Job Description

Date Posted:

10/21/2025

Req ID:

45706

Faculty/Division:

OISE

Department:

Dept of Leadership, Higher & Adult Educ.

Campus:

St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Course number and title:

Sessional Lecturer - LHA1004H - Research Literacy in Educational Leadership and Policy

Course description:

The goals of this course are to provide students with an introduction to the purposes of research in educational leadership and policy and to assist students in learning how to find, understand, share, and act on research in their graduate studies and in their professional work. While the course will provide overviews of methodologies, this is not a course on 'how to do' research. Rather research literacy is concerned with the capacity to find, understand, critically appraise, share and act on evidence. The course will include consideration of: the nature of research literacy and knowledge mobilization; the concepts and practices of finding, understanding, sharing and acting on research; developments in education research philosophies, paradigms, stances and methods; defining research questions and search strategies; strategies for critiquing and citing research; research methods and approaches, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed and evaluation methods; design and use of literature reviews, syntheses and meta-analyses; critically reviewing research products and processes; communicating and presenting research reviews; the rise of evidence-based policy and practice; and educational leadership for applying research to educational leadership and policy.

Estimated course enrolment:

25 students

Estimated TA support:

No

Class schedule (Lectures):

In Person, Monday 17:00 - 20:00

Sessional dates of appointment:

January 1, 2026 to April 30, 2026

Salary

:


Pay for half course, vacation pay included:


$9,820.70 - Sessional Lecturer I

$10,510.04 - Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term

$10,510.04 - Sessional Lecturer II

$10,760.28 - Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term

$10,760.28 - Sessional Lecturer III

$11,030.36 - Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term

Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Minimum qualifications:

Candidates must hold a doctorate in Education Leadership and Policy or a related field; have a demonstrated record of scholarship in the field of Educational Leadership and Policy and the subject area of the course; have professional, advocacy, and/or knowledge mobilization experience in the area of PK-12 Educational Leadership and Policy; and have successful post-secondary teaching experience and a successful track record of teaching online, preferably using Canvas/Quercus

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience teaching graduate-level courses. Experience teaching in the subject area of the course.

Description of duties:

Prepare, organize, and lead this graduate half course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; and evaluate student work and provide students with feedback.

Application instructions:

Apply online https://hiring.oise.utoronto.ca/sl/sessional_lecturer_jobs.


Include a cover letter indicating your expertise in the subject area as well as an explanation of how you will organize this course, your c.v., evidence of teaching in the relevant area (including student evaluations, if available), and the names and emails of three referees.

Closing Date:

11/10/2025, 11:59PM EDT



This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.



It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.