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POSTING DATE: 7 December 2016
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 21 December 2016

POSITION: Part-Time Academic, 2017 Summer School, B Term (July 4 -August 18, 2017)

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Life Sciences Centre

PAY RATE: As per CUPE Collective Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The Part-Time Academic will be responsible for a first-year Distance Education class, Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience II: From Social Interaction to Psychopathology (PSYO 1032.03), in the B Term of Summer School 2017. It is anticipated that the class enrollment will be 100-150 students. The successful applicant will be responsible for administration of course content on the University learning management system (Brightspace), responding to student emails in a timely manner, vetting distance proctors, marking lab assessments (with the help of the course TA), creating discussion questions and grading student submissions (with the help of the course TA), vetting pre-recorded lectures (and creating new lectures if required), as well as quiz (x6) and exam (x3) preparation. The successful applicant must be available for two hours per week for online and face-to-face student consultation, and available to run the in-person exams (x3) for students w! ithin 50km of campus. A Teaching Assistant is provided to support this class. This position consults with the Introduction to Psychology and Neuroscience Coordinator and reports to the Chair of the Department.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Applicants must have a graduate degree in Psychology, demonstrated teaching effectiveness, and have proficiency with delivery of course content using a learning management system (Brightspace in particular). Experience teaching in an online environment is an asset.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO:

Dr. Leslie Phillmore
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Life Sciences Centre
E-mail: pnugpc@dal.ca
Fax: 494-6585

All offers of employment as a Part-Time Academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the class, and approval by the University.
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