Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew

Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew

Location:

Middlebury College Campus, Middlebury, VT

Open Date:
Nov 14, 2019

The Middlebury College Summer Hebrew School is pleased to announcea vacancy for a temporary Bilingual Assistant in Hebrew. The position is available during the summer 2020 session, located onthe Middlebury College campus in Middlebury, Vermont. Our unique7-week program combines a cultural immersion environment withrigorous daily classroom instruction.

Essential to the functioning of each Language School, the Bilingual Summer Staff member organizes and implements multiple facets of the academic and non-academic operations of the School; provideslanguage, co-curricular, and residential support to students; works alongside the School Coordinator and Director in the management of School operations; and collaborates with Faculty in support of students' language acquisition.

In addition to the salary, lodging and a complete meal plan will be provided.

Responsibilities are grouped into 7 broad areas, beginning with themost essential. An "*" next to a responsibility means that all Summer Staff will be involved in this task.

• Serves as primary in-language point of contact for students and faculty. Knowledgeable about the program as well as campus resources and policies.*
• Actively engages with students, providing linguistic practice,encouragement, and support outside of class, during meals and activities and in the dorms, offices, and social spaces.*
• Designs and implements team-building exercises for classes orprogram as a whole.
• Supports students' commitment to the Language Pledge and therigorous learning environment.*
• Serves as official representative of the School, the Language Schools administration, and the Middlebury community.*

• Represents the School administration in the dorms and socialspaces, especially on evenings and weekends.*
• Resides in dorms. Provides guidance and non-academic support.
  
  Monitors adherence to the Language Pledge. Organizes social activities in the dorms.*
• Responds to student emergencies and urgent situations. Directsstudents to appropriate offices and resources, academic andnon-academic.*

• Facilitates the School's cultural program, an integral part of theimmersion-based academic experience. Liaises with campus officesincluding but not limited to public safety, dining services, events management, media services, print shop, theater, and facilities services.*
• Designs, plans, and implements complex school-wide cultural events.
  
  Designs and leads regular co-curricular activities.
• Represents director by acting as host to official guests, includinglecturers, performers, visiting artists, etc.*
• Assists faculty, guests, and the director at/with lectures,performances, and other events.*
• Coordinates inter-school activities.
• Attends program events as crowd managers and "animators"(enthusiastic leaders).*

• Provides regular tutoring hours to assist students with homework,grammar, stylistics, pronunciation, etc.
• Engages in conversation practice outside of class.*
• Lecture series: gives presentation on an area of personalexpertise.
• Assists with student testing.

• Provides general IT support for faculty, guests, and students (on School and personal devices).*
• Provides curricular technology training and support for faculty.
• Manages circulation of School technology, equipment, and filmarchive.
• Provides technical support at events, from basic a/v at lectures to sound and light design at staged performances.
• Provides classroom technical support, as requested byfaculty.

• Communicates with students and faculty on a variety of platforms:email, website, social media, print media, announcements.*
• Designs and edits web content, especially on instructionalin-language sites.
• Develops media content and disseminates publications, includingcalendars, newspaper, posters, event programs, etc.
• Manages photography and videography. Edits photo and video content.
  
  Prepares slideshows, photo exhibits, event videos, etc.
• Translates School and other official Middlebury documents.*

• Administers School office.
• Serves as in-language point of contact for students, faculty, andguests needing drop-in assistance.
• Scheduling of events and activities.

• Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred. Advanced degree a plus.
• Native or near-native proficiency in target language and English,oral and written.
• Demonstrated organizational,…