Elementary Occasional Teachers

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB); Hamilton; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is seeking qualified Occasional Teachers to deliver engaging lessons across Ontario elementary curricula. The role requires planning meaningful activities, maintaining routines, and adapting materials to support multilingual learners and students with IEPs.

Candidates should bring flexibility, strong communication, and a collaborative mindset. Applicants should be prepared for panel interviews and the daily rate of pay noted in the posting, with

Qualifications

• Candidates must be certified (in good standing).
• Candidates must hold qualifications to teach within at least two divisions (i.e. Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate).
• Availability and commitment to work a minimum of 30 full days per school year, 10 days from September to January, 20 days from February to the last instructional day of the year.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong understanding of the Ontario Elementary Curriculum and related Ministry documents.
• Plan meaningful learning activities when required, ensuring continuity of instruction in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Use a variety of instructional tools and strategies, including technology, to enhance learning and meet diverse learning styles, strengths, and needs.
• Implement strategies to maintain routines, manage behaviour, and ensure smooth transitions.
• Adapt lessons and materials to support multilingual learners, students with IEPs, and varied readiness levels.
• Utilize assessment and evaluation practices.
• Communicates clearly and respectfully with students, staff, and community to support understanding and engagement.

Job description

Elementary Occasional Teacher

About The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is committed to decolonizing education, equity, engagement and innovation. We are guided by our vision, Growing Together, the mission that every student experiences a sense of belonging and engages in dynamic learning to reach their potential and build their own future. Our values of Compassion, Dignity, Trust, and Joy guide our daily work and ensure that we honour the unique and distinct identities as well as individualized needs of every student and every staff member at HWDSB. Proudly serving a community of approximately 50,000 students in the City of Hamilton and surrounding area, HWDSB operates across 80 elementary schools, 13 secondary schools and 1 Adult Learning Centre, in addition to providing support and service to approximately 8,800 staff members.

What We Offer

• We are committed to co-creating and fostering an environment where staff feel safe, valued, and supported. We are continuously striving to support the needs of our distinct and diverse community and actively work to foster and maintain a culture of human rights.
• A holistic Staff Wellness program to support employee well-being in all dimensions of health. All staff as well as their dependents have access to free and confidential supports through our Employee and Family Assistance Provider (EFAP), in addition to many other program components.
• Professional growth and development opportunities designed to support both new and experiences staff in continuous improvement.

The Role

The role and responsibilities of an Occasional teacher could include, but is not limited to:

• Demonstrate strong understanding of the Ontario Elementary Curriculum and related Ministry documents.
• Plan meaningful learning activities when required, ensuring continuity of instruction in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Use a variety of instructional tools and strategies, including technology, to enhance learning and meet diverse learning styles, strengths, and needs.
• Implement strategies to maintain routines, manage behaviour, and ensure smooth transitions.
• Adapt lessons and materials to support multilingual learners, students with IEPs, and varied readiness levels.
• Utilize assessment and evaluation practices.
• Cultivate a space of belonging by embedding practices of Indigenizing, inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in classrooms and schools . Done in alignment with HWDSB principles and tools, such as: A commitment to cultivating and nurturing meaningful relationships between HWDSB and the Indigenous Education Circle, as outlined in our Equity and Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression resources, such as
• Communicates clearly and respectfully with students, staff, and community to support understanding and engagement.

Position Requirements/Qualifications

• Candidates must be certified by the (in good standing). Candidates with transitional certificates are welcome to apply.
• Candidates must hold qualifications to teach within at least two divisions (i.e. Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate).
• Availability and commitment to work a minimum of 30 full days per school year, 10 days from September to January, 20 days from February to the last instructional day of the year.

Additional Assets & Experience

• Transferable skills, including lived experience and varied education/work/volunteer experience that may be considered valuable to the position.
• Commitment to building inclusive and accessible learning and working environments where every student experiences a sense of belonging.
• Experience working with diverse communities , students with special needs, and/or in high-priority schools locally or abroad.
• Applicable leadership experience (e.g., special assignment, consultant, itinerant teacher).
• Evidence of participation in co -curricular and/or extra- curricular activities within schools.
• Additional AQs and language fluency in addition to English and French.

