EFL/EAP Instructor, Faculty Academic English Program
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Deadline: Friday 8. April 2005
Experience: 2 years
Details:
Bilkent University School of English Language Faculty Academic English Program (Ankara, Turkey) invites applications from motivated and hardworking native speaker instructors who have a strong sense of responsibility and are willing to work in a professional environment. Teaching consists of up to 25 contact hours per week and is focused on advanced EAP.
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~busel
The BUSEL Faculty Academic English Program (FAE) provides credit bearing courses in English for Academic Purposes from freshman year to graduate level and ensures that all students are equipped with high level academic writing and analytical skills to contribute to success in their main departmental courses. This is a demanding program which ensures that students graduate with high level academic English skills as part of their academic degree.
Recruitment for the 2005-2006 Academic Year:
Applicants are requested to apply online by 8 April 2005 with a passport or JPEG photo. Further information about the school and online application form are available from
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~busel
Gülsün Çoker
Teacher Services Coordinator
Bilkent University School of English Language
06800 Bilkent, Ankara
Turkey
e-mail: teacher@bilkent.edu.tr
tel : 0090 (312) 290 1712
fax: 0090 (312) 266 4320
Qualifications:
Native speaker applicants should have a degree (e.g. BA, BSc) and a minimum of 4 years full-time EFL/EAP experience, OR a degree and 2 years full-time EFL/EAP experience with a Cambridge ESOL (formally UCLES) certificate, or internationally recognized TEFL certificate. A relevant post-graduate degree (e.g. MA, MSc), teaching experience at the university level and/or a background in Philosophy would be a distinct advantage.
Compensation:
All contracts run from September 2005 to August 2007 with the opportunity to renew subject to satisfactory performance. Successful candidates will receive: i) monthly, net salary of 1000-1500 US Dollars depending on qualifications and years of experience (50% paid in local currency and the remainder in US Dollars or Sterling); ii) meal tickets; iii) air fares and baggage allowance at the beginning and end of contract; iv) fully furnished, rent free, private flat on campus (a fee is charged for utilities and running costs ); v) private and state medical insurance; vi) return air fare to home country on contract renewal every two years; vii) legal status with residence permit and work visa and airport assistance.
Professional Development Opportunities:
The school offers professional development and advancement opportunities through in-house internationally recognized teaching qualifications (Cambridge ESOL – ICELT and DELTA), and an MA in Education Management which is available to staff through part-time study. Further opportunities include positions of responsibility in different units of the school for those instructors who have the relevant qualifications and experience.
Employer:
Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL)
Company Background: Founded in 1984 as Turkey's first private, non-profit university, Bilkent University
has quickly established itself as a major center for research and teaching, attracting world-renowned scholars to its faculty and many of Turkey's most able high school graduates to its student body.The university consists of nine faculties, six institutes,thirteen research centers and five vocational schools including the School of English Language.There are more than 10,000 students and about 25% of these students hold full scholarship from Bilkent. Bilkent's 1,000 faculty members include international staff from over 40 countries. Bilkent's modern, fully networked library branches have a rich collection of books and over three thousand periodicals. Research is fully emphasized throughout the university,and Bilkent leads by a large margin universities in Turkey in the number of cited and refereed international journal publications per faculty member.
Bilkent University School of English Language offers pre-sessional EFL/EAP courses at a variety of levels from Foundation to Pre-Faculty to undergraduates entering degree programs as well as credit bearing courses as part of undergraduate or graduate degree programs.
Bilkent's large, modern, residential campus is situated within Turkey's young and vibrant capital city, Ankara.
Address:
Bilkent University
School of English Language
Ankara, 06800 Bilkent - Turkey
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~busel
Telephone: 00 90 (312) 290 1712
Fax: 00 90 (312) 266 4320
Contact person: Mr. Erhan Kukner
