Sessional Lecturer

**Sessional Lecturer -EDUC 2403U Independent Inquiry/Internship
- Fall 2025**

**Tracking Code**:req1632

**Frazer Faculty of Education**

**Number of Sections**: 3

**Appointment Type**: Limited Term

**Salary Grade**: Administered in accordance with the Collective Agreement

**Posting Date**:July 7, 2025

**Closing Date**: July 29, 2025 (7:00 pm EST)

**Course Name and Number**:EDUC 2403U - Independent Inquiry/Internship

**Location of classes: Downtown Oshawa campus location**

**Course Start Date: September 2, 2025**

**Course End Date: December 18, 2025**

Reporting to the Dean and working in close collaboration with the BEd Program Director, the Sessional Instructor provides instruction to B.Ed students in the Faculty of Education.

**Responsibilities/Accountabilities**:
The primary responsibility of the applicant is to (develop and) teach a theoretically, methodologically sophisticated and relevant course at the university level within the parameters of the course description listed above. In keeping with a technology-enhanced learning environment utilizing laptop computers and wireless connectivity, the Sessional Lecturer will deliver the course using a technology-enhanced learning approach that includes a variety of inclusive teaching and learning strategies and assessments. The Sessional Lecturer will prepare, deliver and grade all course material and assignments and be available for consultation with students during and following completion of the course session.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Skills**:

- **A proven commitment to providing innovative and inclusive teaching strategies
- Evidence of an ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to maintain effective relationships with a range of faculty, staff and students
- Excellent organizational skills in order to effectively manage course delivery, the marking of assignments, and the ability to respond to student enquiries in a timely manner
- Evidence of the integration of theories of learning/teaching in into instructional practice
- Evidence of a successful integration of planning, instruction, assessment and cultivating classroom learning communities
- Evidence of an ability to reflect on one’s own professional practice and adapt practices as needed
- Evidence of teaching that fosters inquiry, reflection, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration
- Openness to new and diverse perspectives of teaching and learning
- Demonstrated evidence of understanding of how teachers learn and develop
- Knowledge of inquiry-based learning in the Ontario context
- A well-grounded understanding of curricular and pedagogical design, educational research, digital technologies and assessment

**Education**:

- A Master’s degree in education in relevant field(s) of study is required
- A member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers is required
- A PhD is an asset

**Experience**:

- Successful teaching at the pre-service and/or K-12 level
- Successful infusion of technologies in practice as purposeful teaching tools for, as, and of mathematics learning in the classroom
- Demonstrated evidence-based, or research-informed practice
- Successful teaching experience in a pre-service teacher education program is an asset
- Experience working within an LMS is an asset
- Experience teaching in a virtual environment is an asset

Priority will be given to an Internal Applicant who has taught any course for the University in three (3) different sessions in the past thirty-six (36) months, provided they meet the requirements for the position as outlined in the job posting.

**How to Apply**:
Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy.

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

**Job Location**: Oshawa, ON, Canada