FRONTENAC SCHOOL - 1.0 Student Services Teacher (Term)

Louis Riel School Division; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Louis Riel School Division seeks a dedicated Student Services Teacher to advance inclusive, trauma-informed education within a school-based support team. This term position focuses on coordinating SSPs, planning for modified programming, and collaborating with clinicians and teachers to ensure equitable student outcomes.

The role emphasizes equity-based leadership, Indigenous knowledge integration, and data-informed decision-making to support diverse learners and families within a Manitoba

Qualifications

• Post graduate education in Special Education, Resource, Counselling, Literacy, or Teaching English as an Additional Language preferred; education in progress may be considered.
• Knowledge of provincial legislation and standards as well as LRSD policies related to Student Services.
• Experience with Student Specific Plans (SSP) and IEPs to support diverse needs.
• Ability to liaise with external agencies.
• Mentorship, collaboration, and professional learning experience.
• Commitment to equity-based leadership and culturally responsive practices.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for inclusion, accessibility, and equity in education.
• Coordinate and implement Student Specific Plans (SSP) and IEPs/IEHPs.
• Lead collaboration with school teams and external agencies.
• Coordinate planning for modified and individualized programming.
• Engage in professional learning, co-planning, and co-teaching.
• Incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into practice and collaborate with Elders.

Skills

Inclusion advocacy

Collaboration

Trauma-informed practice

Indigenous knowledge

MTSS experience

Co-teaching

Education

Special Education

Counselling

Literacy

ESL training

Job description

1.0 Student Services Teacher (Term)BULLETIN NUMBER 638/T/26 DATE POSTED November 9, 2026SCHOOL FRONTENAC SCHOOL

COMMENCING January 4, 2027 and will end June 30, 2027, or one day prior to the return of the incumbent, whichever occurs first.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position requires a dedicated advocate for inclusion, accessibility, and equity in education, who has consistently demonstrated the ability to foster meaningful student engagement for all students through their professional practice.

The Student Services Teacher promotes practices that align Manitoba’s Standards for Appropriate Educational Programming. As a key member of the school-based student support team, the Student Services Teacher often serves as the designated case manager for students requiring a Student-Specific Plan (SSP), oversees the coordination and implementation of the SSP, and ensures all team members can meaningfully contribute to the planning process. This also includes planning for students accessing modified and individualized programming.

• Model and promote effective inclusive and culturally responsive practices.
• Build the capacity of others through professional learning, collaboration, co-planning, co-teaching.
• Facilitate identity-affirming, strengths-based programming that meets the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of students through trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches.
• Implement research-based tools for the early identification of programming needs for individuals, small groups, and whole classes, with a focus on early language development, numeracy, literacy, and critical thinking.
• Engage in collaborative student-specific planning with school-based and divisional teams, including Instructional Services, Indigenous Education, Clinical Services, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Antiracism (DEIA) Services, to ensure responsive and equitable learning supports.
• Facilitate effective partnerships between teachers, clinicians, and educational assistants, ensuring an interdisciplinary, studentcentered approach to inclusion.
• Integrate Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing into instructional practices and student supports, collaborating with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous community partners.
• Use data-informed decision-making to develop equity-driven student support plans that address systemic barriers and promote meaningful student success.
• Facilitate student transitions.

REQUIRED AND PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of five years of varied and successful teaching experience.
• Post graduate education in Special Education, Resource, Counselling, Literacy, or Teaching English as an Additional Language preferred; education in progress may be considered.
• Knowledge and understanding of provincial legislation and standards as well as LRSD policies related to Student Services.
• Experience in contributing to the development, implementation, review, and revision of Student Specific Plans (including Individual Education Plans and Individual Healthcare Plans) to support children with a range of special/differing abilities, including those with significant and complex needs.
• Ability to liaise with external agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence the practice of colleagues through mentorship, collaboration, and professional learning.
• Ability to be a contributing member of the school support team.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborative practice including the use of collaborative cycles of inquiry.
• Commitment to equity-based leadership, ensuring that all students receive culturally relevant, anti-racist, and identity affirming learning experiences.
• Experience working in a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) model.
• Experience implementing a Structured Literacy approach.
• Experience co-teaching, co-planning, mentoring, and developing/delivering professional development that builds capacity in inclusive, trauma-informed, and decolonizing educational practices.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Permanent Manitoba Teaching Certificate.

Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search.

Clear report from the Child Abuse Registry.

Respect In School or Commit To Kids certification.

Review and comply with divisional policies and guidelines.

The Louis Riel School Division is committed to:

• fostering employment equity and accessibility. We encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups with
• providing an inclusive and barrier-free experience for people with accessibility needs. Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process. To make a confidential request, send an email to the Staff Services Department so that the necessary arrangements can be made.