Sessional Lecturer - CTL5708H - Special Topics in Teaching - Black Educator Identity

About the role

This course will provide a brave space for Black self-identified educators and practitioners to deconstruct what it means to be Black from an intersectional lens navigating power and the complexities affiliated with experiencing privilege and oppressions across different settings.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, organize, and teach this half-course graduate seminar;
• Be available to students seeking assistance between classes;
• Evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work.

Requirements

• Possess a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience;
• Demonstrate currency and mastery in the course subject matter, including intersectionality and critical race theory as applicable to education and lived experience;
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching, including online teaching as relevant;
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching and leading teachers/teacher-candidates' professional learning;
• Demonstrate experience as a transformative leader in anti-Black racism, equity and social justice;
• Have extensive experience as a transformative educator and leader working with students, community members, teachers and system leaders;
• Have demonstrated successful experience facilitating affinity spaces with a focus on belonging, accountability, and collective care;
• Have demonstrated ability to facilitate courageous conversations and support students through personal and collective reflection, dialogue, and action;
• Have experience, knowledge and skills to successfully integrate practices of healing, joy, and community care into learning spaces;
• Have demonstrated strengths and skills in communication and collaboration.

Qualifications

• A doctoral degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience;
• Currency and mastery in the course subject matter, including intersectionality and critical race theory as applicable to education and lived experience;
• Decolonizing and anti-oppressive pedagogies;
• Black histories, epistemologies, and contemporary realities in education;
• Excellence in teaching, including online teaching as relevant;
• Excellence in teaching and leading teachers/teacher-candidates' professional learning;
• Experience as a transformative leader in anti-Black racism, equity and social justice;
• Extensive experience as a transformative educator and leader working with students, community members, teachers and system leaders;
• Demonstrated successful experience facilitating affinity spaces with a focus on belonging, accountability, and collective care;
• Depth of knowledge of BFEP’s mission and the key elements that contribute to the success of BFEP;
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate courageous conversations and support students through personal and collective reflection, dialogue, and action;
• Experience, knowledge and skills to successfully integrate practices of healing, joy, and community care into learning spaces;
• Demonstrated strengths and skills in communication and collaboration.

Skills

• Ability to facilitate courageous conversations and support students through personal and collective reflection, dialogue, and action;
• Experience, knowledge and skills to successfully integrate practices of healing, joy, and community care into learning spaces;
• Strengths and skills in communication and collaboration.

Benefits

As of September 1, 2026, the minimum stipend is $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. As of January 1, 2027, the minimum stipend is $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. Salary may be prorated based on the appointment percentage.

Pay

As of September 1, 2026, the minimum stipend is $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. As of January 1, 2027, the minimum stipend is $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. Salary may be prorated based on the appointment percentage.

Schedule

Wednesday 17:00 - 20:00

Application Procedure

Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Please include a current CV and names of three referees in your cover letter. If you are selected for an interview, we will notify you to provide reference letters.

Please apply at: https://hiring.oise.utoronto.ca/sl/sessional_lecturer_jobs