The Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island has an opening for a sessional instructor to teach the following course in Winter 2018:  ED-5140  Reflective Practice in Educational Leadership in Nunavut.

The Certificate in Educational Leadership in Nunavut consists of five courses (ED-5090, ED-5110, ED-5120, ED-5130 and ED-5140).  This winter ED-5140 is scheduled to be offered in-person in Resolute, Nunavut, from February 10-15, 2018. 

Please note that ED-5140 will include six hours of a pre-course reading/assignment, as well as 30 hours of face-to-face instruction.  This course will be co-taught with another instructor. 

The instructors will be asked to work closely with the UPEI Academic Lead in preparation for the course.  This includes pre-course conference calls and a debriefing conference call at the end of the course.   All course preparation will need to be completed two months before the start date of the course.  Depending on availability of flights and potential pre and post-course instructor meetings, the time spent physically present in Nunavut will include a few days before and after the course dates.

Reminders for Government of Nunavut Employees who may wish to apply: you must obtain permission from your supervisor and Deputy Minister prior to working outside your current position; and before hiring is completed, you must confirm that leave arrangements have been approved, including the type of leave that is available to you.

ED-5140 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR NUNAVUT 
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Participants propose, develop, and implement an approved reflective inquiry project.

This is a three-semester hour course offered in person in Resolute from February 10 to February 15, 2018.

Qualifications:

Ideally, applicants for sessional teaching positions in the Certificate in Educational Leadership in Nunavut (ED 509, ED 511, ED 512, ED 513 and ED 514) require recent, successful leadership and teaching experience within the K–12 system in Nunavut. An understanding of Inuit education and recent legislation, policies and curricula guiding school programs in Nunavut is necessary. The ability to understand, converse and write in Inuktitut as well as English is an advantage. This course, or portions of these courses, may be offered online using an online learning platform. Familiarity with this interactive, distance learning program used in the UPEI programs offered in Nunavut is important when communicating with the students. Previous successful online teaching experience is an asset.

Applicants will normally possess a graduate degree in education with a focus on Inuit educational leadership.  A high level of expertise related to the literature and scholarship in both action research and educational leadership in Nunavut, a comprehensive understanding of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit as it is applied in light of recent educational legislation and policy in Nunavut, and the ability to teach comfortably in a bilingual (Inuktitut/English) teaching environment with Inuit graduate students are considered assets.

In all instances, qualified applicants on the UPEI Sessional Roster of the Faculty of Education will be given priority.

The offering of these courses is conditional on final enrolment numbers, and the dates and Nunavut locations are currently considered tentative. All sessional courses are subject to the final budgetary and administrative approval. The availability of sessional positions is conditional on the finalization of regular Faculty member workload distribution.

Application Instructions:

Applicants should submit an electronic version of their curriculum vitae and one letters of reference from your workplace supervisor:

Dr. Ron MacDonald, Dean
c/o Karen-Anne O’Halloran (kohalloran@upei.ca)
Faculty of Education
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown, PE   C1A 4P3

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. UPEI is committed to the principle of equity in employment.

Closing date for applications is November 14, 2017