Course Lecturer for « Anglais Santé » program by Dialogue McGill

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Job Description

The “Anglais Santé” program offered by the Dialogue McGill project and funded by Health Canada since 2004 under the Official Languages Health Program, is focused on initiatives to build and maintain the capacity of bilingual health and social services professionals in Quebec to improve health care access for Canadian official language minority communities.

The course lecturer will develop and deliver virtual face-to-face English conversation workshops for professionals working in the health care and social services sector.

The English conversation workshop is a 16-hour module delivered over 8 weeks, Monday through Friday, 11:30am to 1:30pm and/or 2 to 4pm and/or after working hours (5 to 7pm and/or 7 to 9pm). The workshop is offered 3 times per year.

The course lecturer will be required to develop conversation content for the assigned class fluency level(s) based on pre-defined workshop learning outcomes and deliver the teaching material using online learning platforms (e.g., Zoom and the McGill MyCourses learning management system). Training and assistance on remote teaching is available through Teaching and Learning Services.

English conversation workshops are offered for different language proficiency levels: Elementary 1, 2, & 3; Intermediate 1, 2 & 3; Advanced 1 & 2 for each of the following job categories:

• English Conversation for health care providers
• English Conversation for intake staff
• English Conversation for social service providers

Major duties and responsibilities

• Delivers virtual face-to-face English conversation workshops each week at designated times from September 8th and November 3rd, 2025.
• Develops conversation content for the assigned class fluency level(s) based on pre-defined workshop learning outcomes and syllabus by proficiency level (available at Dialogue McGill).
• Approves all final grades for the conversation modules.
• Meets with students who require special accommodations.
• Updates conversation content to reflect changes to curriculum, as needed and as requested by the supervisor.
• Assists the supervisor in addressing academic matters as they arise (level transfers, assessments, feedback, etc.).
• Attends meetings and workshops as and when needed, including a pre-session orientation meeting before the start of the session, and a post-session wrap-up meeting at the end of the session.

Teaching Qualification Requirements:

• Master’s degree in education with 2 years of experience teaching a second language to adults, preferably to health and/or social services professionals     OR   Bachelor’s degree in education with 5 years of experience teaching a second language to adults, preferably to health and/or social services professionals.
• Candidate must demonstrate teaching effectiveness by providing one or more of the following: teaching evaluations demonstrating superior performance; letters of reference; other evidence of superior teaching.

Schedule: 1 workshop is of 16- hour virtual contact time

Location : Virtual

Fall 2025 semester - start & end dates: August 29th to November 7th, 2025

Application deadline: June 16, 2025 inclusively.

N.B., under article 15.02 b) of the collective agreement, “The University may, at its discretion, assign the person of its choice to give this Course/ Teaching”