Sessional Lecturer - CTL5708H - Special Topics in Teaching - Black Educator Identity

Course number and title: CTL5708H - Special Topics in Teaching - Black Educator Identity

Course description: This course will provide a brave space for Black self-identified educators and practitioners to deconstruct what it means to be Black from an intersectional lens navigating power and the complexities affiliated with experiencing privilege and oppressions across different settings. As an affinity group space, it provides opportunities for Black educators to share their lived experiences, build connections, and learn from other Black educators in a healing, empowered, culturally responsive, affirming, and sustaining space. The content of the course explores historical and current realities of Black educators from multiple vantage points, providing opportunities for reflection and action for creating and sustaining Black identities and communities.   An examination and creation of liberation and non-hegemonic pedagogies will guide Black educators in honing their skills through and decentering Eurocentrism, decolonization, critical pedagogy, advocacy and activism, leadership and change frameworks, and centering Black excellence and lived experiences. Finally, this course will provide an opportunity for critical conversations and intentional actions of hope and healing to sustain Black joy and reconsider what Black futurities in education should be.

Estimated TA support: No

Estimated course enrolment : 35

Class schedule : Wednesday 17:00 - 20:00

Sessional dates of appointment: 2026-09-01 - 2026-12-31

Appointment percentage: 100

Salary : As of September 1, 2026, the minimum stipend is $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. 

As of January 1, 2027, the minimum stipend is $ $9972.475 (inclusive of vacation pay) for a half credit course. Salary may be prorated based on the appointment percentage.                                                                   

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must:
• Possess a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience
• Demonstrate currency and mastery in the course subject matter, including
• Intersectionality and critical race theory as applicable to education and lived experience
• Decolonizing and anti-oppressive pedagogies, and
• Black histories, epistemologies, and contemporary realities in education
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching, including online teaching as relevant
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching and leading teachers/teacher-candidates' professional learning
• Demonstrate experience as a transformative leader in anti-Black racism, equity and social justice
• Have extensive experience as a transformative educator and leader working with students, community members, teachers and system leaders
• Have demonstrated successful experience facilitating affinity spaces with a focus on belonging, accountability, and collective care.
• Demonstrate depth of knowledge of BFEP’s mission and the key elements that contribute to the success of BFEP.
• Have demonstrated ability to facilitate courageous conversations and support students through personal and collective reflection, dialogue, and action
• Have experience, knowledge and skills to successfully integrate practices of healing, joy, and community care into learning spaces.
• Have demonstrated strengths and skills in communication and collaboration

Preferred Qualifications: An Ontario Teaching certificate is an asset.

Description of duties: Prepare, organize, and teach this graduate course; be available to students seeking assistance between classes; evaluate and provide students with feedback on their work. Attend a pre-course planning/preparation meeting with the course instructional team, attend MT All-Instructor Meetings (AIM) and submit course syllabus as requested by the department. 

Application Procedure: Please indicate in a letter of application why you believe your experience qualifies you to teach this particular course. Please include a current CV and names of three referees in your cover letter. If you are selected for an interview, we will notify you to provide reference letters.

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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement. Please note:  Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.