The Department of Educational Studies will offer sessional lecturer positions for the 2025/2026 Winter Session.
Winter Term 1 – 3.0 credits per section, September 2 to December 10, 2025
Education, School and Social Institutions – In person
EDST 401/002 – Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (Secondary)
EDST 401/004 – Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Secondary)
EDST 401/005 – Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Secondary)
EDST 401/007 – Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Secondary)
EDST 401/008 – Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Secondary)
EDST 401/009 – Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (Secondary)
EDST 401/010 – Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (Secondary – French)
EDST 401/101 – Wednesdays 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM (Elementary – CITE)
EDST 401/102 – Tuesdays 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Elementary – IB-PYP & ABC)
EDST 401/105 – Tuesdays 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Elementary French)
EDST 401/107 – Wednesdays 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Elementary – Indigenous Education & Outdoor Learning)
EDST 401/109 – Wednesdays 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM (Elementary – TELL-3C)
CITE: Community and Inquiry for Teacher Education
IB-PYP & ABC: International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Program, Arts Based & Creativity
TELL-3C: Teaching English Language Learners through Cross-Curricular Case-Based Inquiry
Winter Term 2
EDST 403: Education, Knowledge, and Curriculum
We are currently not advertising for any 403 sections at this time
To be eligible to teach courses at 400 level, applicants must hold a doctoral degree (or have achieved doctoral candidacy) in a discipline relevant to the course title. Preference will generally be given to applicants with relevant elementary or secondary teaching experience or with other demonstrated achievement in interpreting the content of the disciplines in relation to the concerns of beginning teachers. Course instructor duties may include: teaching, holding regular office hours, marking assignments and exams, reporting grades, and attending orientation meetings as well as follow-up sessions, where applicable. Duties may also involve some or all of the following functions: preparation and involvement in seminars, lectures, discussion periods, and tutorials; invigilation duties; and academic counseling of students during office hours.
Application Procedure
Returning sessionals:
Please complete the Returning Sessional Application Form. No supporting documentation required.
New sessionals:
Letters of application should contain the following items: the Department Sessional application form, a current CV, the Post Secondary Teaching Experience Form and teaching evaluations if available. New applicants should also include the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of three referees.
Forms are obtainable from the department website at http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/jobs/
Please note that, as per the Germaine Agreement on the conditions of appointment for sessional and part-time faculty members (February 29, 2012), doctoral candidates and applicants with completed doctoral degrees will be adjudicated together in one pool of applications http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-relations/files/115-5-Jan-2012-Agreement-re-Sessional-Agreement.pdf
All positions are subject to enrollment minimums and budgetary approval, and are governed by
Part 7 of the Collective Agreement on Conditions of Appointments for Sessional Faculty Members. The remuneration for the assignment will be paid at the sessional pay scale at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-relations/collective-agreements/salary-agreement/#4
The offers made to doctoral candidates are subject to permission from the research supervisor and Graduate Advisor.
Please send applications electronically to: edst-jobs.educ@ubc.ca
Holly-Kate Collinson-Shield, Administrative Manager
Department of Educational Studies
Faculty of Education
Education Centre at Ponderosa Commons
6445 University Boulevard
Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z2
Deadline for applications: Thursday, May 29th at 11:59PM, 2025
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
If you require any accommodations during the application or hiring process, please contact Holly-Kate Collinson-Shield.
Due to the number of applications we receive, we are not able to confirm receipt of submissions over the phone or by mail, nor can we provide the status of applicants except to those who are selected.