In addition to the above, the following are Additional Basic Qualifications (ABQs) and Additional Qualifications (AQs) that HWDSB is currently looking to add to our Occasional Teacher roster.

• Music - Instrumental (Intermediate)
• Special Education (Specialist)
• Teaching English-Language Learners/English as a Second Language

We encourage using a cover letter as an opportunity to explain how your work, volunteer, and/or lived experience translates to this role.

As a condition of the offer, candidates will be required to provide a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screen (VSS) dated within 6 months of their conditional offer. This expense will not be reimbursed.

Posting close date

September 13, 2026 @ 4pm

Method of Interview

Panel interviews via MS Teams platform. Candidates will be asked to show government-issued photo identification at the time of interview to confirm their identity. All personal details may be covered by candidate.

Interview Dates

Interviews are tentatively scheduled for September 29 - 30 and October 02, 2026.

Compensation

Daily rate of pay starts at $291.87 (includes 4% vacation pay).

Individual wage for Long-Term Occasional work is based on QECO Rating Statement and Grid Placement.

Accommodations

HWDSB is committed to providing accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process, based on any human rights protected grounds. If you require accommodation, please email and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Be advised that Human Resources may conduct audits of resumes of internal/external applicants to ensure/validate information provided is consistent and trustworthy. Falsification of information provided at any time throughout the recruitment process may be grounds for disqualification, and for internal applicants, subject to discipline, up to and including termination. External only, for now. I will let you all know after I receive feedback from Labour to add to internal postings.

We thank all applicants for their interest in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Employment Equity, Inclusion and Indigeneity Statement

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) is committed to building inclusive learning and working environments where students see themselves reflected in the curriculum, staff population, local environmental context and the broader community.

HWDSB's vision of Growing Together is rooted in our mission to ensure every student experiences a sense of belonging and engages in dynamic learning to reach their potential and build their own future. Guided by this mission, HWDSB strives to build a workforce that embodies the values of Compassion, Dignity, Trust, and Joy, while reflecting and welcoming the diverse and distinct identities, experiences and unique needs of our students, staff and our communities.

HWDSB Seeks Qualified Candidates Who Share Our Commitment To Equity, Inclusion And Indigeneity, And Who Will Contribute To The Vision Of Creating Inclusive And Equitable Outcomes For Every Student. HWDSB Especially Invites And Welcomes Applications From

• Indigenous Peoples (e.g., First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples).
• Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin (e.g., Black and racialized communities, immigrant communities, etc.).
• Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities.
• Persons who identify as women.
• Persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. (i.e., Two-spirit and LGBTQIA+).

As part of HWDSB's commitment to employment equity, inclusion and Indigeneity and removing barriers to groups that have faced and continue to face barriers in employment, we invite all applicants to complete a voluntary questionnaire that collects identity-based information. The voluntary questionnaire is on the Apply to Education application page for this position.

Land Acknowledgement

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board acknowledges our presence on ancestral Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Confederacy land as determined by the Dish with One Spoon treaty.

The intent of this agreement is for all nations sharing this territory to do so responsibly, respectfully and sustainably in perpetuity.

We respect the longstanding relationships with the local Indigenous communities, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Six Nations of the Grand River.

Applicant Self-Identification Form

The information collected on this form is used to monitor HWDSB's progress toward our equity goals including our commitment to diversity in HWDSB recruitment and hiring practices.

We are committed to the security and confidentiality of information under our control, and to the protection of privacy with respect to personal and confidential information that is collected, used, disclosed and retained in the system . Information on this form is collected pursuant to (Ministry of Education) and in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act . Access to this form is restricted to specific individuals in Human Resources. The Research and Analytics Department will use aggregate data from all the forms (not individual data) for internal reporting. Their access and use of the data is governed by MFIPPA and .

Applicant Self-Identification Forms will be maintained in the Human Resources job competition file and securely destroyed 3 years after the job posting for candidates not selected for an interview and 3 years after the job posting for candidates interviewed, in accordance with general records retention principles.

If you prefer not to answer any of the questions, you can select “prefer not to answer”. This in no way affects your application or the applicant selection process. If you have questions or concerns about this form, please contact .