Positions: Two program officer positions with the National Science Foundation, STEM Education & Computer Science Education

Please see below for announcements about two NSF positions:

Permanent program officer, with expertise in evaluation of STEM education and STEM education research programs
Closing date November 4, 2016<x-apple-data-detectors://0>
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/452492400

Temporary program officers, with expertise in research on computer science education, technology-based education, broadening participation in computer science, applications of big data to education
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/drl16005/drl16005.jsp

Faculty position: Assistant Professor, English Language Learners/2nd Language Education, Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education

Assistant Professor, English Language Learners/2nd Language Education 

The Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education is seeking applicants for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of English Language Learners in PK-12 schools and Second Language Education starting August 2017. This position is in the tenure stream and requires research, graduate teaching, and advising duties.

Candidates must have earned a doctorate by August 2017 in one of the following areas: TESOL/ESL/Second Language Education, Applied Linguistics with an emphasis in second language acquisition and pedagogy related to the education of English Language Learners in K-12 settings. The successful candidate also must have: 1) a promising and clearly defined research agenda in the area of English Language Learners in PK-12 classrooms; 2) an established or emerging record of publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals; 3) a record of external grant funding or potential to compete for external funding; 4) knowledge of the social, political, and historical circumstances involved in the education of English language learners, and 5) evidence of, or a strong potential for excellence in teaching and mentoring graduate students. Applicants must also possess knowledge of linguistically and culturally responsive pedagogy grounded in principles of equity and content-based pedagogies grounded in bi/multilingual and applied linguistic research. Strong proficiency in English is required and proficiency in a language other than English is recommended.

Responsibilities include teaching graduate courses in the department’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and Master of Education (MEd) (both face-to-face and on-line) programs to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers for instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. Experience teaching online and developing online courses, an interest in innovative approaches to online education, and experience in second language testing and assessment are preferred. In addition to instruction in the MAT and MEd programs, the candidate must be able to provide doctoral student research mentoring in the area of English Language Learners as part of the Language Literacy, and Culture PhD and EdD programs. The successful applicant also needs to have the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, both within and outside the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education and possess strong communication and organizational skills. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

As of 2013, the U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Pittsburgh School of Education as one of the “Best Graduate Schools in Education”. The newly restructured school-wide doctoral programs will prepare PhD candidates to be nationally competitive for careers in both academic and non-academic settings. Faculty and graduate students are involved in a variety of research experiences ranging from more basic research to applied research. Pittsburgh is repeatedly voted among “The Most Livable City”, with affordable cost of living and access to a wide array of seasonal recreation opportunities, professional and collegiate athletic events, and a vibrant cultural district.

To apply for this position please upload a letter of application, current vitae, research statement, evidence of teaching and/or research mentoring effectiveness, and writing samples (no more than three) athttp://www.education.pitt.edu/facultysearch/.  The online system will prompt applicants to request three letters of recommendation, directly. If you are unable to upload your documents, please mail materials to: ELL Search, Office of the Dean, School of Education University of Pittsburgh, 5600 WWPH, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. For questions about the submission process please email edsearch@pitt.edu or call Megan Brennan, Executive Assistant to the Dean at 412-648-1780. We will begin reviewing applications and inviting candidates for visits in November and December 2016. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 31, 2016 although we will continue to review applications through November 2016.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.  We seek to build a culturally diverse intellectual environment and welcome applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities.

Inquiries may be directed to chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Richard Donato at donato@pitt.edu.

EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Call for Chapter Submission for Transformative Pedagogies for Teacher Education, Please submit your tentative title and abstract by November 17.

