Requisition #: 25-0048
Location: Doon
Department: School of Community Services
Posting Date: Friday, January 24, 2025
Closing Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST
Vacancy Type: Academic - Part-time

POSITION SUMMARY

Academic Part-time Positions
Conestoga is a leader in polytechnic education, and fosters career-focused education, training, and applied research programs to prepare students for success, support industry and workforce needs, and promote economic prosperity throughout our region and across Ontario.

The School of Community Services is seeking Part-time Curriculum Developers to join the Children’s Mental Health Services program team. The successful candidates will be designing courses covering the following subjects:

• Fostering mental health in children
• Case management
• Social determinants of mental health
• Trauma-informed practice
• Professional collaboration

The successful candidates will create, review, and revise course content for a 42-hour long course to be delivered in person. The course consists of up to 14 modules and must be developed for a 15-week delivery.
The primary tasks for course module creation are researching, writing, creating, and curating content to ensure an equivalent of three hours of teaching (lecture and activities) per week. Assessments will also need to be created based on module content. The Part-time Curriculum Developer will follow the guidelines and processes of Conestoga’s School of Community Services and receive course development and technical support throughout their work.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Child Studies, Sociology or a related field of study in Social Science is required
• Minimum three years of experience in supporting children and families, or in a role with a focus on mental health services is required
• Registration with the College of Early Childhood Educators, Ontario Association of Child & Youth Care or other professional designation in good standing with no terms, conditions, and limitations is preferred
• Experience teaching and with curriculum development in adult education and post-secondary contexts is an asset
• Demonstrated capability to write and create text-based and multi-media learning materials
• Strong leadership skills and commitment to academic excellence, superior time and project management skills to meet required deadlines
• Proficient in computer systems (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite)
• Knowledge and experience using course/learning management systems (e.g., D2L) is an asset
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, intercultural, and collaborative skills
• Able to work independently with little direct supervision
• Strong commitment to academic excellence, student success, and ability to support Conestoga’s continuous quality improvement initiatives

• Design new course material or conduct major course revisions
• Develop course outcomes, content topics, unit outcomes, resources, instructional plan, evaluation matrix, rubrics, assessments and eConestoga course shell
• Attend preliminary and regular check-in meetings with a Program and Course Development Consultant
• Collaborate with appropriate internal departments (e.g. Curriculum Operations)
• Effectively manage a series of folders and document versions
• Produce and submit content and activities weekly
• Engage in the final review and sign-off of each course module
• Revise course outlines, evaluations, resources and content