University Library UICC - Sessional Lecturer LETHBRIDGE , AB

Description

The University Library at the University of Lethbridge invites applications for a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Lethbridge International College in Calgary (UICC). The successful applicant will teach Library Science 2000 in the Winter 2025 term at UICC. This course provides skills and conceptual understandings for academic research in various disciplines. Topics include identifying and evaluating scholarly sources, searching and retrieval of diverse information types from specialized sources, and ethical information use.

There are unique onboarding, training, infrastructure, and instructional requirements associated with the role of Sessional Lecturer in the UICC program, given its specific approach in support of international students. These include:

• Professional development and training on the history and philosophical approach of Navitas and internationalizing the classroom. Training provided by UICC and compensated as per University arrangements.
• Utilizing the learning management systems, including the UICC Student Portal and Moodle, for all academic purposes, as well as to complete mandatory attendance tracking and follow up and escalate student concerns.
• Understanding the purpose of the student-focused timetable in which the UICC course delivery model of four-hour blocks allows multiple teaching approaches to support student learning.
• Instructors committed to supporting international students holistically, both in the classroom and through transitional challenges related to living and studying abroad, as well as open to peer and administrative feedback to achieve those outcomes.
• Partnering with student services to identify at-risk students, make effective referrals, and prioritize mental health support to provide a culturally safe approach to academic accommodations.
• Maintaining strong relationships with the UofL Course Coordinator, the university assigned expert assigned to content oversight, to ensure quality assurance between UICC and the University to ensure the knowledge students gain in first year will set them up for future success. This will include sharing all requested information with the UofL course coordinator.
• Supporting UICC with disseminating important announcements that impact the student experience from a holistic perspective, including topics pertaining to academics, socio-political world events, transfer to the University of Lethbridge, and anything related to student transition and cultural adjustment.
• Supporting the centralized institutional academic integrity policy and process, overseen by UICC, by using the additional hour of course lecture to support students with understanding and expectations around the regulations and importance academic integrity and the penalties for misconduct.
• Approaching timely responses to student communications with an intercultural lens, using the UICC email and/or learning management system, to ensure students have multimodal options to clarify course content and address any questions or concerns.
• The delivery of courses will be face to face augmented by Moodle, the learning management system used by UICC.Courses are delivered in 4-hour teaching blocks either morning, afternoon or evening.The 4-hour teaching model in small classes is fundamental to allow for relationship building amongst students and the instructor as well as providing time to embed vital study skills. Instructors will be required to deliver course content in a 4-hour block per week. Required lab sections will be taught by the instructor of record and offered outside of the 4-hour block.

In summary, teaching duties include:

• Provide 4 hours of instruction per class per week
• Participate in UICC onboarding and training
• Utilize the UICC learning management system
• Utilize the UICC Student Evaluation forms and process
• bide by UICC exam/assessment invigilation policies and procedures
• Take and report class attendance
• Abide by the applicable academic and non-academic policies of UICC
• Resolve grievances within UICC with best efforts
• Accommodate course moderation processes with the UofL Course Coordinator
• Utilize UICC issued email for UICC Student and College staff communications

The successful candidate will have an American Library Association accredited M.L.I.S. (or equivalent) and will ideally have experience working with post-secondary students.

The closing date for applications is December 6, 2024, though late applications may also be considered. Please submit your application to the University Librarian, Harold Jansen, by email to libadmin@uleth.ca, and include in the subject line “Application for UICC Sessional Lecturer”. Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a letter of application. All applicants are thanked in advance for their interest. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

At the University of Lethbridge, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given preference.

Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Aboriginal peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.

Compensation

$8945.00

Closes: 20 December, 2024