Instructor – Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development (Early Childhood Education)

Competition Number F18784P

Position Title Instructor – Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development (Early Childhood Education)

Employee Group Faculty

Position Status Non-Regular

Position Type Instructor

Special Appointee 

Others please specify 

Workload Amount up to 8 sections between two (2) positions

Department Early Childhood Education

Additional Notes 

Location North Vancouver

Working With Us 

At Capilano University, learners are our focus. Guided by the goals outlined in Envisioning and Illuminating 2030, employees play an essential role in creating an exceptional learning experience for and with learners and are central to a thriving campus community. Together, we are inspired by imagination and Capilano University is one of the leading teaching-focused universities in British Columbia and one of BC’s Top Employers. Grounded by our sense of purpose, we offer a meaningful, friendly, and dynamic work environment.

The Faculty of Education, Health and Human Development at Capilano University invites applications for two (2) non-regular (NREG) faculty appointment in the Department of Early Childhood Care and Education. The appointment will begin May 1, 2025. Capilano University is located on the territories of the LíỈwat, xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam), shíshálh (Sechelt), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and SəỈílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

The Early Childhood Care and Education program stands in partnership with Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) in promoting early childhood education as a profession. The department is committed to working towards the professionalization of early childhood educators in a universal, accessible, inclusive early childhood system that views early childhood education as the right of the child as a citizen. We are early childhood faculty, academics and researchers who are working with reconceptualist perspectives of early childhood education. We understand pedagogy as situated in the discipline of social science and the education of educators needs to be primarily steeped in educational and pedagogical matters. This education does not teach future educators how to apply knowledges and how to use methods that sustain the present system and current conditions. Rather, their education supports them on the challenging tasks of (1) understanding our current conditions, (2) imagining and worlding less oppressive, less violent, less destructive futures, and (3) enacting these possible futures through lively and experimental curricula with children and families.

We work with children, families, and communities to co-create pedagogical spaces where all lives can flourish. The early childhood educator holds a disposition to listen, to be open, to challenge ourselves to think otherwise, to stay with the troubles and to live joyfully. We consider that in their pedagogical responsibilities, educators understand that children and families are differently situated in relation to local and global contexts and live in complex interdependent relations with others (humans and more-than-human). Such understanding involves actively challenging normative notions of childhood and family composition. Educators not only make pedagogical decisions but also create lively curricula that acknowledge and respond to children’s and families’ complex situational circumstances and interdependencies. Candidates will have the ability to engage in, or have a demonstrated record of research, teaching, and community engagement in reconceptualist early childhood care and education.

We stand as allies of the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society working in all ways toward truth and reconciliation in ensuring our practice honours the Indigenous Early Learning and Care Framework and DRIPA. We are resolute in supporting the self-governance of Indigenous Peoples in creating an Indigenous early years system. We respond to the legacies of colonization as they critically reflect on the historical and geopolitical circumstances of the lands on which they practice. Candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, decolonization, anti-racism, and /or social justice in education.

The Faculty of Education, Health, and Human Development is a community of passionate educators shaping the future through connection, care, and transformative learning. In joining us, you will be welcomed into a dynamic educational environment by supportive and generous colleagues and become a valued member of a community committed to making a difference.

About the roleNature and Scope of Work

As an non-regular appointment:

• This non-regular faculty appointment will begin May 1, 2025.
• Instructor for theory and experiential courses within the Diploma of Early Childhood Care and Education and the Bachelors of Early Childhood Care and Education programs. This position will include faculty advising for students in the early childhood educator (ECE), infant/toddler educator (ITE)and inclusive practice educator (SNE) practica. Practicum supervision is an integral faculty role.
• This NREG faculty position may include courses located at the campuses of North Vancouver kálax-ay Sunshine Coast, and Squamish, as well as broader community engagement and initiatives of the Early Childhood Care and Education program. Faculty are expected to travel between campus locations and to visit practicum sites when advising practicum.
• In the academic terms in which there is course assignment, faculty are required to maintain regularly scheduled office hours on campus to be available to meet with students.
• In the academic terms in which there is course assignment, participation in associated department activities as required within ancillary duties, including but not limited to events and meetings within the University community, ECCE committee work, and ECCE program development.

Experience, competencies & qualificationsRequired Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education or in a related field;
• BC ECE Registry Certification as an Early Childhood Educator (ECE), Infant/Toddler Educator (ITE), or Special Needs Educator (SNE) required, or eligibility will be based on current certification.
• 5-10 years of teaching experience in a licensed early childhood program, or other early years setting working with children 0-5 years old.
• Demonstrated evidence of early childhood advocacy and community engagement, such as government, early childhood planning tables, non-profit boards within the education and/or social service sector. This may include Infant Development Programs (IDP, AIDP), policy analysis, Supported Child Development (SCDP), Early Childhood Pedagogy Network, First Nations Pedagogies Network, atelierista, researcher, Aboriginal Headstart.
• Evidence of research and/or scholarly work in reconceptualized early years practice.
• Demonstrated evidence of working with reconceptualist curriculum frameworks, DRIPA, TRC Calls to Action.
• Demonstrated understanding of the current issues in the early years in British Columbia and Canada.
• Demonstration of active membership in provincial, national and international early years scholarly, professional, advocacy and/or research groups.
• Demonstrated evidence of ability and commitment to leadership and collaborative work, with examples of collaborative projects and commitment that will support the mobilization of CapU ECCE current and future vision.
• Preference will be given to qualified persons who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit). Experience working with Indigenous early years programs, organizations and governments would be an asset. Applicants may choose to address their lived experience and connections to community, land, and language in their application materials. Applicants are encouraged to self-identify

Internal or External Position External

Appointment Date (mm/dd/yyyy) 05/01/2025

Salary Scale $9,420 per instructional section.

Post Date 04/04/2025

Close Date 04/11/2025

Open Until Filled No

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