Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean Language

UO HR Website•Eugene, OR

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures invites applications for a funding-contingent Assistant Teaching Professor of Korean Language, supported by external funding from the Korea Foundation. The position focuses on advanced-level instruction, proficiency-driven assessment, technology-enabled learning, and grant deliverables, including producing and maintaining annual reports for the Korea Foundation. The successful candidate will lead program development guided by proficiency-oriented curriculum design and contribute to program stewardship through curriculum development and coordination of Korean courses from beginning through advanced levels, assessment, advising support, supervision of Graduate Employees, student communication, and placement testing administration and development. The position also involves collaborating with Korea-related initiatives and colleagues across campus, supporting instructional and academic goals, and potentially contributing to development of a Korean major. The base teaching load is eight courses per academic year, including courses in the KRN 101–103, 201–203, and 301–303 sequences. The professor may serve on department committees and is expected to pursue ongoing professional development. This is an in-person, full-time, nine-month-basis Career Faculty position.

Requirements

M.A. degree in applied linguistics or a related field, including but not limited to second language acquisition and language pedagogy, with an emphasis on Korean.
Experience teaching Korean language at the university or college level.
Leadership experience developing Korean language programs, including proficiency-oriented curriculum design.
Native or equivalent fluency in Korean and fluency in English.
Knowledge of proficiency-oriented, communicative language teaching methodologies.
Knowledge of teaching-materials development and curriculum design.
Ability to design, write, and edit complex grant documents, including reporting requirements.
Knowledge of language-program development.
Ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds.
Ability to train and supervise Graduate Employees.
Ability to teach effectively independently and in a team environment at a variety of levels.

Nice To Haves

Experience with program coordination and assessment.
Experience implementing language-learning technology.
Expertise in communicative language teaching.
Experience coordinating or directing a language program.
Training and certification to administer ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI).
Experience with the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) and ability to train students for the test.
Subject-matter expertise in one or more areas such as Korean literature, culture studies, history, media studies, or cinema studies, with ability to support content-based instruction and collaboration with Korea studies faculty and initiatives.

Responsibilities

Teach eight courses per academic year in Korean language, from beginning through advanced levels, including courses across the KRN 101–103, 201–203, and 301–303 sequence.
Lead Korean language program development guided by proficiency-oriented curriculum design.
Develop curriculum and coordinate courses from beginning through advanced levels.
Conduct proficiency-driven assessment and support program assessment.
Produce and maintain annual reports for submission to the Korea Foundation and complete related grant deliverables.
Support advising, student communication, and administration and development of placement testing.
Train and supervise Graduate Employees.
Collaborate with Korea-related initiatives and colleagues across campus in support of instructional and academic goals.
Contribute to development of the Korean major in the future.
Potentially serve on department committees and participate in ongoing professional development.