CUPE – Winter 2027 – Teaching Assistant – ESL 0150 W100 - EIP Conversation Workshop

Job summary

Facilitate informal, interactive conversation sessions to help students practice spoken English. Responsibilities include taking attendance, reporting session information, and creating an inclusive environment that supports student communication.

Job details

Posting Reason: New Position Location where work is to be performed: Main Campus Session: 2027 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver Faculty: Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts Unit: Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute_Students and Casuals Job Classification: Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Lab Monitor (CUPE) Posting Type: Cours précis / Specific course Course Title: EIP Complimentary Skills - EIP Conversation Workshop Course Code: ESL 150 Section: W100 Supervisor name (if known): Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/10/09 Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/11/10 Description of tasks (hours): Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work. Recherche / Research:0 Préparation / Preparation:11 Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:11 Correction - Notation / Grading:0 Surveillance / Proctoring:0 Formation / Training:2 Autre / Other:0 Number of positions: 1 Expected Enrolment: 25 Work Start Date: January 25, 2027 Work End Date: April 16, 2027 Total Work Hours: 24 Hourly Rate: AE-RA-Tuteur / TA-RA-Tutor : $31.89 ou/or $50.25 (2024-2025) Undergraduate students will be paid at the lower rate; while graduate students will be paid at the higher rate. These rates do not include vacation pay nor statutory pay. Method of Delivery: in person Language of Work: Anglais | English Requirements and Nature of Work: Prepare discussion prompts and facilitate informal, interactive conversation sessions that provide students with opportunities to practise spoken English. Encourage active participation, support respectful and inclusive group interaction, and help sustain conversation through questions, prompts, and student-centred activities. The workshops are conversation-practice activities. They do not involve the delivery of a course curriculum, formal language instruction, assessment, grading, or evaluation of students. Responsibilities include taking attendance, reporting session information to the Academic Services Coordinator, consulting with the supervisor as required, and creating an inclusive environment that supports students’ confidence and willingness to communicate in English. Requirements: Ability to facilitate group discussions, encourage participation, and adapt conversation prompts to participants’ interests and language levels. Strong spoken English and interpersonal communication skills are required. Experience facilitating conversation groups, language-practice activities, or other student-centred group activities is an asset. Intercultural awareness and experience working with second-language learners are also assets. Please note: These conversation workshops are offered exclusively on the University of Ottawa campus and require in-person facilitation. Schedule: Mondays 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM (excluding Family Day) Additional Information and/or Comments: All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University. The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. We may consult with the Health and Wellness sector of Human Resources, if needed. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. The hiring process will be governed by the current CUPE 2626 collective agreement; you can click here to find out more. The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact the academic unit to communicate the accommodation need. Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

What you’ll do

Facilitate informal, interactive conversation sessions to help students practice spoken English. Responsibilities include taking attendance, reporting session information, and creating an inclusive environment that supports student communication.

Requirements

Requires strong spoken English and the ability to facilitate group discussions while adapting to participant interests. Experience in facilitating conversation groups or language-practice activities is considered an asset.

Listed skills

• Facilitation · Preferred
• interpersonal communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Facilitation
• Group discussion
• Spoken English
• Interpersonal communication
• Active participation
• Inclusive group interaction
• Student-centred activities
• Intercultural awareness
• Language practice
• Attendance tracking
• Employment Equity
• Discussion Facilitation
• Workplace Inclusivity
• Research
• Teaching
• Consulting
• Creativity
• English Language
• Formal Language
• Innovation
• Interpersonal Communications
• Teamwork

Job areas

• Education
• Social Services
• ESL Teaching Assistant
• Teacher Assistant
• Teachers' Aides
• Teaching Assistants, All Other
• Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary

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