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 (OCDSB); Ottawa; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) invites applications for qualified elementary teachers to join Centennial Public School and Devonshire Public School in Ottawa, Ontario. This posting seeks candidates who will contribute to a positive and inclusive school climate and support diverse learners.

Ideal candidates will have OCT Primary and Junior qualifications, FSL Part 1, and prior experience with multilingual students.

Qualifications

• Required OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary, Junior.
• Required OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1.
• Assets: Kindergarten qualifications; multilingual student experience; structured literacy and bilingual Kindergarten.

Responsibilities

• Teach at Centennial PS and Devonshire PS as an elementary contract teacher.
• Deliver a 50/50 English AM / French PM Kindergarten class at Devonshire PS.
• Collaborate with staff to foster inclusive, student-centered learning and equity.

Skills

Elementary teaching

Bilingual English/French

Interpersonal skills

Education

OCT Primary and Junior

FSL Part 1 (OCT)

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

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

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

• If you are already own a part‑Time Contract position with the OCDSB, please apply to the respective internal posting. Your application to this posting will not be recognized.
• If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you are encouraged to apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications. Please be advised that our order of consideration for permanent contracts is as follows: current internal permanent elementary contract teacher applicants, current elementary occasional teacher applicants, and then qualified external applicants.
• Please note that at OCDSB the term contract refers to positions that are permanent and not Long Term Occasional (LTO) or temporary assignments.

The French language freeze continues to be in effect. Therefore, if you accept any teaching percentage of French contract, you may only be considered for other French contract positions.

Applications Will Be Considered In The Following Order

1. All OCDSB Elementary Contract teachers (full-time & part‑time teachers, teachers interested in transferring or increasing status) are equally eligible to apply for this OCDSB vacancy for which they are qualified.
2. For French vacancies: FSL Pool Placements where possible.
3. For all remaining unfilled French and all English vacancies: At least three (3) teachers, who are currently employed as an occasional teacher with the OCDSB, and who have the required OCT qualifications and who best meet the criteria outlined in the job posting.
4. If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.
5. External applicants.

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.

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.

Persons With Disabilities Assistance

• [e-mail]: A.Lorne Cassidy ES to Fielding Drive & OCV
• [e-mail]: First Avenue PS to North Gower PS, Central, CHEO School and First Place Elem
• [e-mail]: Osgoode PS to York St PS

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

In compliance with the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board discloses that artificial intelligence (AI) technology may be used to assist our hiring team in screening or assessing applicants.

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