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Competition Number F18487PPosition Title Instructor - Faculty of Education, Health & Human DevelopmentEmployee Group FacultyPosition Status Regular Part-TimePosition Type InstructorSpecial AppointeeOthers please specifyWorkload Amount 6Department Early Childhood EducationAdditional NotesLocation North VancouverNature and Scope of WorkThe Faculty of Education, Health and Human Development Department at Capilano University invites applications for a three-quarter time faculty position in the Department of Early Childhood Care and Education. The appointment is expected to start January 1, 2023, or a date agreed upon by the University and the successful candidate. Capilano University is located on the territories of the LíỈwat, xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam), shíshálh (Sechelt), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and SəỈílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.We are seeking qualified applicants who have a doctoral degree or are a PhD Candidate in Early Childhood Education or closely related area. 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 care and education. Teaching experience within licensed early childhood programs is required and candidates will hold current ECE, ITE and/or SNE certification or have met the qualifications to attain these qualifications in British Columbia.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 UNDRIP. 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. We encourage candidates with interests in one or more of the following areas: leadership and advocacy, curriculum and pedagogy.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.Nature and Scope of WorkAs an RPT6 appointment, this position is three-quarter time with opportunity to expand.

• Instructor for theory and experiential courses within the Diploma of Early Childhood Care and Education and the Bachelor’s 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 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.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours on campus.
• 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.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• PhD or PhD Candidate in Early Childhood Education or in a related field;
• 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.
• 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.
• Preferred 5-10 years of experience working in a licensed early years setting, or other early years program working with children 0-5.
• Demonstrated evidence of community engagement, such as early childhood planning tables, non-profit boards within the education and/or social service sector, (ie: early childhood care and education, food security, housing, seniors,).
• Demonstrated evidence of working with reconceptualist curriculum frameworks, UNDRIP, TRC calls to action.
• Preferred 3-5 years experience teaching early childhood at a post-secondary institution
• Evidence of research and/or scholarly work in reconceptualized early years practice
• 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.
• Evidence of ability and commitment to leadership and collaborative work.

Posting Detail InformationInternal or External Position ExternalAppointment Date (mm/dd/yyyy) 01/01/2023Salary Scale Faculty ScalePost Date 11/14/2022Close DateOpen Until Filled YesQuick Apply

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