Assistant Professor, Education

About the Faculty of Health, Community and Education

The Faculty of Health, Community and Education (HCE) is comprised of four departments: Health and Physical Education, Education, Child Studies and Social Work, and The School of Nursing and Midwifery, which offer a variety of degree, diploma, and certificate programs. The Department of Education currently offers a four-year degree program in Elementary Education with teachable minors.

The faculty is comprised of a unique collection of programs that prepare students to work collaboratively in helping professions and communities. We inspire students to make a difference and to be “A paat tsi kani takiiks” (those that create sparks). Our robust collection of program offerings and high-quality curricula explore connections across 10 professional disciplines. HCE programs deliver exceptional learning opportunities that inspire curiosity. Our exciting partnerships further enhance student learning through unique practicum and clinical experiences. We are a professional, people-focused faculty rich in diversity and inspired by inclusion. Ani to pisi 2030 guides our resources and energies for the next five years with a focus on promoting a healthy community, inspiring engaged learners, strengthening our scholarship, engaging in changemaking and connecting with our communities. The spiderweb guides our work, sensing vibrations as they occur and sending support to aid others. The vibrations from the spiderweb inspire our work with reconciliation and progress equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA), indigenization, decolonization, anti-racism and intersectionality.

The Department currently offers a four-year Bachelor of Education - Elementary degree program.

About the Role

The Department of Education, Faculty of Health, Community and Education at Mount Royal University invites applications for a four-year, limited-term position at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing on January 4, 2027, subject to final budgetary approval.

The teaching/service pattern (TS) prioritizes teaching and service.

The successful applicant will be able to teach courses in one or more of the following:

• Teaching Science
• Effective Assessment
• Indigenous Perspectives in Education

In addition, the successful applicant should be qualified to teach across the program, including courses such as Introduction to Teaching, Ethics and Law, elementary and secondary curricular areas, and to engage in integrated course instruction. Practicum supervision is expected of all education faculty; this reflects the program's commitment to theory-practice integration. The successful applicant will also contribute to course design, program development, and Indigenization of the program guided by the Faculty of Health Community and Education’s Ani to Pisi strategic plan.

Qualifications

• A completed or near-completed PhD or EdD is required.
• The successful candidate should have experience teaching K-12, with K-9 preferred, and relevant undergraduate teaching and/or professional experience.
• Applicants who pursue research as part of their practice, particularly in the scholarship of teaching and learning, are encouraged to apply.

Closing Date: December 1, 2026

A complete dossier including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of three (3) references, and evidence of teaching excellence is requested for the application package. Please title your .pdf document as follows: [Last Name], [Requisition Number], [Document].pdf (ex. Smith, 4321, CV.pdf).