Department / Faculty: Education
Course Name: The Soul of Education
Course Code: GEDU 6155 02
Academic Term: Summer Session II
Class Timetable: M 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Course Unit Value: 0.5
Start Date: 7/15/2013
End Date: 7/25/2013
Qualifications: Candidate must hold a PhD or near completion (or equivalent professional qualification) with extensive experience in education and professional experience as counselor, or other therapeutic practitioner. Assets for teaching this course: experience teaching holistically; and research, scholarly, or professional interest in holistic teaching across cultures.
Duties: Preparation, teaching, student consultation, grading and marking, distribution of student evaluation questionnaires, involvement in student appeals, and other duties appropriate to the appointment. All distance (DLCE) courses require completion of current technology orientation from DLCE.
Additional Duties: In Summer II, the time frame for Summer Institutes has been expanded to include blocks of study time. This Institute will run from July 15 through July 25. Class meetings will take place between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm during this session. This institute will include 36 hours of face-to-face instructional time and 18 hours of study time. Instructors will be required to include the specific dates and times of face-to-face meetings. While instructors have the flexibility to distribute study-time hours in ways that they feel will best support their students’ in-course work, this time should not be used to allow students to complete pre-course assignments nor to end the term before July 25.
Remuneration: Remuneration is in accordance with the Collective Agreement between Mount Saint Vincent University and CUPE 3912
The following is the current stipend schedule contained in the Collective Agreement, including 4.9% vacation pay. Stipends listed correspond to a full unit (1.0) course. Contract stipends will be prorated according to the course unit value.
  September 1
Stipend step 2009 2010 2011
1 $8,592 $8,764 $8,939
2 (Currently has precedence and has taught the equivalent of 4 full unit courses over 2 academic years) $9,801 $9,997 $10,197
3 (Currently has precedence and has taught the equivalent of more than 10 full unit courses) $10,522 $10,732 $10,947
This position is subject to budgetary approval and is dependent on adequate enrolment in the course. The precise course section number posted here may be subject to adjustment.
How to apply: Send your letter of application accompanied by current curriculum vitae (CV) and the names of three references to the contact name and address provided below.

Dr. Allan Neilsen, Director, Graduate Education
Mount Saint Vincent University,
166 Bedford Highway,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6.
 edptappl@msvu.ca
DIRECTIONS TO APPLICANTS: Please merge all application components into one (1) PDF document and send via email to the address indicated in the posting. Your PDF document name should include: Applicant name, month and year, e.g., SMITH.JANE.FEB.2013.PDF
Application deadline: 2/22/2013
Mount Saint Vincent University is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates including women, aboriginal persons, visible minorities and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to Canadians and permanent residents. Qualified applicants with precedence under the Collective Agreement with CUPE 3912 will be considered first for appointment.