About this role
The Slavic, East European and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI) at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures seeks instructors of Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian for the summer of 2026.
Instructors will teach a 6-week intensive course during SLI's summer session, which runs from June 1-July 10. Classes meet five days a week from 9am to 2:50pm. In addition to classroom teaching, instructors are expected to help plan cultural programming for their language program and attend events for the whole institute, such as film and lecture series, workshops, and picnics. Instructors may be asked to team teach. SLI will be conducted in an in-person format on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh, though sections may be converted to the online, synchronous, or hybrid format via Zoom if warranted by strong student interest in remote attendance.
Applicants must have a master's degree in the language they will teach or a related field and experience teaching in a college or university setting using the communicative approach or other proficiency-based methods.
Learn more about Pitt's SLI at www.sli.pitt.edu.
Applicants should submit a CV and, if available, representative student evaluations. Finalists will be asked to provide references at a later stage in the search.
The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is committed to building and fostering a culturally diverse environment. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills and ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in support of a diverse community are required.
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What you'll do
- Instructors will teach a 6-week intensive course and help plan cultural programming for their language program. They are also expected to attend events for the whole institute.
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