FR 81% Elem Contract (ITINERANT), 57% @ Devonshire PS: Kindergarten & 24% @ Centennial PS: Kindergarten & Grade 5, French Coverage and Core French (timing details in additional info section below)

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Ottawa, ON seeks creative and committed occasional teachers to join Centennial Public School and Devonshire Public School. Ideal candidates will support inclusive education and student well‑being, working with diverse multilingual communities.

Required OCT qualifications: Primary, Junior; FSL Part 1. Ability to collaborate with principals, teachers, and parents is essential. The assignment includes part-time scheduling with varied hours.

Qualifications

• Required OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary, Junior.
• Required OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1.
• Asset: experience with multilingual students.
• Asset: knowledge of structured literacy and bilingual Kindergarten.

Responsibilities

• Support the OCDSB Strategic Plan by fostering a positive and inclusive school climate.
• Collaborate with principals, teachers, support staff, and families to promote student well‑being.
• Provide occasional teaching in Centennial PS and Devonshire PS per posted schedules.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multilingual experience

Education

OCDSB OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary, Junior

OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1

Job description

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 creative, dynamic, and committed teachers to join our teams at Centennial Public School and Devonshire Public School.

Centennial PS is located at the southwest edge of Ottawa's downtown district. Its diversity; cultures, languages, staff and student body is what makes this school both special and unique. At Centennial the well‑being of our students within our school community and clear sense of belonging provide the foundation of academic excellence for our students. We are a small but mighty school with a population typically over 200 students. We support the English streams K-6, Middle French 4-6 and are fortunate to have both the Primary Learning Language Disability Program (grades 1-3), and two Physical Support Program classes that support grades 1-8. Our families speak over 18 different languages at home and our school provides support to many English as a Second Language families.

Devonshire Community Public School is a single stream Early French Immersion School. Our mission is to provide each child with the opportunity to achieve his or her potential and become fluent in a second language. We strive to develop in all our students, social responsibility, critical thinking skills,creativity,academic growth to meet established outcomes,and a life‑long love of learning. Students, teachers,support staff, parents, School Council,and the community at large work together in promoting a true partnership that makes Devonshire Community Public School everything a school should be.

Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the quality of education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive and inclusive school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and equity perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well‑being.

Eligibility List

This posting is open to all Occasional Teachers who DO NOT currently have a part time contract.

Timelines

October 23 - Remaining contract vacancies posted in Apply to Education

October 25 - vacancies close at 11:30 pm

October 26 & 27 - internal interviews

October 28 -Internal offers/recommendations due to HR by 4pm

October 29 - Pool placements, where possible. External interviews commence.

Application Process

Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the following: PPM 165 - School Board Teacher Hiring Practices.

Qualifications

Required OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary, Junior

Required OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1

Additional Qualifications, Experience, or Knowledge that would be an asset to this Position

Kindergarten qualifications. Previous experience working with multilingual students. Previous experience working with structured literacy and bilingual Kindergarten.

Additional Information about this Position

Centennial PS timing - Mon: 9:55am-10:55am/Wed/Fri: 8:55am-9:55am. Devonshire PS timing - M-F: 11:15am-3:00pm. Limited parking at Devonshire PS (parking rotates on a monthly basis). The assignment at Devonshire PS is a 50/50 English AM/French PM Kindergarten class.

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.

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