SESSIONAL LECTURER JOB POSTINGS

(This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3, Collective Agreement)

(Graduate student applicants must have convocated to be given consideration for this position)

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Department: Office of Associate Dean, Teacher Education

Salary: Minimum Stipend $6,275

Posted on: May 29, 2007

Closing Date: June 26, 2007

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Half Year: 2007-2008 (September to December, 2007)

Course Number & Title: EDU5538H F, LEC 0101

Managing Conflict in Classrooms and the School Workplace

Related Studies

Estimated Enrolment: 30

TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Wednesday 8:30-12:30

Qualifications: Preferred candidates will have:

1. Teaching certification and a Master's degree
2. Demonstrated excellence in teaching; experience in teacher education; commitment to equity, diversity, and social justice; leadership in school/provincial initiatives; and involvement in inquiry and ongoing professional growth related to the position

Duties: Instructors are required to:

1. Prepare teaching resources for each class and provide relevant materials.
2. Assess and evaluate teacher candidates' work and provide a final course grade according to OISE/UT grading practices.
3. Be available for informal meetings with teacher candidates as necessary. (36-hour course contact time required.)

Course Description:

This course is an in-depth examination of concepts and strategies for facilitating the constructive management of conflict in classrooms and schools. First, participants will learn and develop a range of approaches to helping students improve their capacities for communication, conflict resolution, problem solving, equitable participation in decision-making, and autonomous self-discipline. Second, participants will strengthen their capacities for understanding and handling conflict with other adults in the school workplace, such as diverse colleagues and parents. Activities and discussions will be built around two central ideas: conflict (its value for learning and its management or resolution at the classroom, school, and board levels) and democracy (facilitating the development of diverse "students" and effective "citizens"). The course uses a workshop/seminar format. Each participant will build their capacity to evaluate their own skills and to plan educational and communicative strategies in relationship to their own long-range goals, values, and skills as developing teachers. Attention will be given to diverse school contexts at the primary, junior, intermediate, and secondary levels.

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Half Year: 2007-2008 (January to April, 2008)

Course Number & Title: EDU5523H W, LEC 0101

Music Enrichment for the Elementary Classroom Teacher

Related Studies

Estimated Enrolment: 30

TA Support: None

Class Schedule: Wednesday 8:30-12:30

Qualifications: Preferred candidates will have:

1. Teaching certification and a Master's degree
2. Demonstrated excellence in teaching; experience in teacher education; commitment to equity, diversity and social justice; leadership in school/provincial initiatives; and involvement in inquiry and ongoing professional growth related to the position.

Duties: Instructors are required to:

1. Prepare teaching resources for each class and provide relevant materials.
2. Assess and evaluate teacher candidates' work and provide a final course grade according to OISE/UT grading practices.
3. Be available for informal meetings with teacher candidates as necessary. (36-hour course contact time required.)

Course Description:

This course explores topics to promote deeper personal understandings of musical knowledge and skills and the many roles that music can play in an elementary school classroom. It is designed to examine concepts and strategies needed to teach classroom music, to investigate the role of music in building community, to make connections to other areas of the curriculum and to support the development of an accessible "music for everyone" curriculum. Candidates will develop musical skills through activities such as singing, drumming and composition.

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR A POOL MEMBER:

To be considered for the above positions, a one-page covering letter outlining what the applicant can bring to the position and an updated Curriculum Vitae must be submitted to Carol Rolheiser, Associate Dean, Teacher Education, in one of three ways: e-mail to bedcupe3@oise.utoronto.ca, or fax to 416-975-1925, or by regular mail to OISE/UT, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6. If by regular mail, applications must be posted well in advance of the deadline date. Names of referees may also be included, but are not required.