Sessional - Faculty ECED 3400 -
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Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
Thompson Rivers University is seeking one or two sessional faculty members who will teach ECED 3400: Practicum Infant and Toddler Experience for three credit hours each from January 6 2025 to April 23 2025.
Calendar description:
Field experience implements opportunities for planned and spontaneous programming and to foster respectful interactions with infants and toddlers. Students reflect upon previous experiences assimilate new knowledge theory and research and apply it to their practice with infants and toddlers. Students demonstrate advanced professional competencies knowledge and reflective skills. Students formulate an action based research question related to the sensorial and/or social environment to support their program planning. Students use pedagogical narrations to disseminate research outcomes with children families educators and class members.
Requirements
Experience working collaboratively with ECE faculty to support ECE students in planning and implementing innovative educational programs for young children as well as experience supporting and evaluating student progress in onsite and community based practica and liaising with community educators regarding student progress is significantly valued.
- Relevant successful teaching experience in early childhood education programs for 35 year olds is required;
- Demonstrated knowledge of pedagogical narrations and innovative programs for young children is required;
- Demonstrated expertise in the course topic areas is required;
- Demonstrated experience in integrating Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods (TRC CA 62 is required;
- Proven skills in building student capacity for intercultural understanding empathy and mutual respect (TRC CA 63 is required;
- Teaching excellence including developing culturally appropriate curricula (TRC CA 10 is required;
- Excellent organizational interpersonal and communication skills is required;
- A Master of Education or equivalent in a relevant field is preferred. Equivalent qualifications and/or experience will be considered such as professional qualifications or where the candidate has accumulated experience and accomplishments judged to be particularly relevant and valuable to the discipline. One example of equivalent qualification would be an individual with a Master of Arts degree plus five years experience in a professional setting commensurate with the teaching area or professional role in which they will be employed with demonstrated evidence of significant professional development activity over the fiveyear period;
- Successful teaching experience in postsecondary institutions is preferred.
Employment Type
Contract
