Instructional Support Coordinator

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Job

Requisition  Type:

Full time Employee Group:

Staff Job Category:

Academic Delivery Support

Employment Type:

Permanent Department:

Faculty of Mathematics
- Undergraduate Office
- Projects and Instructional Support Hiring Range:$80,248.28 - $Posting Information:

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The internal posting deadline for this position is October 16, 2026 at 11:59

PMThere is a qualified internal in the role.

There are two open positions.

Job Description:

Primary Purpose The Faculty of Math offers a wide variety of large multi-section first and second year courses, the administration of which is a non-trivial task. The Instructional Support Coordinator – MATH (ISC – M) acts as a central point of contact for the administrative duties of such courses while at the same time providing continuity from one term to the next.

Administrative support includes: advice to instructors regarding course specific practice and university/faculty policies and procedures; managing graduate teaching assistants (TAs), undergraduate markers and co-op students; on-boarding sessional instructors; coordination of operational activities; and maintenance of course repositories and archives. ISC – M also takes an important role in teaching MATH courses.

Key Accountabilities Teaching Develop  their teaching skills and maintain currency with research into teaching and learning

Teach up to three sections per year Prepare instructional material according to guidelines set out by curricular committees or the teaching team Assist with the creation of marking schemes and solution sets for assignments and tests

Facilitate development of assessment material when called upon Provide feedback on changes to course materials based on prior offerings of the course and information from students

Personnel Management The ISC – M will manage graduate teaching assistants (TAs), undergraduate markers and co-op students including, but not necessarily limited to the following activities:

Provide day-to-day support and supervision of personnel

Provide educational software and course specific training

Evaluate the performance of TAs, undergraduate markers and co-op students

Supervise and evaluate co-op work term reports

Provide feedback on initial employee budgets

Allocate employees for proctoring midterms and final examinations

Manage interpersonal issues arising from the conduct of TAs, undergraduate markers and co-op students and involve other stakeholders as appropriate

Technology and Online Pedagogy Maintain familiarity with the various technologies commonly used in core and service teaching including, but not limited to,LEARNO

dyssey Crowdmark Mobiusi Clickers Akindi Oversee  setup, first level trouble shooting and access to training for all course personnel to any of the needed technologies

Provide advice to the teaching team based on current scholarship in teaching and learning

Course Support:
Instructors The ISC – M will provide support services to course instructors including, but not limited to, the following:

Onboard new instructors

Communicate course expectations based on prior offerings to the teaching team Maintain an archive of course material and provide suitable documents upon request

Draft and post administrative documents such as course outlines, course timetables, and agenda of…