ELP Instructor, Canadian Culture and History - August General Purpose English (Course #ESHORT-60007)
University of Winnipeg
- Winnipeg, MB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Course preparation and outline in accordance with Program requirements
- Lesson / lecture preparation
- Attendance management
- Teaching
- Student contact including providing assessment and constructive feedback to students
- Participation in placement testing, staff meetings, orientations and graduation ceremonies
- Preparation and creation of assessments
- Marking and grading
- Other duties as assigned
- TESL Certificate or CELTA required
- Undergraduate degree required
- Minimum 1 year experience designing and implementing activities and exercises addressing different themes and topics related to Canadian culture and history
- Knowledge of Canadian culture, daily life, things that are unique to Canada
- Knowledge of creating and implementing needs assessments
- Experience providing informal student assessments and formal student evaluation
- Knowledge and experience implementing various classroom management techniques
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiating, and conflict-resolution skills to deal effectively with a wide variety of situations
- Demonstrated sensitivity to the needs and issues of a diverse student body
- Able to accommodate student needs
- Keep students up to date on their progress
- Accessibility -- respond in a timely method
- Adaptability – handle the unexpected
- Clearly articulate expectations in assignments and assessments
- Flexible to students’ changing personal situations
- Technological competency
- Well trained in online teaching
- Ability to communicate in a variety of modes
- Comfortable communicating in writing
- Provide timely but well thought out responses
- Understands that facilitated learning as important as traditional learning
- Direct a conversation
- Take an active role in the learning process
- Encourage the creation of a community of learners
- Experience instructing resume writing and interview skills considered an asset
- Experience instructing oral and written communication specific to the workplace considered an asset
- Experience instructing common business and workplace vocabulary, idiomatic language and grammar considered an asset
- Experience using online teaching platforms considered an asset
- Knowledge of a language additional to English considered an asset
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.