Job Description

About Bow Valley CollegeBow Valley College is the largest college in the Calgary area, with over 15,000 students. We open doors to in-demand jobs across Canada. Our graduates contribute to the economy and community through careers in business, entertainment arts, technology, health care, social services, and more. We are proud to be named one of Alberta\xe2\x80\x99s Top 80 employers and one of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Top 50 research colleges. Our innovative applied research, focused on health and health technology, educational technology, and social innovation, is helping shape the future of college education. Learn more about the opportunities we create for students, employees, and our province at bowvalleycollege.ca.Position Summary

• Provides Quality Instruction in Courses as Assigned
• Instruct courses as assigned.
• Select instructional strategies to meet learner needs.
• Create lesson plans.
• Develop and updates curriculum, guides and rubrics as requested.
• Evaluate learner performance on an ongoing basis and provides learners and administrators with learner progress reports.
• Maintain official records as required; provides regular updates on learner progress to the Associate Dean, School of Community Studies, to ensure accurate maintenance of records.
• Provide instruction in a variety of settings.

Provides a Positive Learning Experience for Learners

• Support learners with issues (for example: attendance; conduct, performance).
• Identify areas of concern and refers to the Program Chair if follow up is necessary.
• Refer learners to other institutional supports as required (for example: tutoring, counseling).
• Ensure that special student accommodations are met (for example: reduced course load, vision impairments, hearing impairments, testing) as per individualized accommodation (IAP).
• Support the program in awarding of scholarships and bursaries.
• Participate in college and departmental events that promote learner success (for example: orientation, graduation).

Builds and Maintains Relationship with Internal and External Stakeholders and promote the Department and the College

• Stay current regarding changes in best practice and adapts curriculum as required.
• Assist with articulation and transfer activity for learners as required.
• Meet with industry stakeholders and sit on Advisory Committees as required.
• Attend external community meetings.
• Participate in recruitment events as schedule permits.

Other Duties /Special Projects

• Follow College policies and procedures and completes professional development requirements (Respectful Workplace Policy, Brightspace/D2L, Agresso, MS Teams, Learner Success 101, ISW, FOIP).
• Ability and willingness to participate in applied research.

Requirements

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree (Master\'s preferred) in early childhood education, or similar, from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Three (3) years of experience teaching adult learners, senior high learners, and/or post-secondary learners.

• Knowledge and subject-matter expertise required to teach relevant portfolio of courses offered in the Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) program at the college.
• Experience with classroom management; in both face to face and virtual environments.
• Experience supporting and working with under-represented learners with diverse and complex barriers to success.

Ability to facilitate learning to a demographically diverse group of learners with various ability levels and learning styles. * An equivalent combination of directly related education and experience may be considered.If your education was received internationally we will require you provide an international education assessment through IQAS, WES, or one of the other nationally designated organizations upon hire.Closing Date: July 15, 2024This opening is temporary (2-year) faculty position. Please note all successful candidates will be required to provide copies of government issued identification and proof of educational qualifications upon hire and may be required to provide an enhanced police information check.Diversity and Inclusion CommitmentBow Valley College is strongly committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within our community. We welcome applications from qualified candidates who would contribute to the further diversification of our employees including, but not limited to, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.

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