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ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE POSITION POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Georgia Department of Educational Psychology & Instructional Technology Learning, Design, and Technology http://www.coe.uga.edu/epit/academic-programs/learning-design-and-technology / --------------------------------------------------------------------- Academic Professional Associate (Non-tenure track, 9 month) The Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT) program in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia seeks to hire an Academic Professional Associate (non-tenure track, academic year position). Applicants to this Information Science position will support the existing School Library Media emphasis area and be an energetic and innovative individual who has an established or clearly emerging professional expertise as an online instructor and emphasis area leader to begin August 2011. Required Qualifications: € Earned doctorate (by time of appointment) in library and information science, school librarianship, educational technology, or related field and an MLIS (or comparable degree) € Established or clearly emerging professional expertise as an online instructor and emphasis area leader Desired Qualifications: € Experience in K-12 educational contexts, particularly in school libraries € Experience teaching online at the graduate level € Experience delivering professional training using online learning technologies € Background in information access and services € Digital Information services € Assessment and evaluation of information services € Information literacy € Management of information services € Teaching experience in MLIS Core Areas Description of Expectations The candidate will be expected to provide: 1. Quality teaching (two courses per semester) and advising for students in the school library media education specialist and masters degree emphasis area 2. Specialized program management 3. Service on master¹s and specialist committees 4. Support for faculty as we move toward a more comprehensive information science orientation in the school library media emphasis area The teaching responsibilities of this position will primarily be at the graduate level, online and at the UGA-Gwinnett campus. LDT students in this blended M.Ed. and Ed.S. degree emphasis area aspire to be school library media specialists in K-12 schools and take both online courses and face-to-face courses at our Gwinnett Campus (http://www.uga.edu/gwinnett/). To apply, send the following application package materials to: Michael Orey LDT Search Committee Chair 603 Aderhold Hall The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602-7144 USA phone: 706-542-4110 email: [log in to unmask] Application Package should include: 1. Letter of application 2. Vita 3. Contact information for three professional references 4. Transcripts (unofficial copy acceptable for initial committee review) Email submission of the application materials saved as pdf or word to Michael Orey at [log in to unmask] Application should concisely document experience and interests in online instructional leadership and teaching. All application materials received by May 1, 2011 are assured full consideration. Starting date is August 2011. Availability of this position is contingent on funding. For more information, please contact the search committee chair. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Georgia is an AA/EEO institution. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. -- Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D. Assistant & Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor School of Library & Information Studies University of Alabama 513 Gorgas Library - Box 870252 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252 Phone: (205) 348-1518 Fax: (205) 348-3746 Email: [log in to unmask] Celebrate Latino Children's Literature & Literacy at the National Latino Children's Literature Conference in March 30-31, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.latinochildlitconf.org/.