Call for Chapter Submission for Transformative Pedagogies for Teacher Education You are invited to submit a chapter for consideration in the upcoming edited book entitled Transformative Pedagogies for Teacher Education:  Moving Towards Critical Praxis in an era of Change. This book is aimed to: a) highlight the experiences of teacher educators as they attempt to bridge the theory to practice divide often encountered in teacher education; and b) challenge teacher educators to think about, deconstruct and problematize what it means to educate new teachers for increasingly diverse schools and classroom contexts. We invite submissions that reflect a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodologies. For more information about the chapter submission, please contact the editors, Ann E. Lopez  and  Elsie L. Olan  at ann.lopez@utoronto.ca and elsie.olan@ucf.edu. Please submit your tentative title and abstract by November 17. --

Call for Papers: 51st Southwest Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Thursday, March 9 to Sunday, March 12, 2017, City of Campeche, Mexico

REMINDER - RECORDATORIO

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to remind you to submit an individual paper or a panel proposal for the 51^st SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Studies) Conference, which will take place in the beautiful City of Campeche, Mexico. We are pleased to announce the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (UAC) will be hosting the 2017 SCOLAS conference from Thursday, March 9 to Sunday, March 12.

You may find more information about the organization, the conference, and the forms to electronically submit your individual paper or panel proposals at:http://www.modlang.txstate.edu/scolas/SCOLAS-2017-Conference.html.The deadline for submissions in Sunday, November 20^th 2016.

The Holiday Inn – Campeche will be offering a conference rate. Instructions to make hotel reservations will be posted soon at this link: http://www.modlang.txstate.edu/scolas/SCOLAS-2017-Conference/hotelinformation.html.

The PDF file with the Call for Papers is attached to this email. Please share it with your faculty and colleagues.

We hope to see you in Campeche!

Best Regards,

Sergio M. Martínez SCOLAS President

Luis Intersimone SCOLAS Executive Director

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Estimados Colegas,

El presente mensaje es para recordarles que envíen sus propuestas de ponencias individuales o de paneles para el quincuagésimo primer congreso de SCOLAS (Southwest Council of Latin American Studies), el cual se llevará a cabo en la hermosa Ciudad de Campeche, México. Nos complaceinformarles de que la Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (UAC) será la anfitriona del congreso del jueves 9 al domingo 12 de marzo de 2017.

Para más información sobre la organización, el congreso, o para enviar electrónicamente las propuestas de ponencias individuales o paneles visite el sitio:http://www.modlang.txstate.edu/scolas/SCOLAS-2017-Conference.html. La fecha tope para enviar las propuestas es el domingo 20 de noviembre de 2016.

El hotel Holiday Inn – Campeche ofrecerá una tarifa especial para los ponentes del congreso. Próximamente se publicarán las instrucciones para hacer las reservaciones en el sitio:http://www.modlang.txstate.edu/scolas/SCOLAS-2017-Conference/hotelinformation.html.

Anexo a este mensaje encontrarán la convocatoria en formato PDF, favor de compartirla con sus colegas.

¡Esperamos que nos acompañen en Campeche!

Atentamente,

Sergio M. Martínez Presidente de SCOLAS

Luis Intersimone Director Ejecutivo de SCOLAS

Call for Student Papers: Submit an abstract for ILASSA 37 by October 31

On behalf of the Institute for Latin American Studies Students Association (ILASSA) of the University of Texas at Austin, we invite you to submit a paper/artwork/documentary to the ILASSA 37 Annual Conferencia. Scholars and Activists are welcome! Please share the link ifyou know student who could be interested in your institutions!

Cheers,

Ana Braconnier

ILASSA 37 Co-Chair

More Information and Submission Instructions:

Call for Papers

Convocatoria para participantes

Chamada para participação

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Ana Braconnier

PhD student - Latin American Studies

University of Texas at Austin

Call for papers: NACCS Tejas Foco 2017, Relational Histories, Inter-Ethnic Alliances: Chican@/x Coalition Politics in Tejas, Texas A&M University, College Station, February 23-25, 2017

NACCS Tejas Foco 2017

Call For Papers

Relational Histories, Inter-Ethnic Alliances: Chican@/x Coalition Politics in Tejas

Texas A&M University, College Station
February 23-25, 2017

The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Foco Program Committee invites proposals for sessions on the approaches, challenges, and expansive terrain of inter- ethnic alliances and politics in Tejas. We welcome proposals for panels, roundtable discussions, individual papers and alternative session formats that allow for audience participation and community engagement. Proposals that fall outside the theme of the conference, but that speak to the Chican@/x experience in Tejas, will be considered as well. The Program Committee is excited to share that Texas A&M University will serve as the local host for the 2017 conference, which will be held February 23-25, 2017.

