Instructor, English Language Foundations (ELF) Program
Top Benefits
About the role
Academic Services is focused on supporting SAIT’s schools and departments in their pursuit of SAIT’s strategic priorities. Academic Services brings together several academic development, delivery, and quality assurance units with a common goal: student success. Academic Services provides unique, flexible support programing designed to help learners succeed in their chosen SAIT career program.
The Opportunity
The English Language Foundations (ELF) program at SAIT provides English as an additional language (EAL) training and instruction to a range of English language learners across Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels.
This role will deliver English language instruction to students with language proficiency levels for ELF COMN and SPCH classes from August 25, 2025 to October 20, 2025.
Reporting to the Academic Chair, ELF, you will be a self-starter, have a passion for facilitating applied learning for others and lifelong learning. You will professionally facilitate the students' learning process and support students in achieving established learning outcomes to the maximum of their potential. You will make use of any and all available resources, methods, techniques and strategies to ensure student success.
Look forward to working collaboratively with colleagues to create a student-centered learning environment which is pedagogically sound, technically supported and innovative in nature. You must be able to demonstrate excellence in your communication and organizational skills, and you can function in a collaborative team environment. You will hold students accountable for Academic Integrity and will bring forward cases of suspected Academic Dishonesty.
Note: SAIT, as a post-secondary institution, serves a diverse student population. Therefore, instructional duties may occasionally be required during early mornings, evenings, and weekends. If selected, specific scheduling arrangements will be discussed between you and the leader.
The Role
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- Teach COMN or SPCH courses to students of specific Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels
- Report progress of learners to the Academic Chair
- Participate in curriculum and program development and review
- Evaluate student progress and achievement
- Provide ongoing support, guidance and advice to learners
- Participate in professional development workshops
- Facilitate courses, lesson plans, lectures, and learning activities.
- Adhere to the course outline, including weighting of assessments
- Prepare, deliver, and grade all assessments. Adhere to the final grade deadline
- Deliver courses through SAIT delivery tools (e.g., Teams, Zoom, Brightspace) is required. Instructors may not change the delivery mode of a course
- Comply with the Alberta Human Rights Commission’s Duty to Accommodate for all qualified students experiencing learning challenges in post-secondary institutions
- Evaluate student progress and facilitate student success, including submitting Early Support forms as needed and responding to email inquiries within two business days
- Create an open and inclusive learning environment and show personal interest in student success
- Collaborate with faculty colleagues teaching the same course or subject to support consistency across sections, where possible
- Provide ongoing support, guidance and advice to learners and potential learners
- Promote and support SAIT’s strategic and academic plans
- Adhere to all of SAIT’s policies and procedures
- Stay aware of emerging pedagogical issues and educational technologies
- Attend program orientations, meetings, and training activities, where possible
- Respond to Academic Chair’s request for information within two business days
Qualifications & Experience
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- Master’s degree or higher in Teaching English as an Additional Language or Teaching English as a Second Language
- Minimum TESL Canada Professional Certificate Standard One
- A minimum of three years’ experience in teaching English as an additional language
- Prior CLB assessment experience is an asset
- TESL Canada Professional Certificate Standard Three preferred
- Prior teaching experience in EAP and EAL adult learning settings in post-secondary institutions
- Previous SAIT teaching experience will be considered an asset
- Graduate education and/or work experience in adult education would be an asset
Skills & Knowledge
-
- Knowledge of the Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Prior CLB assessment experience is an asset
- Experience teaching newcomers
- Demonstrated teaching experience using various delivery models including online, Hyflex, hybrid delivery models, face-to-face delivery methods
- Experience with Brightspace D2L and Zoom
- Intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Strong aptitude for mentoring and coaching others
Job classification: S4001 - Instructor
Hourly Rate: $41.30 - $44.66
# of positions: 5
Position End Date: October 20, 2025
Posting closing date: July 31, 2025
About SAIT
SAIT is a global leader in applied education. Named one of Alberta’s Top Employers, we offer the chance to work with a purpose — preparing the next generation of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates and explorers.
Building on our 100+ year history, we’re looking for innovative, bold and collaborative employees who embrace change and deliver world-class customer experiences. Your future starts now at SAIT.
Community and Belonging is essential to achieving SAIT’s vision to be a global leader in applied education. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Learn more about Community and Belonging at SAIT.
At SAIT, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding diverse perspectives to SAIT - so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.
SAIT is committed to supporting persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We will work with applicants to provide accommodations upon request to the Talent Advisor.
BEWARE FALSE POSTINGS AND RECRUITING OFFERS
SAIT has been made aware of individuals or organizations posing as SAIT using false postings to attract job seekers and collect personal information. Please be aware that SAIT will never request sensitive personal information beyond what is required for an application.
Career opportunities at SAIT will always be posted on the SAIT career site and we encourage applicants to only apply directly through there. When your application is completed you will receive an email confirmation, if you did not receive one please check your junk mail or try applying through the SAIT career page again.
About Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Technology is who we are — it’s what we do. Officially known as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), we’re a community of thinkers, creators and champions leading change and reimagining the workforce of tomorrow.
In 1916, our doors opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with 11 students and a mandate to train veterans returning from the First World War. Over the years, we’ve matched community needs — as a hospital during the Spanish Flu pandemic and as a Royal Canadian Air Force Wireless Training School during the Second World War.
Fast forward to today and SAIT’s action-based learning, solution-focused research and industry partnerships are helping to shape the next generation of inventors, entrepreneurs and pioneers.
