Specialized Position - Teacher/Learning Coach - Temporary/Replacement, Part-time Vacancy

Simplication; Diamond Valley; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Foothills School Division seeks a Learning Coach to support complex learners with inclusive teaching practices, planning, tracking, and student support. This Special Assignment can be combined with a part-time Kindergarten assignment at Turner Valley School to provide a temporary, full-time contract for the remainder of the school year.

The successful candidate will collaborate in a Professional Learning Community, design transfer-ready activities, assess student progress, and connect learners

Qualifications

• Competent with student feeding, toileting, lifting/transporting.
• Experience with Learning Coach paperwork, planning, tracking and teacher support.
• Ability to support high school academic level.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a Professional Learning Community with colleagues.
• Design and plan learning activities that transfer and assess thinking.
• Provide teacher collaboration support for inclusive learning.
• Support experiential learning and community connections within Maker-centered environments.

Job description

Our Division & Communities

Foothills School Division (FSD) serves the learning needs of approximately 8000 students from preschool to grade 12. We operate 22 public schools, an online digital school, an alternative campus, and three colony schools. These are located in the towns of Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley, and the communities of Blackie, Cayley, Heritage Heights, Red Deer Lake, Longview, Millarville and Foothills County.

We honour the spirit, life, and lessons this land and its ancestors teach us. We acknowledge the traditional land and territories of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut'ina, and Îyârhe Nakoda as well as the Foothills District and the Rocky View District within the Battle River Territory of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of Alberta.

Applicant Eligibility

We welcome all eligible applicants to apply.

Special Assignment Consideration

The Division is willing to combine this assignment with a part-time (0.5 FTE) Kindergarten assignment at Turner Valley School. The combined assignments would allow the successful candidate to hold a temporary, full-time contract for the remainder of the school year.

The Role

This position requires the applicant to work a flexible schedule that best meets the needs of our complex students. This successful applicant must be competent with student feeding, toileting, lifting/transporting, as well as Learning Coach paperwork and academic planning, tracking, and teacher support. This successful candidate also needs to be capable of supporting students at the high school academic level.

Learning Coach Role

Learning coaches are teachers who are knowledgeable about inclusive education and are skilled at facilitating teacher collaboration, strengthening inclusive learning, building capacity and expertise in design, instruction and assessment practices of teachers in support of all learners. A more comprehensive understanding of the roles and responsibilities will be provided during the recruitment process.

The Candidate

As a member of a highly motivated team and student-centered educator, you are prepared to collaborate with colleagues in a Professional Learning Community. Your teaching practice includes the ability to design and plan learning activities that transfer, and develop thinking competencies. Further, your practice assesses individual student variables to inform the design of meaningful and experiential learning opportunities and effective assessment practice.

Your ability to foster effective professional relationships with student, families, staff and community is critical. You demonstrate a willingness to engage in extra-curricular activities and support students in the whole school experience that characterizes effective schools. Your capacity to integrate technologies and and support experiential learning that connects students to community resources within Maker-centered learning, CTF and CTS learning environments is evident.

We appreciate and consider all applications, but only those applicants

selected for further consideration will be contacted.