Course Coordinator NUSC 3P01 Winter D3

Compensation

• Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator and Lab Demonstrator positions are paid according to the qualifications that the employee holds.
• Employees who do NOT hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the undergraduate rate - $23.30 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2026)
• Employees who hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the graduate rate - $36.67 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2026)

Duties

• Reporting to the Department Chair or Course Instructor, the duties and responsibilities of the Course Coordinator will be in accordance with Article 22 of the Collective Agreement. These include overseeing the seminar/tutorial/lab sections for a particular course; coordinating Teaching Assistants/Lab Demonstrators/Marker-Graders and holding meetings with them; assisting in the preparation of marking schemes and coordinating the marking of course assignments and/or midterm, progress and final exams; and any other related duties as may be required by the course instructor.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Course Instructor, the Course Coordinator will:
• Facilitate course communication:
• Respond to student inquiries via email and/or LMS
• Post announcements on course LMS site
• Facilitate course evaluation measures:
• Support readiness of in-person seminar and simulation sessions, including materials, room and lab set-up, and attendance tracking for graded participation
• Coordinate documentation of missed seminars and simulations and any approved accommodations, consistent with the course's mandatory-attendance and drop policies
• Coordinate grading of the written assignments and the weekly seminar and simulation participation grades, supporting consistency across marker-graders and TA-led sections through shared rubrics and answer keys
• Correspond with students who have missed assignments, seminars, or simulations, and assisting in the coordination of make-up assessments, as approved by the course instructor
• Coordinate the simulation and seminar components:
• Confirm students complete required pre-simulation virtual work and support compliance with Simulation Lab.
• Distribute the TA facilitation manuals, simulation facilitator guides, and answer keys, and brief TAs and facilitators to ensure a consistent, standardized student experience across the nine seminars and three simulations
• Support academic accommodations and medical absence verification:
• Liaise with Student Accessibility Services (SAS) and course instructors to coordinate academic accommodations for individual students
• Validate and correspond with students regarding Medical Self Declaration and Medical Verification Forms
• Prepare course materials/resources and maintain course LMS site:
• Liaise with EdTech in course LMS site design and configuration
• Post materials/resources to course LMS site
• Support updating, formatting, editing course materials, including lesson plans, assignments, assessments, the TA facilitation manuals, simulation facilitator guides, weekly activity materials, and answer keys

Qualifications

• A completed Master of Nursing (MN/MScN) degree or a recognized graduate degree in a related field is preferred
• Previous course coordination experience working in a large course with multiple sections
• Experience grading scholarly papers and other written course evaluations
• Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (or eligibility) is an asset, given the clinical and simulation content of the course
• Familiarity with nursing simulation and lab-based learning, and with coordinating standardized, TA-led seminar delivery across multiple sections

Applications

• Please include a cover letter and a current resume. Members with seniority can provide seniority date within the application questionnaire.

For further information

As per Article 22.04 of the Collective Agreement

Additional Comments

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