SL257799-Fall 2023-CRWR*2400 Screenwriting Workshop

Sessional Lecturer Work Assignment
Sessional Lecturer, Unit 2
Academic Unit: 
School of English and Theatre Studies
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Fall 2023
Number of Available Work Assignment(s) / Sections: 
1
Level of Work Assignment(s): 
1
Right of First Refusal (RoFR)
A Sessional Lecturer holds a RoFR (i.e., for a particular course) if they have successfully taught the course in the past six (6) semesters. A SL who holds a RoFR to this course is required to exercise their right by way of the online hiring system. Also see: What is Right of First Refusal (RoFR)?
A Sessional Lecturer Currently Holds a Right of First Refusal for this Course: 
No
Course Details
Course Number: 
CRWR*2400
Course Name: 
Screenwriting Workshop
Course Format: 
In-Class
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Other Course Description or Assignment Information: 
The University of Guelph has vaccination and masking policies that may be altered with limited notice depending on COVID-19 circumstances and advice from government, public health authorities, and prevailing science. Currently, the vaccination and masking policies are paused but may resume with little advance notice to address the health risks. Should this occur, vaccinations will be required. You can choose to submit proof of vaccination before your start date. The University of Guelph has a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy and provides more Information about COVID-19 for Faculty and Staff. CRWR 2400 is an introductory screenplay writing workshop. It will be the first time most of the students have taken a screenplay writing workshop at university. Ideally, the workshop should involve a mix of introducing students to thinking as developing writers about screenplays by established writers, introducing them to screenplay writing techniques and approaches, encouraging them to consider the cultural social and political issues in which the writing of screenplays is enmeshed, and having them write screenplays (in whole or in part) and comment on work written by their peers in class.
Projected Class Enrolment: 
35
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Orientation-Training
Office Hours
Preparation
Student Consultation
Lecturing
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
TA Coordination Meetings
Invigilating Exams
Grading
Other Duties Described: 
This is a reading and writing intensive workshop that will require considerable time commitment to students outside of class hours, reading student work and corresponding with students, and consulting with students on an individual basis.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Degree: 
Masters related to field
Other
BA, MFA or equivalent professional experience
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level
Required competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
The University of Guelph undergraduate creative writing program requires an instructor with expertise in writing screenplays. The successful applicant must have a respectable record writing screenplays, including at least one screenplay that has been professionally produced and aired, as well as experience teaching creative writing.
Preferred Qualifications
Degree: 
Masters related to field
PhD and expert in course content
Other
BA, MFA or equivalent professional experience
Prior Teaching Experience: 
Successful teaching related to field at college or university level.
Research Experience: 
Quality and or Recent Research activity in related field demonstrating knowledge of current developments in course content.
Specific Preferred competence, capability, skill and ability related to course content: 
At least one screenplay that has been professionally produced and aired. Evidence of being a screenwriting whose work is held in demonstrably high regard in the TV or film community. Evidence of ongoing creative work. Familiar with and capable of teaching the craft of writing screenplays. Ability to introduce a diverse range of reading materials and to consider the cultural implications of writing, particularly with respect to marginalized cultural positions, is an asset.
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
W 11:30-2:30
Period of the Work Agreement (Start Date and End Date): 
September 7, 2023 to December 15, 2023
Wages (per semester, per full-load): 
minimum $7,758.48 (effective 2022/23)
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Monday, July 31, 2023
Posting Email Contact: 
setspost@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
If you have any questions, please contact Olga Petrik, Administrative Assistant, SETS setsadmi@uoguelph.ca

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.
SL work assignments are unionized with CUPE3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 2 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must reside in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required