Lab Instruction Coordinator

**Date**:Aug 7, 2025 **Location**: Waterloo, CA **Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University **Department**: Faculty of Science **Job Type**: Limited Term **Full-time/Part-time**: Full Time (>=1249 hrs/year) **Campus**: Waterloo **Reports to**:Chair, KPE and The Senior Administrative Officer: Faculty of Science **Employee Group**: WLUSA **Application Deadline**: August 13, 2025 **Requisition ID**:10134 Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading multi-campus university that excels at educating with purpose. Through its exceptional employees, students, researchers, leaders, and educators, Laurier has built a reputation as a world-class institution known for its rich student experience, academic excellence, and global impact. With a commitment to Indigenization and commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, Laurier’s thriving community has a place for everyone. Laurier has more than 21,000 students and 2,100 faculty and staff across campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well locations in Kitchener and Milton. The university is committed to providing an inclusive workplace, a flexible work policy and employing a workforce that is reflective of local and national demographics. Laurier's Waterloo, Kitchener, and Brantford campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources, and not to engage in conflict. Laurier's Milton campus is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and part of the Nanfan Treaty of 1701 between the British Crown and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. **Position Summary**: As a key member of the the Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, the Lab Instruction Coordinator (Kinesiology and Physical Education) provides lab-based /tutorial based instruction to support course content in human physiology and anatomy, exercise physiology, advanced fitness assessment and prescription, biomechanics, motor learning and control, statistics, sport humanities and physical activity practicum tutorials. Reporting to the Departmental Chair for Kinesiology and Physical Education, this position is responsible for overseeing and for providing lab-based instruction in a range of laboratories and tutorials with an emphasis in pedagogy, sport and exercise psychology, sport humanities and physical activity practicum tutorials. The incumbent acts as a resource for students, staff and faculty in KPE and consults with faculty members concerning course and lab content, and provides training and oversight to Graduate Teaching Assistants and Undergraduate Instructional Assistants. The Lab Coordinator develop laboratory content, and is responsible for the smooth and efficient operation of labs - including purchasing, maintaining and repairing all equipment. The incumbent is responsible for the design, instruction, evaluation, and revision of laboratory exercises and experiments. They develop manuals, study guides, assignments, and lab tests/exams to support the lab and lecture content and ensure that the labs’ outcomes contribute to the educational goals of the department. The Lab Coordinator works independently and is responsible for ensuring safe laboratory practices in assigned undergraduate labs. **Accountabilities**: **Teaching**: - Instructs lab sessions as required, including a review of theory/ background information - Instructs students on proper use and safety of equipment in the laboratory or classroom setting - Be available to meet with students individually and in groups as needed (electronically and in person) outside of regularly scheduled lab hours - Supports students in the development of professional work habits and efficient use of finite resources; pedagogical objective includes improving student skill in tackling problems, relating to and working with peers, time management, choosing efficient learning techniques, and structured approaches - Integrate new research findings, methods and techniques into course content - Assesses and grades student academic materials, providing timely feedback of quizzes, assignments, presentations - Develop protocols and standard operating procedures (SOP) and regulatory compliance documentation as they pertain to labs (including working with Health and Safety annually to ensure student screening for exercise safety and documentation / consent for blood collection are being completed as per university guidelines) - Demonstrate various fundamental movements skills and more advanced movement integrations with individual and team sports - Teach within various environments (e.g. laboratory, classrooms, and gymnasiums) - Investigates and reports on allegations of academic misconduct; Responding to requests from the Faculty of Science Academic Advising Office to provide student information pertaining to course atte