Course Designer – Language Assessment

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Remote part-time course designer creating Middlebury College’s online Language Assessment course. Combining existing materials for world language teachers across elementary, secondary, and higher education.

Responsibilities:

  • Combine materials from the Online Classroom Research & Assessment Course and previous 15-week MIIS Assessment course into a course for world language teachers in elementary through higher education contexts.
  • Design a 7-module online asynchronous Language Assessment course delivered over seven weeks in Fall B 2026.
  • Contextualize all content for teachers of languages other than English and a range of educational contexts.
  • Include introductory and video lectures, audio lectures, pre-made readings, videos and podcasts, up to two discussion forums per module, and activities demonstrating module knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
  • Engage in-language readers to comment on student designs for the final assessment.

Requirements:

  • Doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics or a closely related field
  • Experience teaching courses in teacher education programs
  • Experience successfully designing and delivering online asynchronous courses
  • Knowledge of Canvas as a learning management platform
  • Knowledge of technical tools to facilitate engagement in an online synchronous course
  • Deep working knowledge of the ACTFL Proficiency Skill and associated Can-Do statements across skills and proficiency levels
  • Familiarity with the ACTFL World Language Readiness Standards
  • Ability to work at a computer, standing or sitting
  • Ability to access written documents, audio files, and videos

Benefits:

  • Vibrant supportive community
  • Equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion