Contract Instructor Opportunities
Fall/Winter 2024-2025
Application Procedures and Deadlines
All applicants must apply using the electronic application at the end of this page, identifying each course for which they wish to be considered and submit an up-to-date CV by the date identified by each course*.
*Applications submitted after the deadline for the course in question will not be considered until after the first round of applications are reviewed and assigned.
As per article 15.3 of the current CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, all applicants must apply to the Academic Department Head in writing and in relation to each course for which they wish to be considered. All applications must include an up-to-date CV, including a complete listing of all courses taught within the CUPE 4600 (Unit 2) bargaining unit at Carleton University. Applicants shall not be required to submit more than one (1) CV to each department. Other required documents must be relevant to judge qualifications and should not require applicants to provide details as to how they would shape or teach the course. When applying to classes for which they have incumbency, applicants shall not be required to (re)submit documentation beyond their updated CV.
All candidates must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, CUPortfolio and other web-based teaching platforms. The university may require all or part of courses to be delivered remotely, including online. Please note that, while we do our best to determine mode of delivery well in advance of the term, the decision of whether to offer a course in person or online rests with the University and is subject to change.
Apply here if you are interested in teaching a course in the School of Social Work in Fall/Winter 2024-25.
Fall 2024 Term (0.5 credit courses)
No course opportunities are available at this time for Fall 2024.
Winter Term 2025 (0.5 credit courses)
SOWK 2202 Introduction to Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families [Core Course] – posted until July 11, 2024
Understand and develop skills required for working with individuals and families; active listening; use of self; engagement; rapport-building; interviewing and interventions; empathy; interpersonal and professional collaboration; supervision.
- Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW (or related) degree.
- Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Minimum three years recent social work clinical practice post-MSW.
- Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching social work courses and must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other web-based teaching platforms.
- Other Relevant Experience: Demonstrated recent social work experience working with individuals and families. Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to apply multiple social work approaches to work with individuals and families.
| Designated Modality | In person | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | No | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 30 |
SOWK 5302 Mental Health – posted until July 1, 2024
The course will focus on historical developments, legislative framework, policy, and service structure of mental health systems, and on practice issues related to mental health services.
- Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW (or related) degree.
- Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must have a minimum of five years’ experience in social work practice.
- Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching social work courses and must be prepared to teach in person and/or use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other web-based teaching platforms.
- Other Relevant Experience: Candidates must have demonstrated and significant work experience with persons with lived experience of severe or persistent mental distress or illness, and in providing mental health services informed by critical, anti-oppressive and/or Indigenous perspectives.
| Designated Modality | In person | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | No | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 20 |
To Apply
Apply here if you are interested in teaching a course in the School of Social Work in Fall/Winter 2024-25.
Application deadline: Please refer to the individual course listed above.
Late applications will not be accepted.
A note to all applicants: As per Articles 16.3 and 16.4 in the CUPE 4600(Unit 2) Collective Agreement, the posted vacancies listed above are first offered to applicants meeting the incumbency criterion. A link to the current CUPE 4600(Unit 2)Collective Agreement can be found at the Academic Staff Agreements webpage on the Carleton University website – https://carleton.ca/hr/labourrelations/academic-staff-agreements/#sect3.