CTL Writing Support Writing Instructor Fall​/Winter

Aims and Context

CTL Writing Support offers skilled, sensitive and supportive writing instruction designed to foster student skills and confidence and enable students to reach their full potential. The approach is informed by an understanding of writing as a complex ability learned continuously in relation to changing contexts and purposes. CTL acknowledges the role of educational institutions in supporting oppressive colonial systems and is committed to challenging oppressive practices, creating an inclusive learning environment, and promoting equity and diversity.

Job Title:

CTL Writing Support Writing Instructor
Number of Positions:
Three (3)
Size of Appointment:
Up to 250 hours each
Session:
Fall 2026/Winter 2027
Date Posted: 07/03/2026
Req
Department: UTSC:
Ctr-Teaching & Learning
Campus:
University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Closing Date: 07/24/2026, 11:59PM EDT

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A completed Master’s degree.
• In‑person and online experience teaching or tutoring university‑level academic writing one‑on‑one.
• Experience with writing across the full range of disciplines taught at UTSC (Humanities, Social Sciences, Management, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Psychology, Life Sciences, Physical and Environmental Sciences).
• Experience working with a diverse group of students.
• A scholarly approach to one‑to‑one writing instruction, including familiarity with best practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

• A completed PhD or PhD coursework.
• Awareness of recent developments and issues in writing studies, including familiarity with pedagogies of care, and decolonial and/or anti‑racist approaches.
• Training in second‑language instruction at the university level.
• An academic background in Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, or Social Sciences.

Writing instructors teach critical analysis, critical reading, modes of argument, research skills, and methods for reading, planning, drafting and revising texts. They provide one‑to‑one instruction to students in all disciplines and at all levels of language proficiency and may also: respond to student questions, facilitate course‑based writing retreats, facilitate small group discussions, develop pedagogical materials, collaborate with discipline‑based instructors to develop and teach tailored workshops, and support other Writing Support programming.

Instruction will be offered both in‑person and online using WC Online. Instructors should be prepared to come to campus for in‑person hours at least one day per week. If working from home for the remaining hours, they must have stable high‑speed internet, a computer with a working webcam and microphone, and a quiet workspace.

• Writing Instructor I: $56.46 + vacation pay.
• Writing Instructor I‑Long Term: $60.69 + vacation pay.
• Writing Instructor II: $60.69 + vacation pay.
• Writing Instructor II‑Long Term: $62.14 + vacation pay.
• Writing Instructor II‑Priority: $62.48 + vacation pay.
• Writing Instructor II‑Priority Long Term: $63.96 + vacation pay.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning reserves the right to make partial appointments.

The University of Toronto embraces diversity and encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. Applicants should have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. A diversity survey may be completed as part of the application.

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community. Applicants requiring accommodations may contact