Online Teaching Check-in with Contract Faculty – July 21, 2020

Event Date & Time

  • July 21, 2020
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be hosted online on Zoom. 

This session was created specifically for contract faculty (sessionals and Lecturers). Please only register for this session if that description fits you.  

As Contract Faculty go into the Fall term as virtual teachers in virtual classrooms, we recognize that Contract Faculty have unique needs. For example, access to basic resources such as increased internet speed, bandwidth and equipment, availability of private space, pressure to produce and deliver online courses synchronously or with many bells and whistles, as well as issues of academic freedom and online harassment seem to be particularly amplified for Contract Faculty. In this session, we will discuss some of these challenges to our working lives as teachers, consider some possible solutions and invite participants to share resources.

Sarika Bose (English) and Judy Chan (Land and Food Sciences) are the co-facilitators of this community of practice. As a result of the COVID crisis, we find ourselves adapting to new circumstances in our teaching lives. We hope that the offerings we have listed below will allow us, the Contract Faculty community, to work towards practical teaching solutions and best practices. Please note that some of the sessions might be adapted as the academic year progresses.

Facilitators:

  • Judy Chan, Faculty Associate/ Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems, CTLT
  • Sarika Bose, Chair of Contract Faculty Committee of Faculty Association, Sessional Lecturer in Department of English

Please ensure you have your own quiet space, a computer with a webcam and headphones or earbuds.