Job Description

Description:


Curriculum Developer
Digital Content Creation for Indigenous Creators
(January 25, 2023 \xe2\x80\x93 April 30, 2023)

Location: Regina and remote Manager: Shannon Avison
Position Description:

• Develop outline of learning objectives for Community Radio 1 (due Jan. 31),

• Review interviews from the Inspirit-funded research project with Indigenous language radio broadcasters (Jan. 31),
• Research and develop lecture outlines and assignments regarding the historical, current, and future landscape of broadcasting policy in Canada (due Feb. 17),
• Research and develop lecture outlines and assignments regarding the historical, current, and future landscape of spectrum management in Canada (Feb. 24),

• Develop the course content within university academic guidelines,
• Conduct follow-up interviews with end-users, including individuals currently employed at Indigenous radio stations/networks across Canada (discussion with Shannon Feb. 10),
• Prepare course outlines and final exams/projects,
• Create assignments and marking rubrics,

• Research and develop lecture outlines and assignments regarding the historical current and future landscape of Indigenous community and network radio,
• Develop lessons, activities, and assignments for introducing students to the roles, responsibilities and processes of Industry Canada and Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications (CRTC),
• Develop list of potential guest lecturers who are subject area experts,
• Prepare course outlines and final exams/projects,
• Create assignments and marking rubrics,
• Work with FNUniv Instructional designer to create a UR Course website for the INCA 291AC class, including all the learning materials, lecture notes, readings, grading matrixes, etc. (March 31),
• Develop strategies for creating an effective environment for learning which accommodates students\xe2\x80\x99 diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, experiences, and individual learning styles,
• Designing appropriate strategies and tools for facilitating and assessing student learning that are invitational and reflective of best practices in teaching and learning,
• Developing appropriate strategies and tools to assess student performance that are consistent with the learning outcomes of the course and address multiple learning styles,
• Develop list of materials for class and work with library to ensure that we have appropriate copyright and permissions (March 31),
• Meeting bi-weekly with Shannon Avison to answer questions and keep track of the work,

• Designing appropriate strategies and tools for facilitating and assessing student learning that are invitational and reflective of best practices in teaching and learning,
• Developing appropriate strategies and tools to assess student performance that are consistent with the learning outcomes of the course and address multiple learning styles,
• Developing multi-media materials and alternative delivery strategies and incorporating appropriate educational technologies into the applied learning process,
• Ensuring that students are aware of course and program learning outcomes, learning strategies and evaluation techniques. Providing individual tutoring and academic counselling and evaluating student progress/achievement within assigned courses, and
• Include relevant material with appropriate copyright and permissions.

Qualifications:

• Superior communication skills (written and verbal).
• Lived Indigenous experience.
• Candidates who have experience working within Indigenous contexts and/or sincere, demonstrable interest in contributing to the Indigenization of curricula are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Minimum 10 years of experience setting up and managing low power FM, Type A/B Native and community radio stations, including licensing, reporting, programming, fund-raising, community engagement, equipment management, managing employees and volunteers, working with a board, sales and marketing, promotions, audio and video production
• Experience working in commercial radio.

Salary: Compensation in the form of a Sessional Academic Staff Member (SASM) II stipend - full rate.
How to apply:
Please apply online at www.fnuniv.ca/careers/

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    • The University only accepts on-line applications.
    • Deadline for applications is January 19, 2023, at 4:30 pm.
  
  

We thank you for your application. Only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.


The First Nations University of Canada relies on section 48 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code to give preference in employment for this position; therefore, please indicate your status on the cover letter.






Delivery Method:


Description:



On-Site Course


Offered synchronously in person in a designated classroom on scheduled days and times



Hybrid Course


Offered synchronously in person in a designated classroom on scheduled days and times. The instructor will attend every lecture in person. However, students will register in one of these two sections:
a) Hybrid \xe2\x80\x93 on-site classroom: students will attend in person in a designated classroom on scheduled days and times
b) Hybrid \xe2\x80\x93 remote: students will attend remotely on Zoom on scheduled days and times



Hyflex Course


Courses are offered synchronously in person in a designated classroom on specific days and times. The instructor will attend every lecture in person. However, students can attend on-site or attend remotely on Zoom with a level of flexibility on how they would like to participate each week. These class sections are designated as Hyflex online/on-site flexible.



Remotely


Courses are offered synchronously on Zoom on scheduled days and times. These courses are designated Remote Learning Delivery Spec.



On-Line (Web)


Courses do not have scheduled meeting times.



Video-Conferenced Course


This is a class section that is offered at an off-site location (Regional Colleges and First Nations University of Canada campuses) and uses video conference technology to deliver the course to multiple locations.



Off-Campus


(Outside Regina \xe2\x80\x93 Community-Based programs) This course is delivered at an off-campus location (outside of Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert).