麻豆传媒

POSTING DATE:聽聽聽聽聽 August 29, 2016

POSITION:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 PART-TIME ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR

TERM:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 January 9, 2017 鈥� April 10, 2017

PAY RATE:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听聽 According To CUPE Collective Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT:听 The part-time academic instructor will be responsible for teaching NURS2000.03 鈥� Teaching & Learning and the Communication Process during the Winter term of the academic year 2016-2017.

Teaching and learning transactions among nurses and individuals, families, groups and communities are integral to health and well-being. The process of communication is central to the teaching-learning process and occurs within the nurse-patient relationship (a collaborative-partnership). The course is designed to assist students to critically analyze and integrate the teaching-coaching domain of nursing practice within the helping role of the nurse. Principles and theories of learning are used to identify strategies to help clients acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable them to attain/maintain optimal levels of health. The course includes an introduction to the counseling role of the nurse with a focus on therapeutic communication strategies necessary to establish partnerships with clients. Students are given opportunities to expand their existing interviewing and communication skills and teaching abilities.

This is a 3 credit hour course with a total of 3 hours of lecture and group work per week.

This contract runs from January 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017. The part-time academic instructor reports directly to the Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Development of teaching and learning activities related to the course

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Delivery and co-ordination of the course

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路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Responding to student queries about coursework

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Attending initial instruction with Instructional Learning Online services

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Participation in course discussions within the program

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Develop and administer examinations

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路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Follow up with students as necessary

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must hold a graduate degree with a focus on teaching and learning, or related field, with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PhD preferred.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:听September 12, 2016 @ 4pm or until position filled.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, their resume and three references (names) with contact information, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.

Please apply by email to Cloggerenberg@dal.ca (Ms. Coleen van Loggerenberg, Office Manager, School of Nursing, 麻豆传媒, Halifax, NS, B3H 3J5; Phone: 494-2602, Fax: 494-2736).

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. 麻豆传媒 is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all qualified candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.聽