Sessional - Faculty (ECED 1360)
Thompson Rivers University
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Job Description
Employment Type:
Temporary
Type of Child Care:
Other: Education
Position Start:
September 3rd, 2025
Position Ends:
October 31st, 2025
Thompson Rivers University is seeking a sessional faculty member who will teach ECED 1360: Curriculum Development
Students examine the principles to develop, implement and evaluate a play-based program with key concepts in language and literacy and music and movement across the curriculum. Students learn theory and gain practical knowledge to plan activities in which young children can explore sound, movement, music, books, stories, drama, and beginning literacy, within the context of the whole program for children.
Qualifications:
Other: Masters of Education
Additional Qualifications:
Required:
- A master’s degree in ECE or relevant field is required. For example, a relevant field could include Education, Childhood Studies, Child and Youth Care, or Curriculum Studies for example.
- Evidence of a minimum of three years of knowledge and experience working with young children and families in a licensed early years program or primary classroom (birth to 8 years old).
- Demonstrated knowledge of early years curriculum including pedagogical narrations and working with current early learning frameworks to develop innovative programs for young children.
- Demonstrated expertise in the course topic areas.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated experience in integrating Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods (TRC CA 63)
- Proven skills in building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect (TRC CA 62)
- Teaching excellence, including developing culturally appropriate curricula (TRC CA 10)
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, decolonization, anti-racism and social justice in education.
- Experience implementing curriculum and thinking with reconceptualist theories and curriculum
Preferred:
- Three years of successful teaching experience in post-secondary institutions
- Active participation in ongoing research and / or community activities that contribute to and expand opportunities for students within the ECE program.
Years Experience Required:
3
Required Experience:
- Evidence of a minimum of three years of knowledge and experience working with young children and families in a licensed early years program or primary classroom (birth to 8 years old).
Salary & Benefits:
$2,575.50 - $2,575.50 ( Sessional Faculty - Academic (per credit) )