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Instructor, College

Employer

Northwestern Polytechnic

Date Posted

June 20, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Grande Prairie, AB
  • Earnings $67,617.00 to $131,071.00 annually (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 20, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Northwestern Polytechnic

Languages

English

Education

  • Master's degree
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • University or college
  • Community college
  • Urban area
  • Technical institute
  • Continuing/adult education facility
  • College or university educational institution/establishment

Tasks

  • Train students in practical shop work session
  • Prepare teaching materials and outlines for courses
  • Prepare, administer and mark tests and papers to evaluate students' progress
  • Advise students on program curricula and career decisions
  • May serve on faculty committees concerned with matters such as budgets, curriculum revision, staffing and course and diploma requirements.
  • Conduct course and program evaluation or review
  • Deliver lectures and presentations
  • Demonstrate and supervise laboratory experiments
  • Lead discussion groups and seminars
  • Provide assistance to students with special needs
  • Teach students through lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations and laboratory, shop and field studies

Teaching format experience

  • Tutor/one-on-one instruction
  • Lecture
  • Classroom
  • Laboratory
  • Seminar

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is available

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Creativity

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Pension plan
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site amenities
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Other benefits
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Instructor, College is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

College and Other Vocational Instructors
INNOVATIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to develop curricula and prepare teaching materials, course outlines and examinations

DIRECTIVE

Interest in administering and marking tests and papers to evaluate students' progress and in supervising independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work or hands-on training; may serve on committees concerned with matters such as budgets, curriculum revision, and course and diploma requirements

SOCIAL

Interest in instructing students, providing individualized tutoring and advising on program curriculum and career decisions

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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