Science Education Specialist

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Educational Programming, Level B

Job Title

Science Education Specialist

Department

Administrative Leadership | Department of Chemistry | Faculty of Science

Compensation Range

$6,251.00 - $8,986.00 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

May 23, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

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Job Summary

The position is a Faculty of Science-funded education specialist embedded in the Department of Chemistry. The person will have disciplinary expertise for that department (preferably a graduate degree in Chemistry or a related discipline), and will bring expertise in pedagogy and evidence-based practices from their own background and bolstered with Skylight-coordinated professional development workshops and ongoing mentoring from Skylight leadership and peers. They will observe and advise the Department’s instructors on historical best practices and current trends in instructional methods and assessment instruments. From time to time, the incumbent will need to participate in the instruction to undergraduates to advance the pedagogy of the way a course is delivered.

This role will be a resource, guide and support within the Department of Chemistry that will lead scholarship of teaching and learning projects, advise the faculty on teaching and learning practices and work with them on course and curriculum revisions, evaluations and pedagogical improvement projects.

Organizational Status

Appointment in Department of Chemistry, in the Faculty of Science. Reports jointly to a faculty supervisor in the Department of Chemistry and to the Director of Skylight or designate. Works closely with faculty members and other members of instructional teams (e.g., teaching assistants) and students who may be hired to help with projects. Interacts with peer members of Skylight in other departments and the central unit. May supervise teaching assistants and/or research assistants.

Work Performed

Instructional guidance:

- Advise and support faculty in new course development and implementation
- Advise and support faculty in existing course presentation and assessment
- Support faculty in information gathering and summarization of Department curriculum at a course and/or program level
- Advise and support faculty’s teaching activities and teaching and learning development projects
- collects, distils, and communicates data to guide faculty/department efforts including the design of evaluation tools (concept questions, surveys, focus group questions etc.)
- advise/collaborate with faculty on teaching and learning project proposal development (e.g., large and small TLEFs, development grants)
- liaises with Skylight and CTLT to coordinate relevant educational technology support and administrative assistance
- prepares departmental reports on pedagogical projects and/or initiatives
- coordinates departmental activities towards the achievement of the departmental vision around teaching and learning

Faculty and Teaching Assistant development:

- coach and consult with faculty to instruct them in evidence-based practices, possibly as part of a paired instructing arrangement
- serves as a resource for evidence-based practice
- provide formative, informal expert feedback to instructors on their teaching
- develops and deliver professional development workshops for faculty and teaching assistants
- Facilitate the professional development of faculty in the area of teaching and learning through workshops and one-on-one consultations, providing expertise and support in the planning, designing and implementing of evidence-based teaching practices and resources, and by measuring the effectiveness of such interventions.

Discipline-based education research (DBER):

- design educational research experiments and collect relevant data for course projects and publish newly developed instruments or implementation of novel methods, in both laboratory and lecture courses
- consult and collaborate on scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and DBER efforts undertaken by faculty
- disseminates scholarly work in collaboration with faculty t