About the Faculty of Continuing Education & Extension
Mount Royal University offers credit-free Academic Upgrading courses through the Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension to prepare students for post-secondary studies. Students may improve high school grades or take courses they may have missed to prepare for admission into Alberta’s colleges and universities. Academic Upgrading courses are not eligible for credit towards a high school diploma.
Mount Royal University has provided continuing education to the Calgary community and beyond for more than 60 years. We offer more than 1,000 courses and 100 certificate and diploma programs and have more than 50,000 course registrations each year. Our courses cover a wide range of sectors, including but not limited to social services, business, and health. These courses are offered in a variety of formats on campus, online, in the workplace, and in the community.
About the Role
The Department of Academic Upgrading, Faculty of Continuing Education & Extension at Mount Royal University invites applications for a part-time contract appointment, which will commence September 4, 2025.
The department is seeking an instructor with the ability to teach the following courses:
MATH 0130: Pre-Calculus
Days & Times Offered: Each course consists of 5 hours of lecture instruction per week and 1 hour of tutorial instruction during the 16 week semester.
Course Description: Topics include: inequalities, properties of functions and graphs, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and trigonometric functions. Corresponding Alberta High School Equivalent: Mathematics 30-1.
MATH 0132: Foundations of Mathematics II
Days & Times Offered: Each course consists of 5 hours of lecture instruction per week and 1 hour of tutorial instruction during the 16 week semester.
Course Description:
Part 1: Functions and Relations: This course comprehensively covers the properties and graphs of key functions: polynomial, radical, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. The course objectives are to describe, analyze, and graph these functions, find models from data or a description and solve contextual problems involving these functions with and without technology.
Part 2: Set Theory and Probability: Topics include Set Theory, Fundamental Counting Principle, Permutations, Combinations, and Introductory Probability. Corresponding Alberta High School Equivalent: Mathematics 30-2.
Instructors are contracted on a per course basis and payment includes all course and lesson preparation and marking. Each course section taught is 80 hours.
Responsibilities
Instruction
- Works collaboratively with the math upgrading team
- Prepares lessons and marks assignments
- Utilizes prepared course and student materials
- Prepares assignments and tests collaboratively with other instructors.
- Holds weekly office hours
- Prepare course and student materials in accordance with the established course guidelines and checklists.
- Consult with the Academic Upgrading Program Coordinator and the Academic Upgrading Lead Instructor, but independently deliver the course and manage their own students.
- Collaborate with the Lead Instructor and consult with the Program Coordinator as necessary.
Administration
- Attends the part-time faculty orientation
- Normally attends 3-5 team meetings per semester; individual meetings with Lead Instructor will be required
- Attends Academic Upgrading department meetings during the semester
- Completes and submits all student grades in a timely manner
Qualifications
- The minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s Degree in the discipline or a Bachelor of Education is required.
- Previous experience in classroom instruction is required.
- Creativity, enthusiasm, patience and a desire to integrate technology into teaching are highly desirable qualities for this position
Closing Date: August 01, 2025
Salary: $81.64 / hour.
A cover letter and resume should be submitted as part of your application in .pdf format. Please title your .pdf document as follows: [Last Name], [Requisition Number] [Title of Contents].pdf (ex. Smith, X00000, Curriculum Vitae.pdf).
