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Salary Range: $36,052 - $106,673 per year
Duty Locations: Many vacancies throughout the U.S. and abroad
Job Summary: The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) invites applications for faculty positions. DLIFLC offers foreign language instruction in various languages to approximately 3,000 students on a year-round schedule. Courses are intensive, and the classes are limited to 10 students who attend classes six to seven hours a day. Faculty members teach all aspects of resident and non-resident courses to military personnel and federal government civilian employees, using real-world proficiency activities. In addition to teaching listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, the curriculum includes instruction in geopolitical, economic, and social attributes of foreign cultures, as well as job-related tasks.
Major Duties: A typical eight-hour day (40 hour work week) consists of four or more hours of classroom instruction in addition to preparing for instruction, adapting teaching material, administering and grading tests, checking homework, evaluating student performance, student counseling and other related activities. Faculty members are expected to stay abreast of current teaching, testing, and curriculum development theories and methods and participate in Institute sponsored professional development.

Salary Range: $43,365 - $56,371 per year
Duty Locations: Washington, D.C.
Job Summary: The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian needs teachers to educate the public about the historical and contemporary cultural achievements of Native people in the Western Hemisphere.
Major Duties: Plan, develop and coordinate professional workshops, seminars, and instructional materials for teachers; maintain a strong communications network between the museum and local and national teachers and teacher organizations; make on-going evaluation of all programs; develop and maintain a Teacher Advisory Council for the Museum to guide education products for schools.

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