthless junk. Yet teachers are perhaps the least paid professionals, far behind garbage= collectors in just about any modern country in the world, except perhaps= Switzerland, and I hear, China. Teaching is inherently labor intensive, and there is no way, practically = to increase teacher productivity. Any increase in class size inherently r= educes product quality control. As far as I can see that can not be overc= ome. Historically, those workers who have managed through labor organizat= ion to increase their standards of living have done so by forcing their e= mployers to invest in productivity, capital intensive investment. There i= s no apparent productivity plus product quality enhancement through capit= al investment in education. The only way that education can reduce its co= sts ultimately is by reducing its labor costs, and that means lower teach= er salaries, and reduced worker benefits and lower standards of work cond= itions and work environment. However, economically, teaching and teachers are one of the most signific= ant contributors to total economic efficiency, especially language teache= rs, because they are crucial to effective worker training without which i= ncreased worker productivity is impossible. Without the investment in edu= cation all these advanced economies would rapidly devolve backwards, as t= he economic decline of the 70s and 80s in the USA made clear. Somehow we as a profession have to find a way to parlay our measurably va= luable contribution to macroeconomics into our fair share of those econom= ies. We will never be successful at that as long as our contribution is m= easured only in our own individual productivity. We cannot generate out o= f our own efforts enough profit to justify better salaries. It is only ou= r contribution to macroeconomics as a whole which can ever justify it. We= will have to make this justification clear, and that will only be possib= le by well organized and well thought out political and economic action: = unions. Unions I know have up until now only contributed to the problem by exacer= bating productivity considerations, instead of clarifying them. IMHO. We = have enlighten ourselves, educate ourselves about the value in the bottom= line of what we contribute to the economy and then make the value of our= contributions clear to the people who make the decisions. Politics and e= conomic action. It will not just happen, and complaining about it, and pu= tting ourselves down won't change that. On the other hand, our contributions will continue to be undervalued and = our incomes will continue to be undermined until it approaches a national= economic emergency, at which time somebody will figure out the connectio= n, but by then, it will be the successful economy which has already figur= ed it out which will be calling the shots at WTO. Isa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:53:06 -0500 Reply-To: Robert Hookah Sender: "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)" From: Robert Hookah Subject: Re: Jobs and Employment Issues Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-No-Archive: yes >From: isa <786isa@OMANTEL.NET.OM> >Subject: [TESLJB-L] Jobs and Employment Issues >Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:39:35 +0400 > >We will never be successful at that as long as our contribution is >measured only in our own individual productivity. What individual productivity? Teachers don't *individually* produce anything, except paperwork. Students have to be factored in as *producers* as well as *consumers*. Robert Hookah Toronto, Canada _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject lines: POSITION:+location, P-T POSITION: for part-time positions QUERY:+school/location; SEEKING:+location; ADVICE:+Topic; PROFADV:+Topic (Professional Advancement), ISSUES: job-related issues LA: Living Abroad TECH TIP OF THE DAY: To find the addresses of people in a certain country, use the SCAN function. Example: send a message to saying: SCAN TESL-L ".kr " This will find all subscribers in Korea.