The conference situates race as a starting point for examining the multiple oppressions that have governed life in Texas. Building on the idea that citizenship, sexuality, gender, labor organizing, class, pop culture, and religion serve as modalities through which race is lived and performed in Texas, the program committee invites papers that explore political moments of juncture and disjuncture where groups organized across race and culture.

With an eye toward examining the relational nature of racializations (the idea that racialization takes place not only in relation to whiteness but also in relation to other marginalized groups such as Central Americans, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans) the program committee seeks individual papers or complete panels of 3 papers (4 max) that highlight the moments of political collaboration

as well as the moments of political friction, and the ways in which the rapidly changing demographics of the state require us to (re)imagine Chican@/x studies in Tejas.

Chican@/x Studies is an expansive and growing field. Our collective histories, ourtestimonios, offer stories of Mexican and Mexican American life in Texas that illuminate the broader realities of racism, heterosexism, violence, colonialism, and nationalisms. As Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans, we have a history that has struggled alongside other aggrieved groups and pushed back against the indignities of our oppressors, even as the uneven political ground that has rooted these movements has challenged notions of a collective “we.” There is an urgency today for scholarship to reflect the history of inter-ethnic organizing, to better explain the ways racism takes place in Texas, and how Chican@/x communities — from El Paso to Dallas/Fort Worth to the Rio Grande Valley — are engaged in political and artistic struggles that reflect the dignity, justice, and the soul of our communities. 

All submissions should be sent via email to naccstejas2017@gmail.com and are due by December 1, 2016.
In your email, please include the following:

• Your name
• University affiliation
• Individual paper: include a one-paragraph abstract and a one-page CV 
• Panel proposal: include a brief description of the panel, a one-paragraph abstract for each paper presentation, and a one-page CV for each panel participant. 
• Roundtable proposal: include one participant as contact and a one-page description of the roundtable along with a one-page CV for each participant. 
• Proposals for alternative format: include a one-page description of the session including its format and goals, as well as a one-page CV for each participant. 
• Indicate Audio/Visual equipment needs.

Relational Histories, Inter-Ethnic Alliances:   Chican@/x Coalition Politics in Tejas

Texas A&M University, College Station
February 23-25, 2017

Felipe Hinojosa 

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Department of History, Texas A&M University

Author of Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith & Evangelical Culture (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) http://bit.ly/1dJfVXP 

Follow me on Twitter: @fhinojosa71

​Mónica Vásquez Neshyba

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture

College of Education and Human Development​

​Texas A&M University​

Invitation: 1000 Dreamers - 1000 Leaders, networking and reception, October 24, 2016, UCLA

UC-Mexico Initiative is happy to share with you this invitation

Best regards,

UC-Mexico Initiative

University of California

Uc-mexico@ucr.edu

Job: Postdoctoral Scholar in EL Education at University of Iowa

Position: https://jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view/2662

 

A Postdoctoral scholar position is open in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the area of English Language Learner education to work in the federally funded project, ACCEL in Iowa (Advocacy, Capacity, and Collaboration for English Learners). This project focuses on professional development for teachers (in-service and pre-service) in the areas of (a) language support in content area instruction, (b) dual language education/home language support, and (c) parental, family, and community engagement. The candidate will work with project co-directors to develop programming, provide instruction, and conduct/disseminate research in the ACCEL project.

 

Appointment

Twelve-month appointment beginning January 17, 2017. Position is funded through May 2018.

 

Screening

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2016 and continue until the position is filled.

 

Education Requirement                

Candidates must have a PhD in ELL/ESL/TESOL education, Applied Linguistics, or related field.

