Faculty Employment Opportunities

Position Information
Position Rank: Full Time Alternate Stream - Assistant Lecturer
Discipline/Field: Mathematics and Statistics (area open)
Home Faculty: Science
Home Department/Area/Division: Mathematics and Statistics
Affiliation/Union: YUFA
Position Start Date: July 1, 2018
 

Applications are invited for one Alternate Stream (teaching-focused) tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Lecturer level in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University to commence July 1, 2018.

The successful candidate must have a PhD in the mathematical sciences and experience in curriculum development of undergraduate courses in mathematics or statistics. As a teaching-focused appointment, applicants will demonstrate excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and have strong motivation and proven dedication to using innovative, effective evidence-based approaches to teaching mathematics and statistics at the university level. Pedagogical innovation in high priority areas such as experiential education and technology enhanced learning is an asset. Knowledge of recent developments in mathematics pedagogy and an interest and willingness to support our Mathematics for Education program will be viewed as assets.

York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA program, which applies to Aboriginal people, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and women, can be found at http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/ or by calling the AA office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

Applications must be received by December 11, 2017. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval.

Only applications received through the AMS MathJobs website, http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs , will be considered. Applicants will be asked to provide three signed letters of reference, a statement on teaching and a covering letter. Applicants may provide a teaching dossier but, if this is not possible, the covering letter should provide a very brief description of the teaching dossier. Those applicants invited to give interviews will be asked to present their teaching dossiers on the day of the interview. Applicants wishing to self-identify can do so by downloading, completing and submitting the form found at: http://acadjobs.info.yorku.ca/ . Once this form has been signed it can be uploaded to MathJobs.

 

Posting End Date: December 11, 2017