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Dear Colleagues, </div>
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American Councils for International Education is hiring short-term Resident Directors for summer 2026 language immersion programs abroad for American high school and college students studying one of a nine critical languages including: Arabic,
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>Chinese</b></span>, Hindi, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">
<b>Japanese</b></span>, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>Korean</b></span>, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. Programs include the
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW167333631 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA56ccb719-2adc-03e8-2d65-880f63252345" href="https://clscholarship.org/">Critical
Language Scholarship Program</a></u></span>, <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<u><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW167333631 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA5fdfac5d-af21-2d91-808e-c07f4fb5d10f" href="https://www.nsliforyouth.org/">National Security Language Initiative for
Youth</a></u></span> (NSLI-Y), and <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW167333631 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA98b649a2-b4df-1703-137d-f8184a014545" href="https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/">American
Councils Study Abroad programs</a></u></span>. </div>
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Resident Directors must be proficient in the target language and typically have experience studying, working, or traveling in the host country. They are responsible for promoting student success by ensuring the health and safety of program participants, helping
them to maintain a language policy, and assisting them in acclimating to life in the host country. In-country partner institutes are responsible for administering the academic curriculum. Therefore, the Resident Director position is a non-teaching position. </div>
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A full list of available Resident Director positions is available at <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
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Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning in mid-December until positions are filled. </div>
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Senior Program Officer, Japanese and Korean Languages</div>
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