 

Required Qualifications:                

Three years of relevant experience with English Language Learners in K-12 settings

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Willingness to take on leadership roles

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Submit writing samples (journal publications or thesis with methods chapter/section)

 

 

 

David Cassels Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Foreign Language and ESL Education

 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

University of Iowa

240 Lindquist Center North

Iowa City, IA 52242-1529

(319) 335-6175

http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/directories/person?id=dcjhnson

New Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118308387.html

 

 

Job Opportunities: The University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is seeking a diverse group of scholars for four tenure track positions: 1 in Education; 2 in Sociology; and 1 in Cognitive Science.

This an ambitious effort to recruit faculty through the UCI High Impact Hire Initiative, which seeks to bring together clusters of faculty in research areas that are critical to the needs of the university and nation. They are recruiting faculty in education, psychology, cognitive science, sociology, and related disciplines who will work together to address a significant societal challenge: Creating opportunity for children living in poverty through effective educational interventions. Faculty hired in the Creating Opportunities cluster will work on innovative, research-based approaches to transforming the classroom learning experiences of low-income children with a focus on programs and interventions that may include the use of technology and will be targeted to support gains in foundational literacy and mathematical skills in pre-school and early elementary grades – the time when children’s achievement gains are the largest. 

The review process  began on October 9, 2016, but screening will continue until the position is filled.

Please see the attached job announcement for more information about how to apply. 

[Hle] "Sin Fronteras - Educating Beyond Borders" - Annual LATINO EDUCATION & ADVOCACY DAYS 2017

Latino Education Projects     About Us Video

"LEAD Week 2017"

LATINO EDUCATION & ADVOCACY DAYS

Campus of California State University, San Bernardino 

Santos Manuel Student Union Events Center

"Sin Fronteras - Educating Beyond Borders"

     Saturday, March 25, 2017 - Binational Parent Leadership Institute (BPLI)

                            

          Instituto Binacional de Liderazgo para Padres II:http://leadsummit.csusb.edu/ParentLeadershipInstitute.html

     Thursday, March 30, 2017 - Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD Summit)

                         

              8th Annual: http://leadsummit.csusb.edu/

     Saturday, April 01, 2017 - César E. Chávez Memorial Breakfast (CLCIE)

               In honor of the 90th anniversary of the labor and civil rights leader’s birth

                              

               6th Annual: https://www.facebook.com/chicanolatinocaucusie/

Thank you - Gracias, EM 

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Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Ph.D. 

Executive Director, LATINO EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY DAYS (LEAD) ORGANIZATION

Call for submissions: Chicana/o Studies in an Era of Globalization, War and Mass Expulsions, NACCS XLIV Irvine, California, March 22-25, 2017

The submission deadline for NACCS XLIV is Saturday, October 15, 2016.

NACCS XLIV
Irvine, California
March 22-25, 2017

Submit TODAY

Chicana/o Studies in an Era of Globalization, War and Mass Expulsions

The official history of NACCS states that “In 1972, at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association held in San Antonio, Texas, Chicano faculty and students active in the American Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association and the American Political-Science Association came together to discuss the need for a national association of Chicana/o scholar activists. Discussions culminated in a proposal to establish the National Caucus of Chicano Social Scientists (NCCSS).”

Since that time, the field of Chicana/o Studies has blossomed into a multiplicity of different perspectives, theories, and even graduate degrees that award PhD.  Coupled with this growth have also been the comparisons among other ethnic groups, particularly those considered “stateless” and without a home, for example, migrants to the Americas.  Since the 1970s, the US has also been mired in a perpetual state of war, conflict, and intervention while simultaneously overseeing some of the largest mass deportations in its history.  Rough estimates are that the Administration of William Clinton deported 12 million people to Mexico and Central America; G.W. Bush probably deported close to 10 million while Barack Obama’s administration deported close to 3 million and the numbers are rising.  

If Chicana/o Studies is a scholarly discipline that merges theory and practice, what impact does constant war, terror and mass deportations mean for the discipline?  What strategies and perspectives, coupled with community activism, can serve to address this global trinity of globalization, war and mass expulsions? 

This year, NACCS calls for papers that address any and all issues related to these important key topics. 

Submissions due by October 15, 2016.