Course Coordinator BIOL 1P93 Fall D2

This position is part of the

CUPE4207-1 (Employee Group)

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Post End Date:

Note to all candidates: This posting will close at 12:01 am on the date listed .

July 20, 2024

Online Course Coordinator–Foundations in Biology I

Compensation 

Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator and Lab Demonstrator positions are paid according to the qualifications that the employee holds. 

• Employees who do NOT hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the undergraduate rate – $22.07 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2024)
• Employees who hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the graduate rate – $34.73 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2024)

Duties 

Responsibility 1: 

• Manage waitlists and overrides into courses, as required
• Manage requests to switch lab sections
• Coordinate and administer make-up exams
• Correspond with students who have missed laboratories, assignments, test, exams and assisting in the coordination of make-up assessments, as approved by the course instructor and/or senior demonstrator
• Work with Brightspace (or other online learning system) and Gradebook (or similar) to update and manage course grades, as required
• Academic Misconduct-Maxient

Responsibility 2: 

• Liaise with Student Academic Services (SAS) and course instructors to coordinate academic accommodations relating to individual students
• Communicate with SAS as required to contest individual student complaints regarding accommodations. This individual in this position will ‘represent’ the department in cases escalating to higher levels.

Responsibility 3: 

• Maintain familiarity with existing provincial and university regulations around academic accommodations
• Liaise with Senior Demonstrators, Faculty, and staff to maintain awareness of changes in policies affecting them

Responsibility 4: 

• Liaise with Student Health Services as needed to intervene in serious mental health issues affecting individual students, particularly those with the potential for self-harm
• Deal with vaccination, masking, and related issues to ensure students are aware of regulations and policies. Intervene when required to refer non-compliance issues to university authorities
• Follow up to verify medical documentation or claims preventing students from completing assessments

Responsibility 5: 

• Collect anonymous data relating to numbers and types of accommodations and undertake basic data analysis to track trends
• Identify problem areas and propose solutions

Qualifications 

If the qualifications for this position have changed since the last posting you must add the following wording as a note above the qualifications: ‘The qualifications for this position have changed since it was last posted’.

The position requires broad experience in (field). Must have previous experience in demonstrating laboratories and supervising other demonstrators. Must have an (degree). Must have leadership and organizational skills with ability to assign duties to demonstrators and troubleshoot in the laboratory setting. Safety is a major issue in these labs and the incumbent must be able to detect potential hazards and have the ability and skills to rapidly and appropriately deal with problems as they occur. 

Applications 

Please include a cover letter and a current resume. Members with seniority can provide seniority date within the application questionnaire.

For further information 

Chair name 

905-688-5550 xExt 

Positions listed on this posting are subject to course enrolments and budgetary approval. 

As per Article 22.04 of the Collective Agreement: 

• Part-time Graduate Students and Non-Students shall not accept any appointment which, taken together with all other appointments at the University, would cause the member to exceed the maximum number of regular hours (i.e. not overtime hours) allowable in a work week under the Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time.

The Collective Agreement governs part-time Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Lab Demonstrator, Course Coordinator and Marker-Grader positions at Brock University. The Agreement can be accessed on the Human Resources Web Site – brocku.ca/human-resources 

Additional Comments 

Course descriptions can be found on the Undergraduate course calendar website: 

http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/ 

Academic terms generally run from:

Fall – September to December

Winter – January to April

Spring – May to July

Summer – July to August

• Actual dates can be found on the Timetables available on the Office of the Registrar web page: https://brocku.ca/registrar/toolkit/registration/

Applicants are required to upload a resume and cover letter as part of the application process.

Brock University is actively committed to diversity and the principles of Employment Equity and invites applications from all qualified candidates. Women, Aboriginal peoples including those who identify as members of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, members of visible minorities and racialized groups, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons are encouraged to apply. We will accommodate the needs of the applicants and the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the selection process, as outlined in the Employment Accommodation Policy https://brocku.ca/policies/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/Employment-Accommodation-Policy.pdf. Please advise: talent@brocku.ca to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated through this process. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

It is Brock University’s policy to give consideration to qualified internal applicants.

We appreciate all applications received; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. 

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