2025/2026 Black Youth Forum Program

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB); Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent school board in Ottawa is seeking a dynamic educator to teach the Black Youth Forum course. This part-time position involves virtual instruction with potential in-person sessions. Candidates must identify as part of the African, Black, and/or African-Caribbean communities and hold the appropriate teaching qualifications. The role offers a pay rate of $56.84/hour plus vacation pay.

Qualifications

• Must identify as a member of the African, Black and/or African-Caribbean communities.
• Demonstrate a shared lived experience.
• Valid teaching certification from the Ontario College of Teachers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the prescribed credit for the Black Youth Forum course according to schedule.
• Teach virtually and potentially in-person sessions.

Education

Intermediate & Senior qualifications with the Ontario College of Teachers

Job description

Overview

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed educator to join the:
2025/2026 Black Youth Forum Course: An Experiential Learning Journey

Overview of the Course

The Black Youth Program offers Reach Ahead courses in the following subjects: IDC3O, IDC4O or IDC4U. The course will be conducted virtually with the possibility of in-person sessions in the second semester at 440 Albert Street on Tuesday evenings, from November 4, 2025, to May 26, 2026 (26 evenings — no classes on January 27). Each session is 3.85 instructional hours. Teachers must be prepared to deliver the assigned credit through a predetermined schedule. As per the most recent collective agreement, article 40.02 c: if the Employer cancels two or more days/evenings of Continuing Education courses due to unforeseen circumstances beyond its control, Continuing Education teachers will be required to attend and teach a make-up day. Pay rate: $56.84/hour + 4% vacation pay.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the prescribed credit for the Black Youth Forum course according to a predetermined schedule.
• Teach virtually with potential in-person sessions as noted, and participate in sessions outside the scheduled times (date TBD).

Qualifications

Link to the website: The Black Youth Program constitutes a Special Program pursuant to Section 14 of the Ontario Human Rights Code as it has been put in place to relieve hardships associated with a historically disadvantaged group and to assist Black students in the group to achieve equal opportunity in education.

As such, it is an essential requirement of the position that the successful applicant identifies as a member of the African, Black and/or African-Caribbean communities and can demonstrate a shared lived experience, as they will be uniquely placed to deliver the curriculum and to support the goals and needs of the program. Applicants MUST hold Intermediate & Senior qualifications with the Ontario College of Teachers (in good standing) at the time of application.

Eligibility

Subject to the essential requirement above, all teachers (with or without Continuing Education Seniority) can apply to this posting.

Order Of Consideration

Teachers with CE Seniority who appear on the October 2025 Continuing Education Seniority List with applicable qualifications, including identification as a member of the historically disadvantaged group with shared lived experience, are encouraged to apply and will be granted an interview. If the position remains unfilled, teachers not on the October 2025 Continuing Education Seniority List may be offered an interview in accordance with the requirements and OCT qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with Policy P.146.HR Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion. Interviews for this position will be conducted in a virtual format.

Process

Offers will be sent via email to the address on record in Apply to Education by the Principal of Continuing Education. If you do not want emails going to the email address recorded in ATE, please update before the posting closes. Offers will have specific response parameters, including timelines for acceptance/decline. Teachers will have 24 hours to respond to the offer. Where acceptances are not received within the timeframes specified in the email, it will be assumed that you are declining the offer of work. PLEASE NOTE: As a condition of employment, all new employees will be required to submit a recent Police Record Check for the vulnerable sector prior to their start date with the OCDSB.

Equal Employment Opportunity

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity. Persons with disabilities who require accommodation in the application and/or interview process should email and . Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Education

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