Ctl Writing Instructor Embedded in Political Science - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Description

Date Posted:06/16/2023

Req ID: 32048

Faculty/Division:
Centre for Teaching and Learning

Department:

UTSC:
Ctr-Teaching & Learning

Campus:
University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Description:

Nature of Assignment:

CTL Writing Support offers skilled, sensitive and supportive writing instruction designed to foster student skills and confidence in order to enable students to reach their full potential.

Our approach to writing instruction is informed by our understanding of writing as a complex ability that is continuously learned and relearned in relation to changing contexts and purposes.

We are committed to creating an inclusive teaching and learning environment, and to principles and practices that foster equity and diversity.

Job Title:
CTL Writing Instructor Embedded in Political Science

Number of Positions:
One (1)

Size of Appointment (hours): Up to 80 hours

Session:
Fall 2023/ Winter 2024

Minimum Qualifications:

Excellent written and oral communication skills;
A completed Master's degree;
Relevant experience tutoring writing oneonone and/or teaching in university courses with a significant writing instruction component;
A scholarly approach to onetoone writing instruction, including familiarity with best practices;
Experience developing tailored instructional materials and delivering tailored instructional sessions;
Experience collaborating and working effectively as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

An academic background in Political Science or related area;
Experience teaching in Political Science;
A completed PhD or PhD coursework;
An awareness of recent developments and issues in the field of writing studies, in particular familiarity with scholarly literature around pedagogies of care, decolonial and/or antiracist approaches to writing instruction;
Experience working with a diverse group of students and training in secondlanguage instruction at the university level;
Experience in teaching writing online, particularly in a synchronous teaching context;
And proficiency with platforms used regularly at UTSC for online learning (WC Online, Quercus, Zoom and Teams)

The University of Toronto Scarborough Writing Centre favours applicants with a long-term commitment to writing centre teaching.

Description of duties:

Writing instruction will be delivered both online and in person.

For Fall 2023 and Winter 2024, we anticipate that most meetings and one-to-one instruction will be remote, using WC Online and possibly other platforms such as Quercus, Zoom, or Teams, but instructors may be asked to offer a limited number of hours of in-person instruction.

Pedagogical materials may be text
- or video-based. Workshops will use the mode of delivery of the course. For online instruction, writing instructors should have access to a stable, high-speed internet line, a computer with a working webcam and microphone and a quiet workspace.

Appointment Dates:
September 1, 2023 to April 2024

Hours will be heavily weighted around assignment deadlines, and some hours may be early morning, evening, or on weekends.

Please upload the following Application Requirements:

1. Cover Letter

2. Curriculum Vitae or Resume

4. Sample of instructional materials developed, with a brief explanation of context

5. Short Writing Sample (maximum four pages)

6. Names and contact information of three references

TA Support
N/A

Closing Date: 07/07/2023, 11:59PM EDT

Salary:

Writing Instructor I:
vacation pay

Writing Instructor I-Long Term:
$ vacation pay

Writing Instructor II:
$ vacation pay

Writing Instructor II-Long Term:
$ vacation pay

Writing Instructor II-Priority:
$ vacation pay

Writing Instructor II-Priority Long Term:
$ vacation pay

The Centre for Teaching and Learning reserves the right to make partial appointments.

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 shall be given to persons holding the rank of Writing Instructor 2 and Writing Instructor 2 (Priority) who have been advanced to that status in the hiring Writing Centre (or, if advanced in another Writing Centre, who have additionally been employed for the required minimum number of hours in the hiring Writing Centre) in accordance with Article 16:11 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.