Teaching Assistant Position (Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania)
Gettysburg College, a small liberal arts college with a strong French program (about 60-70 students in upper division classes), is offering a one-year position renewable once at the rank of Teaching Assistant. The preferred candidate will be a French native speaker and will have a minimum of a Licence in FLE (Bachelor’s Degree) but a Masters in FLE is preferred. The candidate does not need to be bilingual in English, however proficient command of the language is expected.
The French Department of Gettysburg College is dynamic and innovative. It includes 5 faculty members who teach at all levels of the curriculum and in their research specialty. A French Native Speaker Instructor is also part of the teaching team.
The Teaching Assistant is in charge of organizing weekly activities in which our upper division students are required to participate. These activities include: showing and discussing the French news, a goûter, the French table, French movies, and some outings to Washington D.C. or Baltimore (music, museums etc.). The T.A. also tutors students at all levels for a few hours weekly, and leads conversation groups in several language classes as a teacher assistant. The workload amounts to 20 hours per week.
This position includes: visa expenses, room and board (the T.A. is housed in the TA House, a separate house for language TAs on campus), linens, a stipend of $800 per month for nine months, full medical and dental insurance, the possibility of taking up to two classes per semester, and books for those classes. The airfare will be negotiated with the selected candidate.
Gettysburg College is a small liberal arts college, located in the Washington and Baltimore area (about 1 hour from each by car) and is the site of the famous Battle of Gettysburg (which turned the tide of the Civil War). The campus is part of the city of Gettysburg, a small city of 8,000 inhabitants. For more information, check the Gettysburg College website: http://www.gettysburg.edu/; and the French Department website: http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/french/
Gettysburg College assures equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
To apply for this position, please send a detailed letter of motivation, a CV, 3 letters of recommendation to the attention of Florence Ramond Jurney at fjurney@gettysburg.edu by January 15, 2016.