Online Master’sLevel Course: Teaching Opportunity

Community & EnvironmentCourse

Co-operative Management Education Programs

Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada

The Co-operative Management Education Programs at Saint Mary’s University ( is looking for an instructor to teach the equivalent of a 1.5credit-hourcourse entitled: Community & Environment. Community & Environment is an existing course in the Master of Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions degree.

Through a mix of readings, case studies, discussion groups, lectures, seminars, and papers, students will examine how the co-operative difference relates to community and the environment, such as working in the social economy, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility.

The course must engage with these topics in a way that pulls in perspectives and approaches from multiple sectors, co-op types (worker, consumer, producer, multi-stakeholder), and areas of the globe. Our students are working professionals in the co-operative sector, so their needs as experienced managers looking for knowledge and tools that can be put into practice in their co-operative setting is imperative to our course design and delivery.

The successful applicant will deliver the course to a cohort of approximately 15-20 students each year over a 6week period spanning September-October. The course will be delivered using the Brightspace online learning platform.

In delivering the course, the instructor is expected to engage with students online throughoutthe course, to assess their individual and group participation, and to grade assignments and tests.

Qualifications:

We are seeking candidates with the following skills and abilities:

  • Academic and practical experience with the subject matter
  • Co-operative sector passion and expertise relevant to the subject matter in co-operative organizations
  • Teaching experience – undergraduate, graduate, and/or executive education
  • Minimum education level: appropriate Master’s level degree
  • Experience teaching online (desirable)
  • Home location: anywhere in the world with access to appropriate online technology.

Time Commitment:

This 1.5credit-hour courseis delivered over 6weeks in September-Octobereach year. We estimate that your workload during course delivery would be 10-15 hours / week, but timing of the instructor workload is contingent on the course design.

Deadlines: The deadline for applications is Friday, August 19, 2016 with interviews in late August and a hiring decision by late August 30, 2016. Submit a cover letter and resume to . In your cover letter, please outline your high level suggestions for course content and approach.

If you have any questions, please contact:Karen Miner, Managing Director: