Date Posted: 07/25/2024
Req ID: 38897
Faculty/Division: Centre for Teaching and Learning
Department: UTSC:Ctr-Teaching & Learning
Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Description:

Nature of Assignment:

CTL Writing Support offers skilled, supportive writing instruction designed to foster student skills and confidence in order to enable students to reach their full potential. Our approach to writing instruction is informed by our understanding of writing as a complex ability that is continuously learned and relearned in relation to changing contexts and purposes. We acknowledge that educational institutions, including academic writing instruction, have supported oppressive colonial systems. We also believe that the clear and informed thinking associated with writing is essential to the process of change. We are committed to recognizing and challenging oppressive practices, to creating an inclusive teaching and learning environment, and to promoting equity and diversity.

Please note that application requirements for each posting is listed under the "Duties" section.

Job Title: CTL Lead Writing Instructor Embedded in Political Science

Number of Positions: One (1)

Size of Appointment (hours): Up to 150 hours

Session: Fall 2024/ Winter 2025

Minimum Qualifications:

• An academic background in Political Science or related area;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• A completed Master’s degree;
• Scholarly approach to teaching academic writing, familiarity with best practices, and demonstrated commitment to professional development around teaching writing;
• Minimum two years experience teaching and leading workshops in academic writing at college or university level;
• Experience tutoring writing one-on-one in a writing centre context, and familiarity with best practices in one-to-one writing instruction;
• Experience working with a culturally and linguistically diverse student population;
• Experience developing tailored instructional materials and delivering tailored instructional sessions;
• Experience collaborating and working effectively as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a writing instructor in CTL Embedded Writing Instruction program in Political Science;
• Experience leading teaching workshops for Teaching Assistants or course instructors;
• A completed PhD or PhD coursework;
• An awareness of recent developments and issues in the field of writing studies, in particular familiarity with scholarly literature around pedagogies of care, decolonial and/or anti-racist approaches to writing instruction;
• Training in second-language instruction at the university level;
• Proficiency with platforms used regularly at UTSC for online learning (WC Online, Quercus, Zoom and Teams).

The University of Toronto Scarborough Writing Support Program favours applicants with a long-term commitment to writing centre teaching.

Description of duties:

The Lead Writing Instructor for Political Science will be a key member of the teaching team for two first-year Political Science courses: POLA01 and POLA02: Critical Issues in Politics I and II. In these courses, TAs support the development of student writing skills through writing activities and lessons in tutorials. The Lead Writing Instructor will collaborate with the course instructors and Lead Writing TA to finalize the writing curriculum for each course, then develop and lead weekly workshops and discussions on teaching key components of writing in Political Science, as well as benchmarking sessions for grading students writing. The Lead Writing Instructor will also collaborate with other embedded writing instructor(s) to offer one-to-one tutoring and themed writing office hours, and to develop other instruction and materials for students as needed. Finally, they will participate in assessment activities and collaborate with writing support coordinators, course instructors and/or course TAs to write interim or final reports.

Writing instruction will be delivered both online and in person. For Fall 2024-Winter 2025, we anticipate that most meetings and one-to-one instruction will be remote, using WC Online and possibly other platforms such as Quercus, Zoom, or Teams, but instructors may be asked to offer a limited number of hours of in-person instruction. Pedagogical materials may be text- or video-based. For online instruction, writing instructors should have access to a stable, high-speed internet line, a computer with a working webcam and microphone and a quiet workspace.

Appointment Dates: September 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025

Hours will be aligned with assignment deadlines, and instructors may be asked to work evenings or occasional weekends.

Apply here: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/webapps/cupehiring/dept/ctl/app/wi

(Only applications received on the above website will be considered.)

Please upload the following Application Requirements:

1. Cover Letter

2. Curriculum Vitae or Resume

3. CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Application Form (available online at https://uoft.me/CUPE-3902-Unit-3-Application-Form)

4. Sample of instructional materials developed, with a brief explanation of context

5. Short Writing Sample (maximum four pages)

6. Names and contact information of three references

TA Support

N/A

Closing Date: 08/15/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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Salary:

$53.41 per hour + 4% vacation pay (Writing Instructor I)
$56.07 per hour + 4% vacation pay (Writing Instructor I Long Term)
$57.42 per hour + 6% vacation pay (Writing Instructor II)
$58.58 per hour + 6% vacation pay (Writing Instructor II Long Term)
$59.11 per hour + 6% vacation pay (Writing Instructor II Priority)
$60.29 per hour + 6% vacation pay (Writing Instructor II Priority Long Term)

The Centre for Teaching and Learning reserves the right to make partial appointments.

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 shall be given to persons holding the rank of Writing Instructor 2 and Writing Instructor 2 (Priority) who have been advanced to that status in the hiring Writing Centre (or, if advanced in another Writing Centre, who have additionally been employed for the required minimum number of hours in the hiring Writing Centre) in accordance with Article 16:11 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.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.