Instructor, English Language Foundations (ELF) Program
Top Benefits
About the role
Academic Services is focused on supporting SAIT’s schools and departments in their pursuit of SAIT’s strategic priorities. Academic Services brings together several academic development, delivery, and quality assurance units with a common goal: student success. Academic Services provides unique, flexible support programing designed to help learners succeed in their chosen SAIT career program.
The Opportunity
The English Language Foundations (ELF) program at SAIT provides English as an additional language (EAL) training and instruction to a range of English language learners across Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels.
This role will deliver English language instruction to students with language proficiency levels for ELF COMN and SPCH classes from August 25, 2025 to October 20, 2025.
Reporting to the Academic Chair, ELF, you will be a self-starter, have a passion for facilitating applied learning for others and lifelong learning. You will professionally facilitate the students' learning process and support students in achieving established learning outcomes to the maximum of their potential. You will make use of any and all available resources, methods, techniques and strategies to ensure student success.
Look forward to working collaboratively with colleagues to create a student-centered learning environment which is pedagogically sound, technically supported and innovative in nature. You must be able to demonstrate excellence in your communication and organizational skills, and you can function in a collaborative team environment. You will hold students accountable for Academic Integrity and will bring forward cases of suspected Academic Dishonesty.
Note: SAIT, as a post-secondary institution, serves a diverse student population. Therefore, instructional duties may occasionally be required during early mornings, evenings, and weekends. If selected, specific scheduling arrangements will be discussed between you and the leader.
The Role
-
- Teach COMN or SPCH courses to students of specific Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) levels
- Report progress of learners to the Academic Chair
- Participate in curriculum and program development and review
- Evaluate student progress and achievement
- Provide ongoing support, guidance and advice to learners
- Participate in professional development workshops
- Facilitate courses, lesson plans, lectures, and learning activities.
- Adhere to the course outline, including weighting of assessments
- Prepare, deliver, and grade all assessments. Adhere to the final grade deadline
- Deliver courses through SAIT delivery tools (e.g., Teams, Zoom, Brightspace) is required. Instructors may not change the delivery mode of a course
- Comply with the Alberta Human Rights Commission’s Duty to Accommodate for all qualified students experiencing learning challenges in post-secondary institutions
- Evaluate student progress and facilitate student success, including submitting Early Support forms as needed and responding to email inquiries within two business days
- Create an open and inclusive learning environment and show personal interest in student success
- Collaborate with faculty colleagues teaching the same course or subject to support consistency across sections, where possible
- Provide ongoing support, guidance and advice to learners and potential learners
- Promote and support SAIT’s strategic and academic plans
- Adhere to all of SAIT’s policies and procedures
- Stay aware of emerging pedagogical issues and educational technologies
- Attend program orientations, meetings, and training activities, where possible
- Respond to Academic Chair’s request for information within two business days
Qualifications & Experience
-
- Master’s degree or higher in Teaching English as an Additional Language or Teaching English as a Second Language
- Minimum TESL Canada Professional Certificate Standard One
- A minimum of three years’ experience in teaching English as an additional language
- Prior CLB assessment experience is an asset
- TESL Canada Professional Certificate Standard Three preferred
- Prior teaching experience in EAP and EAL adult learning settings in post-secondary institutions
- Previous SAIT teaching experience will be considered an asset
- Graduate education and/or work experience in adult education would be an asset
Skills & Knowledge
-
- Knowledge of the Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Prior CLB assessment experience is an asset
- Experience teaching newcomers
- Demonstrated teaching experience using various delivery models including online, Hyflex, hybrid delivery models, face-to-face delivery methods
- Experience with Brightspace D2L and Zoom
- Intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Strong aptitude for mentoring and coaching others
Job classification: S4001 - Instructor
Hourly Rate: $41.30 - $44.66
# of positions: 5
Position End Date: October 20, 2025
Posting closing date: July 31, 2025
About SAIT
SAIT is a global leader in applied education. Named one of Alberta’s Top Employers, we offer the chance to work with a purpose — preparing the next generation of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates and explorers.
Building on our 100+ year history, we’re looking for innovative, bold and collaborative employees who embrace change and deliver world-class customer experiences. Your future starts now at SAIT.
Community and Belonging is essential to achieving SAIT’s vision to be a global leader in applied education. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Learn more about Community and Belonging at SAIT.
At SAIT, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding diverse perspectives to SAIT - so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.
SAIT is committed to supporting persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We will work with applicants to provide accommodations upon request to the Talent Advisor.
BEWARE FALSE POSTINGS AND RECRUITING OFFERS
SAIT has been made aware of individuals or organizations posing as SAIT using false postings to attract job seekers and collect personal information. Please be aware that SAIT will never request sensitive personal information beyond what is required for an application.
Career opportunities at SAIT will always be posted on the SAIT career site and we encourage applicants to only apply directly through there. When your application is completed you will receive an email confirmation, if you did not receive one please check your junk mail or try applying through the SAIT career page again.
About Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Technology is who we are — it’s what we do. Officially known as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), we’re a community of thinkers, creators and champions leading change and reimagining the workforce of tomorrow.
In 1916, our doors opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with 11 students and a mandate to train veterans returning from the First World War. Over the years, we’ve matched community needs — as a hospital during the Spanish Flu pandemic and as a Royal Canadian Air Force Wireless Training School during the Second World War.
Fast forward to today and SAIT’s action-based learning, solution-focused research and industry partnerships are helping to shape the next generation of inventors, entrepreneurs and pioneers.