Professor, Personal Support Worker

1 week ago

Mississauga, Canada Sheridan College Full time
Job Title: Professor, Personal Support Worker Faculty/Department: Faculty of Applied Health & Community Studies Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Application Deadline: July 7, 2024 Job Number: J0624-0077

Consideration will be given to qualified internal full-time academic and partial-load employees first in accordance with the Collective Agreement requirements. 

Who We Are 

Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in people’s lives. Our strategic plan, Sheridan 2024: Galvanizing Education for a Complex World (), charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity, diversity and inclusivity. Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence. Across our campuses, we’re making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.

The Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies (FAHCS) prepares learners in the Personal Support Worker program for a rewarding career working with individuals across the lifespan while providing compassionate, holistic, and client-centered activities of daily living as a member of an interprofessional health team. Graduates will maintain and promote therapeutic relationships that meet the needs and expectations of their individual clients and families according to the plan of care. Through this program, students benefit from a newly designed curricula with high number of hours in client care skills lab and field placement where they can apply their theoretical knowledge, practical learning and clinical skills.

What You’ll Be Doing

The successful candidate will teach students in the Personal Support Worker program within the School of Applied Health in FAHCS. In addition, the successful candidate will contribute to promoting the program, curriculum development and continuous improvement, program reviews, Virtual Reality integration, representing the PSW program across different strategic initiatives within Sheridan, and other strategic initiatives that maintains the delivery of a high-quality program. The position offers flexibility and independence while providing opportunities for stimulating exchanges with team members and students.

Sheridan faculty provide academic leadership to programs and courses within their areas of expertise and contribute to a learning-centred environment, where students can develop to their full potential. They also contribute to Sheridan, Faculty and program excellence by collaborating on a variety of initiatives such as new program development, applied research and alternative delivery strategies. Faculty ensure students are aware of course and program learning outcomes, learning strategies and evaluation techniques, through providing individual tutoring, academic counselling and evaluating student progress/achievement within assigned courses.

Specific Responsibilities include: 

Ensuring that program and course curricula are current, relevant, and reflective of best practices within the relevant professional/program disciplines; Defining, evaluating, and validating learning outcomes for courses and programs; Creating an effective environment for applied learning which accommodates students’ diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, experiences and learning styles;  Designing appropriate strategies and tools for facilitating and assessing student learning that are invitational and reflective of best practices in teaching and learning;  Developing appropriate strategies and tools to assess student performance that are consistent with the learning outcomes of the course and address multiple learning styles;  Developing multi-media materials and alternative delivery strategies, and incorporating appropriate educational technologies into the applied learning process;  Ensuring that students are aware of course and program learning outcomes, learning strategies and evaluation techniques; providing individual tutoring and academic counselling; and evaluating student progress/achievement within assigned courses; Working with students from diverse educational, religious, and cultural backgrounds.

About You 

You are committed to excellence in teaching and learning within a collaborative team environment.

You have a demonstrated ability to convey the conceptual and applied aspects of knowledge to a broad range of students. 

You value participating in and creating safe, brave, and inclusive environments at work and in the community, and thrive to be part of a culture that takes action to ensure no one is left behind.

You enjoy balancing many different tasks, staying organized and planning , integrating multiple information streams, prioritizing and tracking various projects to meet a demanding workload, and keep things running smoothly.

You bring a solid network of contacts with other academics, professionals, organizations and employers.

The successful candidate will also meet the following qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, or healthcare-related field (Masters preferred)  3 years of relevant practical and professional experience working in a healthcare or higher education environment Member in good standing with applicable regulatory bodies such as CNO Teaching and curriculum development experience at the post-secondary level  Formal studies in adult or higher education will be considered an asset

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