Learning Strategist - Jobs in Toronto, ON

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Date Posted: 09/29/2021Req ID: 16425Faculty/Division: VP & ProvostDepartment: Student Life: Academic SuccessCampus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)Description:About us:Student Life connects life to learning. We believe every student should have the opportunity to actively participate in university life, and to find connection and community while discovering new ways of thinking and being in the world. We provide resources, support and engagement opportunities that are inclusive and accessible, making sure every student can build experiences that set them up for a lifetime of success.Student Life Programs & Servicessupports students as they achieve personal, academic, career or civic goals. We engage students throughout their learning and development with the following units: Academic Success, Accessibility Services, Career Exploration & Education, Centre for Community Partnerships, Clubs & Leadership Development, Housing, Indigenous Student Services, Mentorship & Peer Programs, Multi-faith Centre, Orientation, Student Success, Transition & Engagement and T-Card Services. Together with staff, faculty, students, employers and community partners, we provide an integrated and coherent path to success that reflects the diversity of our students.Your opportunity:Under the general direction of the Learning Strategies Programming Lead, the Learning Strategist is responsible for developing multi layered learning communities of students and peer mentors that foster academic skill development for an academically diverse population of full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The Learning Strategist will engage with faculty members and other staff across the Division of Student Life and the university more broadly to develop programming that responds to the academic skills development of students within specific programs and courses. Examples may include: course-specific in class presentations; peer facilitated study sessions; orientation workshops; meeting individually and in small groups with students to clarify and problem solveindividual issues related to learning, criticalthinking, and time management. Work will also include developing peer-mentors to (co) deliver programming, assessing programming, and creating online materials and supports to enhance student learning.Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing advanced academic and learning skills counselling
• Advising students on the development of their educational plans
• Probing for information from students to identify learning and performance needs
• Developing components of learning support programs
• Conducting a detailed analysis of student feedback and learning outcomes to inform program planning activities
• Developing student assessment plans to support student learning outcomes and competencies
• Facilitating psychoeducational workshops that promote the development of coping strategies and skills

Essential Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in a related program of study (e.g. education) or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years experience in academic support in a multi-disciplinary setting to undergraduate and graduate students at the university-level.
• Must be an experience and recognized facilitator of groups.
• Must have experience developing peer mentoring programs.
• Must be able to demonstrate success in facilitating partnerships with constituents from a variety of institutional areas.
• Demonstrated experience in coaching.
• Excellent computer skills (e.g. Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Superb interpersonal, listening, and communication skills for fostering student development and negotiating conflict.
• Excellence in understanding anti-oppression frameworks and delivering programming to enhance equity.
• Excellence in managing projects through effective setting of priorities.
• Honed organizationalskills.
• Creative problem solving skills.
• Ability to initiate independent collaborations with faculty and staff to enhance students learning experiences and sense of belonging.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrated initiative to maintain awareness of current and emerging trends in university-level learning and to incorporate them into their work.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Certification in Learning Strategies, Coaching, or Supplemental Instruction.
• Experience with E-Learning.
• Training in Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering and/or Math.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the learning needs of students with disabilities.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Approachable
• Communicator
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Tactful

Closing Date: 10/05/2021, 11:59PM EDTEmployee Group: USWAppointment Type: Budget - Term. This is a TERM position for 11 months.Schedule: Part-Time, This is a part-time 50% FTE role.Pro-Rated Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 13 - $37,390 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $47,817. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.Job Category: Student ServicesRecruiter: Anita ChooramanQuick Apply

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