CESSI Language Instructors — University of Wisconsin Madison

 The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) is an eight-week intensive language institute that offers courses in Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek languages annually from mid-June through mid-August. Courses in Azerbaijani or Kyrgyz may be added in summer 2021 if there is sufficient student interest. The 2021 CESSI program will be held from June 14 through August 6 and will be preceded by a staff orientation week from June 7-11, 2021.

Language instructors will be responsible for participating in the CESSI staff orientation week activities as well as instructor meetings throughout the eight-week program. Under the supervision of the director of the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), instructors will prepare appropriate materials and deliver instruction in their assigned classes, hold office hours, and participate in teacher meetings.
More information about CESSI can be found on the CESSI website: cessi.wisc.edu

This appointment is for summer 2021 only. There is no presumption of reappointment.

Minimum of M.A. required, Ph.D. preferred, in fields related to Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uyghur, or Uzbek language and culture.

Hiring of instructors is contingent upon sufficient enrollment. Please note that offers of employment will be conditional until enrollment numbers are confirmed in the spring.

A successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. International applicants should be advised that the US government has established new English language proficiency requirements for J-1 visa applications. If you did not obtain a degree from an institution where instruction occurred in English, you will be asked to submit a qualifying TOEFL/IELTS score from within the past 5 years or other accepted proof of English proficiency before we can start your visa application. We may also request a video interview to verify your proficiency.

The salary listed ($42,124) is the minimum base rate on which the instructor's salary for the summer session would be calculated. The actual compensation for this nine-week appointment would start at around $10,531 before tax, depending on qualifications. Please note that instructor salaries will be taxed, the amount of which varies based on the allowances claimed by the employee.

Application Due: January 31

Apply Here: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/508221/cessi-language-instructor