Continuing 0.8 FTE French Immersion Grade 2

School District #44 (North Vancouver); North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Braemar Elementary School in North Vancouver is seeking a Continuing 0.8 FTE French Immersion Grade 2 teacher. The successful candidate will collaborate with grade-level colleagues and learning services to support students across English and French streams.

The position requires a Bachelor of Education (Elementary) with French Immersion specialization, native-like fluency in French and English, and proven primary French Immersion teaching experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Education (Elementary) with French Immersion specialization.
• Proven experience teaching French Immersion at the primary level.
• Native-like fluency in French and English.
• Completion of French Immersion methodology coursework or program.
• Experience with elementary curriculum content and processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with grade-level colleagues and learning services teachers to support students.
• Contribute to activities that support literacy and social-emotional learning across French Immersion.
• Design and apply varied assessments to monitor student progress.
• Organize instruction to maximize student potential and engagement.
• Utilize instructional organizers and strategies to engage all learners.

Skills

French Immersion

BEd Elementary

Fluent in French & English

Curriculum Knowledge

Assessment Skills

Education

Bachelor of Education (Elementary)

French Immersion specialization

Tools

Educational technology

Job description

Continuing 0.8 FTE French Immersion Grade 2 at Braemar Elementary School

NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Ecole Braemar Elementary School is a triple track school offering English, French Immersion and Late French Immersion. The school goals focus on building a sense of belonging for everyone and to improve the literacy skills of all students. We use either Second Step, Open Parachute or Everyday Speech in all classrooms to teach social-emotional learning and positive mental health practices. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with a team of grade-level colleagues and learning services teachers to support students. This role is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor of Education Degree (Elementary), specializing in French Immersion Education.
• Successful experience teaching French Immersion at the Primary level.
• Native-like fluency in French and English.
• Successful completion of senior university course work in French Immersion methodology or completion of a French Immersion Training program.
• Experience in and knowledge of content and processes contained with the Elementary French Immersion Language curriculum.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES and EXPERIENCE

• Strong commitment to excellence in teaching and demonstrated teaching ability.
• Comprehensive understanding of curriculum coupled with demonstrated ability to interpret curriculum appropriately to accommodate individual differences.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement a variety of assessment practices to measure and monitor student progress effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to organize for instruction to maximize student potential.
• Confidence and proficiency in using instructional organizers, concepts, and strategies that actively engage all students in learning.
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability to structure and organize instructional strategies to enhance academic learning time.
• Practical knowledge of district initiatives in reading so that reading skills and strategies can be taught explicitly across the curriculum to insure reading success.
• Strategies to identify learning difficulties early, understand obstacles to learning, and implement effective intervention to maximize academic success.
• Knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant computer technologies to teaching and learning.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Evidence of personal initiative and strong work ethic.
• Demonstrated successful and creative classroom experience.
• Demonstrated ability to demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness to the needs and demands of the profession.
• Willingness to be involved in professional development, with an ongoing commitment to learn and implement new methodologies and strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with students, parents, and staff to enhance the school as a learning community.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Possession of a BC Teaching Certificate
• Membership in the BC Teacher Regulation Branch.