Sessional Faculty

**Position Job Title**: Sessional Faculty Positions (Graduate)

**Location**: Vancouver

**Reports To**: Department Chair

University Canada West has opened a new campus at Vancouver House and is experiencing significant growth. We are seeking a passionate learner-centered sessional faculty with specializations to teach:
**ENTREPRENEURSHIP**:
BUSI 641 (3)—Entrepreneurship

**About University Canada West**

**Specific Responsibilities**

Faculty will:

- Create a positive classroom and learning environment through effective student engagement
- Provide constructive feedback to facilitate student learning and achievement
- Guide class discussions while encouraging debate, critical thinking, and constructive feedback by students
- Employ and further develop skills in academic technologies and tools to enhance and support student learning
- Ensure teaching design and methods comply with pedagogical and UCW standards
- Assess student achievement of learning outcomes using a variety of assessments and learning activities
- Develop, revise, and adapt appropriate learning resources for students
- Make appropriate student referrals to academic and personal university support programs as and when needed
- Contribute to high quality curriculum development and revision
- Maintain contacts with relevant industry and professional associations
- Attend and participate in department and university faculty meetings pertinent to faculty responsibilities
- Contribute to professional conferences, seminars, and workshops in your field of expertise and in teaching and learning
- Remain currency in technical knowledge and instructional delivery approaches and techniques
- Participate in professional development workshops, seminars and training and maintain your own continuing professional development
- Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge and/or scholarship of teaching and learning
- Depending on expertise, instruct in a range of programs such as in the ACBSP accredited BCom & MBA programs, or in the BA Business Communications or Associate of Arts degrees.

**Specific Responsibilities**

**Minimum**:

- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Demonstrated experience in effective teaching at the post-secondary level
- Willing to use or learn to use, academic technology and tools to enhance and support student learning
- Ability to teach in face-to-face, blended, and online environments
- Ability to employ active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches to teaching
- Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating equitable and inclusive learning environments
- Demonstrated ability to teach students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
- Effective time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

**Preferred requirements**:

- Terminal degree in a relevant discipline
- 5+ years experience post-secondary teaching in face-to-face, blended and online environments
- Experience in teaching students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
- Demonstrated experience employing active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches
- Professional experience in industry or business
- Knowledge and experience in course design and development
- Track record of scholarly activity in the field and/or scholarship of teaching and learning
- Evidence of excellence in teaching, assessing student work and providing constructive feedback

Note: This position includes requests for service (such as committee work and student coaching) within the university.

**Specific Requirements and Competencies for [BUSI 641-Entrepreneurship] Faculty**

The specifics below may exceed or take precedence over aforementioned general requirements and competencies:

- Experience in entrepreneurship and Canadian entrepreneurial eco-system.
- Minimum 3 years of Professional experience managing an entrepreneurial venture or small business.
- Mentors students and provide support for community members interested in starting new businesses.

**Application Process**

Interested applicants should submit the following materials (preferably as a single PDF file): cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) including evidence of teaching experience and scholarly accomplishments, cover letter clearly indicating the program and/or course(s), a sample syllabi, and teaching portfolio (if applicable) as well as the names of three referees.

**Diversity and Inclusivity Statement**

The University recognizes that applicants may have had obligations outside of work that have negatively impacted their record of achievements (e.g., parental, elder care, and/or medical). You are not required to disclose these obligations in the hiring process. If you choose to do so, the University will ensure that these obligations do not negatively impact the assessment of your qualifications for the position.

**Land Acknowledgement**

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