Instructor, Fort Chipewyan Academic Upgrading Prog #729
Company: Keyano College
Job Description
Open Position/Description
Keyano College is an award-winning comprehensive, community college serving the dynamic learning needs of the people and industry of Fort McMurray and the Municipality of Wood Buffalo. With 3,500 career, apprenticeship, and university transfer students and almost 10,000 workplace and community education learners, Keyano is a national leader in industry training and aboriginal education.
INSTRUCTOR
FORT CHIPEWYAN ACADEMIC UPGRADING PROGRAM
The Fort Chipewyan Campus requires an instructor in the Academic Upgrading Program. This is a permanent, full-time position commencing August 18, 2008.
Reporting to the Fort Chipewyan Chairperson, the primary teaching duties of the successful candidate will be instruction of math and science curricula for adult students in academic upgrading. However, the successful candidate may also be required to teach other courses at the junior or high school level such as Intro to Computers or employability skills. Other duties include curricula development, preparation for instruction, student consultation and advisement, evaluation of students and student recruitment.
Standard duties expected of faculty include: maintaining scheduled office hours, attendance at department and division meetings, pursuing professional growth activities, and performing other duties consistent with the role of an instructor. Instructors also have the opportunity to serve on campus committees, work with students on campus projects, and participate in campus extra-curricular activities.
QUALIFICATIONS: A Bachelor Degree is required. Experience teaching language arts, employability skills, and social studies to adults are a major asset. The successful candidate must be innovative and have an adult-oriented approach to instructing. Proficient use of computers and an aptitude for using multimedia in the classroom would be definite assets. An appreciation and understanding of issues facing adult, aboriginal students returning to school is essential. The successful candidate will have excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. A good understanding of the issues faced by and strategies to work with multi-barriered or disabled adults is also an asset.
SALARY: Based on education and experience.
COMPETITION NUMBER: 0809-FCI-003
NOTE: Keyano College offers a comprehensive benefits package including relocation assistance, regional living allowance and short and long term professional development.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CURRENT RESUME, WITH COMPETITION NUMBER, TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BY EMAIL TO humanresources@keyano.ca BY MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2008.
We sincerely appreciate the interest of all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
Keyano College welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including visible minorities, aboriginal people, and persons with disabilities.
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