The UW Language Learning Center (LLC) has open positions for Staff Associates. See below for a list of qualifications. Qualified applicants should contact Russell Hugo (rlhugo@uw.edu), Assistant Director of the Language Learning Center, to inquire about openings.
Qualifications for Language Learning Center Staff Associates
Staff Associates for the 2023-2024 academic year will be responsible for 20 hours of work each week in the Language Learning Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday during the eleven weeks of each academic quarter.
Every Staff Associate should have the following skills:
- Ability to work independently; ability to learn new technologies and find answers to questions quickly and independently
- Teaching and/or pedagogy experience
- Competence with basic computer operating systems and applications – word processing/spreadsheets, basic audio editing (e.g., Audacity) and video editing, as well as common utilities such as secure file transfer — including foreign language use in same
- Basic internet and courseware skills: comfort with basic HTML (CSS, etc. are a plus), experience with a learning management system (e.g., Canvas, Moodle)
- Comfortable collaborating on projects and possibly leading/managing them
- Ability to motivate and work with students and faculty using LLC resources
- Comfortable learning from subordinates, peers, and superiors; willing to share information with others
- Ability to plan, track, and technically document work
- Ability to work effectively under occasional pressure
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Ability to independently evaluate and address language department needs
Having one or more of the following additional skills is also required:
Skills
- Website design, administration, programming
- Digitization of analog audio and video
- Audio and video recording
- Computer-Aided Language Learning
- (CALL) development, especially web-based
- Programming / Scripting
- Database design and management
- Desktop publishing, graphics creation
- Grant writing
Example technologies/tools/sub-methods
- HTML, PHP, JS, CSS
- Audacity/Audition, Premiere
- Video production or audio engineering
- Moodle, Canvas
- PHP, Java, JS
- FileMaker Pro, Access, MySQL
- Photoshop, InDesign
- Student Tech Fee (STF)
Staff Associates will have the following responsibilities:
- Actively and effectively facilitate communication between multiple language departments and the LLC
- Develop one or more technical specializations, and share these skills with other LLC staff and with language departments to maximize the LLC’s technical proficiency
- Understand and discuss with language departments the role that technology can play in effective language instruction
- Work with language departments and LLC core staff to coordinate the availability of language learning audio, video, and courseware / learning management software (LMS)
- Document technical processes and knowledge in a clear and timely fashion, both for historical reference and for excellent ‘how to’ procedures for others on the LLC wiki
- Independently research new language learning pedagogies and technologies
- Conduct seminars about LLC resources for language coordinators, instructors, and other LLC staff
- Actively participate in ongoing strategic planning and achievement of strategic goals
- Assist LLC patrons in use of LLC resources; troubleshoot audio, video, and computing problems
- Support LLC infrastructure at all levels
- Record live audio to computer, edit audio, output to multiple formats, convert analog audio to digital, possibly use audio restorative tools
- Capture analog and digital video to computer, edit, output in multiple formats
- Prepare language learning audio and video for online streaming distribution
- Actively participate in a one-hour weekly seminar and read materials provided in advance when assigned
- Attend quarterly home department meetings and keep faculty and graduate students apprised of LLC resources and activities
- Maintain an up-to-date and accurate calendar (Google Calendar), following documented protocols
- Ensure that all files / folders / apps / physical items that are the responsibility of the ASE, are stored and documented as per the LLC wiki
- Assist LLC patrons in use of LLC resources; World Language Assessments test days
- Document projects and activity in quarterly and annual reports