Date Posted: 02/28/2025
Req ID: 41882
Faculty/Division: OISE
Department: Dept of Leadership, Higher & Adult Educ.
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Course number and title: Sessional Lecturer – LHA1047H - Managing Changes in Classroom Practice
Course description:
The course explores the meaning of classroom change from teachers' perspectives, addressing such issues as contemporary views of learning, the nature of teacher development, and the context of teaching. The perspective is then used to better appreciate how those in school leadership roles can facilitate efforts by teachers to improve their own practices, as well as meaningfully respond to out-of-school pressures for change.
*Please note: The delivery of this course will be Asynchronous.
Estimated course enrolment: 25 students
Estimated TA support: No
Class schedule (Lectures): ASYNC
Sessional dates of appointment: July 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025
Salary:
Pay for half course, vacation pay included:
$9,457.90 - Sessional Lecturer I
$9,930.79 - Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term
$10,121.77 - Sessional Lecturer II
$10,326.62 - Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term
$10,362.76 - Sessional Lecturer III
$10,570.02 - Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Minimum qualifications:
Candidates must hold a doctorate in Education Leadership and Policy or a related field; have a demonstrated record of scholarship in the field of Educational Leadership and Policy and the subject area of the course; have professional, advocacy, and/or knowledge mobilization experience in the area of PK-12 Educational Leadership and Policy; and have successful post-secondary teaching experience and a successful track record of teaching online, preferably using Canvas/Quercus.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience teaching graduate-level courses. Experience teaching in the subject area of the course.
Description of duties:
Prepare, organize, and lead this graduate half course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; and evaluate student work and provide students with feedback.
Application instructions:
Apply online https://hiring.oise.utoronto.ca/sl/sessional_lecturer_jobs.
Include a cover letter indicating your expertise in the subject area as well as an explanation of how you will organize this course, your c.v., evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the names and emails of three referees.
Closing Date: 03/21/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
