North Island College is seeking a qualified instructor to teach ABG 100: Histories and Impacts of Colonization as part of the Pathways to Nuu-chah-nulth Teacher Training Program, a community-led partnership with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, and North Island College.
The Pathways program supports Indigenous learners, with priority for Nuu-chah-nulth members living in the region, who are preparing to become teachers grounded in Nuu-chah-nulth values, land, language, culture, and community. Students in the program are completing university-level courses toward future admission into Year 3 of the Bachelor of Education program.
ABG 100 explores the historical relationships, colonial contexts, and social, economic, and political influences that have impacted Indigenous peoples and communities. The course includes pre-contact ways of knowing, local teachings, Terra Nullius, the Doctrine of Discovery, treaties, the Indian Act, residential schools, other assimilation policies, and Indigenous response, resistance, and renewal.
The teaching faculty of North Island College are responsible for implementing the College’s vision, goals, and objectives as they relate to teaching and learning. To carry out their teaching assignments, faculty use organizational skills, inter-personal skills, and their knowledge of subject matter, pedagogy, and curricular design. In addition, they have a responsibility to serve as role models for students and colleagues.
The responsibilities and typical duties listed below constitute a generic job description for teaching faculty whose responsibility may be for the delivery of scheduled classes, the support of self-paced, on-line, and distance courses, and/or instruction and supervision in laboratories, practicums, shops, etc.
