Employment: Course Development (Pharmacy)
Course development
The Centre for Community Engaged Learning and the Faculty of Pharmacy
Job title: curriculum development assistant
Pay rate: $23.89 to $28.47 /hr, depending on experience
Hours per week: 10 to 20
Length of term: Summer 2014, potential for extension in the fall and winter
In September 2015 the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will be offering a new experiential learning course which draws heavily upon community service learning pedagogy. Up until now, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has offered these kinds of courses to twenty students in the first year of the BSc Pharm program. In 2015, the Faculty will be changing its degree program and community service learning will be mandatory for all 224 students in each of the first and second years of the Entry to Practice PharmD Program. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with the assistance of the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, will be working over the next year to structure these courses; we are seeking a graduate student to assist in this process.
Background: Community service learning (CSL) is a pedagogical approach in which students apply their academic learning while working in partnership with community-based partners to address community-identified priorities. CSL enhances students’ academic learning and their capacity for global citizenship, while strengthening civil society and advancing sustainability. CSL is one of the enriched educational experiences that are highlighted in UBC’s Place and Promise strategic plan.
Role:
The graduate student will work directly with staff and faculty from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as from The Centre for Community Engaged Learning.
Duties:
The RA may be asked to assist in all stages of the research/evaluation:
– Exploring possible CSL models for a large number students
– Exploring CSL models in health careers
– Helping to create a curriculum that may work for the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
– Helping to create a strategy for building community partnerships to host 200+ students
– Working with results from pilot years to help structure the curriculum
The curriculum development assistant will participate in weekly meetings. During these meetings the team will discuss the work being done and collaboratively define the necessary next steps for the coming week.
Qualifications
1. Currently pursuing a graduate degree in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy, Educational Studies, Human Development Learning and Culture, etc.)
2. Previous experience working in course development an asset.
3. Previous experience working with community an asset.
All of the CCEL’s work includes an aspect of community engagement; having a methodological understanding of community-university relationships is therefore, an asset.
Please apply with a resume and cover letter to Allyson Rayner by April 22, 2014. allyson.rayner@ubc.ca.