Contract Faculty, Continuing Education - Peterborough, Canada - Fleming College

Fleming College

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Peterborough, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Fleming is located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes Region in Central Ontario, Traditional Mississauga Anishinaabe Territory and covered by the Williams Treaties, a beautiful place to live and work, surrounded by natural beauty and a mere 90 minutes north-east of Toronto.

The College's 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, including hundreds of international students from countries around the world, attend at campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Cobourg.

Fleming offers more than 100 full-time programs in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Fine Arts, General Arts and Science, Technology, Skilled Trades, Community Development, Health, Business, and Justice as well as other Continuing Education courses.

We are also extremely proud of our more than 85,000 Fleming alumni who are contributing to their communities in the region, across the province and around the world.

What Are We About?:

Experience success at Fleming, where we provide a unique and innovative learning environment for our students.

We take pride in offering students real world learning, available only through the recent, related work experiences that faculty bring.

As a Contract Faculty member you will play a key role by promoting academic excellence, developing an effective learning environment, and designing, teaching, revising and updating curriculum.

Your previous working experiences will provide a broad range of practical knowledge to enhance the student learning experience.

Contract Faculty may teach in teams or independently and develop/deliver curriculum in a variety of ways including face-to-face (lectures, seminars, labs) and online.

We are currently recruiting Contract Faculty to teach in our Employment Counselling program.

This course is delivered fully online and covers the following criteria:

This intensive interactive course will increase your skills as an employment counsellor in serving the most barriered clients, giving you the confidence and tools needed to help jobseekers secure sustainable employment and create successful outcomes for your organization.
Prerequisite: 6 months working in the field and a base knowledge of Career Theory and Counselling Ethics.

The responsibilities of Fleming College Contract Faculty include, but are not limited to:

Creating a positive learning environment that accommodates students' diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, experiences, and individual learning styles.
Utilizing principles of adult education to actively engage students in the learning process.
Effectively using educational technologies to support learning as well as managing and posting grades.
Execute and develop a curriculum that uses appropriate strategies and tools to assess and deepen student learning.
Ensuring that all course content is current and relevant.
Working independently and demonstrating initiative; and
Working effectively with students, the program team, and a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

What We Are Looking For:

Minimum of five (5) years of recent industry experience that relates directly to the topic being taught.
Holds a Master's degree (or higher) in Education or related degree.
Superior skills in the areas of verbal and written communication, interpersonal skills, critical thinking and problem solving.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Track record in meeting deadlines.
Experienced in the use of technology to support student learning and manage grades.
Selfmotivated and independent worker who also functions well in a team environment.
Committed to lifelong learning.
Understanding of the Ontario community college system.

For More Information:
Please see the Professor Definition and the Guidelines for Professional Practice - Faculty.

Please Note

Part-time recruitment is ongoing and is dependent on when courses are being taught and the need for faculty to teach.

How To Apply

Salary Range
As per the part-time, partial load or sessional salary grid

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Fleming College is committed to building diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible learning and working environments.

We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our Staff, our Faculty and our Administration including, but not limited to, women, racialized persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity to apply.