Teaching Opportunities in Other Locations (NOT Monterey)

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How to Apply:

To apply for teaching positions in other locations, you must follow the instructions below. The FPS office is no longer accepting mailed in applications. All previous vacancy announcements have been closed.

Instructions for How to Apply:
1. Go to the USAJOBS Website: www.usajobs.opm.gov (Click Here)
2. Click on Search Jobs.
3. In the Keyword Search enter: Defense Language Institute
4. All jobs for the Defense Language Institute will appear. You may also search by your specific language.

The length of courses will vary but do not exceed six weeks. Courses are intensive, and the classes are limited to 6-8 students. Faculty members may teach a class alone or in teams. Teachers teach six hours a day for six weeks. Classroom preparation is done before a six-week class starts. There are one to two weeks between classes, during which teachers do their research and class material development. Fort Bragg offers basic courses. These announcements are used to solicit applications to fill current and/or future vacancies.

Please mail supplemental materials (transcripts, other forms etc.), as requested in the vacancy announcemnents, to the address below. Do NOT mail applications.

Defense Language Institute Foreign
Language Center and Presidio of Monterey
ATFL-P (Attn: FPS)
1759 Lewis Road, Suite 254
Monterey, CA 93944-3229

Benefits:

Tenure-track and tenured faculty members are eligible for group health and life insurance, retirement and additional retirement similar to 401K. After one year of service, they may receive up to 40 hours of one-time absence or travel to a foreign country to enhance professional capabilities and classroom performance. Full-time positions also receive: paid federal holidays, and paid vacation and sick time.

Language Evaluation:

The minimum English proficiency is a Level 2 and the minimum proficiency for the language to be taught is a Level 3 in speaking as defined by the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill-Level descriptions, which are posted in the DLI catalog at www.dliflc.edu or at Government ILR. Recommended applicants only are required to take formal language tests to determine their language proficiency. If you are selected to be tested, you will receive a call from the Testing Division. All language tests are performed telephonically. If you fail any portion of the language tests you will be disqualified from further consideration and your file will be retired. You may reactivate your file after 6 months. Retesting is only allowed once and is at the discretion of the FPS Office.


Useful Forms:
  Declaration for Federal Employment (OF 306)

Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612)

Foreign Credential Evaluation Services

Questionnaire

Recruitment Survey
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PLEASE NOTE: This list was last updated on 9/11/06. The list is subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates. If the location and language choice you selected changes, your application will still be retained for up to two years in the event there are openings.

Location Language
 Eligibility
California, Coronado Island Arabic (MSA)
on hold unti further notice.		 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
Georgia, Augusta
Fort Gordon		 Arabic (MSA, MSA w/ Iraqi and/or Levantine dialect)
Dari
Hebrew
Pashto
Persian
 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
Hawaii, Kunia Chinese
Korean
Tagalog
Tasug		 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
Maryland, Fort Meade No openings available U.S. Citizens ONLY
for this location
Maryland, Baltimore Pashto to be filled later
No other languages at this time		 U.S. Citizens ONLY
for this location
Nebraska, Omaha
 Arabic (MSA/Iraqi)
Arabic (Syrian or Yemeni)
Chinese
Korean
Persian
[Pashto & Dari in 2007]		 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
North Carolina, Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg		 No openings available U.S. Citizens ONLY. Please note that Ft. Bragg no longer accepts Permanent Resident applicants
Texas, Medina Portuguese
Spanish		 U.S. Citizens ONLY
for this location
Virgina, Norfolk Arabic (MSA),
French + Spanish filled		 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents