Sessional Faculty - Vancouver, Canada - University Canada West

University Canada West

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Job Title:
Sessional Faculty Positions (Graduate)

Location:
Vancouver

Reports To:
Department Chair

University Canada West has opened a new campus at Vancouver House and is experiencing significant growth.

We are seeking a passionate learner-centered sessional faculty with specializations to teach:

HR
HRMT 62- Human Resource Management In the Global Environment

HRMT 622 -Talent Management

HRMT 623 -HR Strategy

HRMT 624 -Recruiting & Retaining Talent

HRMT 62- Management & Employee Relations

About University Canada West
UCW is a business and technology oriented, teaching intensive university and has the fastest growing MBA program in Canada.

Balanced with a BCOM degree, a BA in Business Communications and an AA degree, UCW offers students a solid grounding in academic knowledge and skills, interactive, experiential education in business and digital literacy skills.

Faculty are responsible for interactive engaging teaching, staying active in their field through scholarly activities, and serving their Departments and the UCW university community through committee work.

Responsibilities include working with colleagues to develop or modify the curriculum, preparing and updating course materials, teaching, working with students to improve their knowledge and career readiness skills, assessing student progress through grading assignments, papers, exams and other work, and maintaining currency about changes and innovations in your field and related teaching implications (examples, activities, approaches).

Specific Responsibilities

Faculty will:

Create a positive classroom and learning environment through effective student engagement

Provide constructive feedback to facilitate student learning and achievement

Guide class discussions while encouraging debate, critical thinking and constructive feedback by students

Employ and further develop skills in academic technologies and tools to enhance and support student learning

Ensure teaching design and methods comply with pedagogical and UCW standards

Assess student achievement of learning outcomes using a variety of assessments and learning activities

Develop, revise and adapt appropriate learning resources for students

Make appropriate student referrals to academic and personal university support programs as and when needed

Contribute to high quality curriculum development and revision

Maintain contacts with relevant industry and professional associations

Attend and participate in department and university faculty meetings pertinent to faculty responsibilities

Contribute to professional conferences, seminars, and workshops in your field of expertise and in teaching and learning

Remain currency in technical knowledge and instructional delivery approaches and techniques

Participate in professional development workshops, seminars and training and maintain your own continuing professional development

Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge and/or scholarship of teaching and learning

Depending on expertise, instruct in a range of programs such as in the ACBSP accredited BCom & MBA programs, or in the BA Business Communications or Associate of Arts degrees.

General Requirements and Competencies for All Faculty

Minimum:

Master's degree in a relevant discipline

Demonstrated experience in effective teaching at the post-secondary level

Willing to use or learn to use, academic technology and tools to enhance and support student learning

Ability to teach in face-to-face, blended and online environments

Ability to employ active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches to teaching

Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating equitable and inclusive learning environments

Demonstrated ability to teach students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Effective time management skills

Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Preferred:

Terminal degree in a relevant discipline

5+ years experience post-secondary teaching in face-to-face, blended and online environments

Experience in teaching students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Demonstrated experience employing active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches

Professional experience in industry or business

Knowledge and experience in course design and development

Track record of scholarly activity in the field and/or scholarship of teaching and learning

Evidence of excellence in teaching, assessing student work and providing constructive feedback

Note:
This position includes requests for service (such as committee work and student coaching) within the university.

Specific Requirements and Competencies for [HRMT 621; Human Resource Management In the Global Environment]
Faculty
The specifics below may exceed or take precedence over aforementioned general requirements and competencies