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The Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) at Bard College Berlin invites applications for course instructors at its OLIve-Access program (27 January - 15 May 2020), a 4-month university preparatory program for students with a refugee background. The aim of OLIve-Access is to prepare students for a pre-master’s level foundational year program with the goal of subsequent entry to an MA program at Central European University.

COURSES
OLIve-Access invites applicants to teach on the following courses (please click on the link you are interested in for further details of each course and job requirements):

• Core Skills
• Language Awareness
• Language Consolidation
• Vocabulary Building
• General Study Skills
• Active Study Skills

TASKS

• Design an appropriate syllabus/syllabi
• Attend 1 BCB faculty orientation session
• Teach the number of units assigned to the course 
• Hold 1 office hour (60 minutes) per week for individual consultations with the students 
• Provide formative feedback to students and to the program throughout the course
• Fulfill all administrative requirements communicated by the program and academic support staff (including but not limited to keeping deadlines on submission of grades and progress reports, attendance documentation, maintaining the course on Google Classrooms, collaborating with the BCB library on preparing the academic materials necessary for the class, and submission of any addenda to the syllabi that is required)  
• Attend 1 OLIve faculty meeting per month
• Attend 2 OLIve training workshops

TO APPLY
Please send an email to olive@berlin.bard.edu, with the subject line ‘ OLIve-Access - 006/2019 OLIve BCB’ and copied to

• Academic English Advisor, David Ridout: d.ridout@berlin.bard.edu
• Academic Advisor, Daniela Crăciun: d.craciun@berlin.bard.edu
• Director of OLIve at BCB, Cristina Simona Bangau: c.bangau@berlin.bard.edu 

Including the following documents:

• A CV
• A Cover Letter outlining how your previous experience helps you meet the requirements of this position and why you are interested in the position 
• Contact details of 2 referees, one of which should be an academic supervisor (no references needed at this point)

For further information on the position please contact the Academic English Advisor, David Ridout: d.ridout@bard.berlin.edu.

DEADLINE
Please submit your complete application package by 11 December 2019. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and, where applicable, interviews will be hold with shortlisted candidates before the deadline. 

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