Elementary T eacher at Kitasoo Community School
FTE: 1.0
Start date: August 28, 2024
Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation is seeking a student-focused, team-oriented elementary teacher to provide a highly successful learning experience for our students for the 2024/2025 school year.
We offer small classes, scheduled prep time per week, professional development opportunities, an inclusive learning environment, a comfortable, a well-appointed subsidized teacherage, benefits and travel expenses. Please see our website: https://kitasooschool.ca
Kitasoo Community School is a bright, modern, and spacious, Indigenous K4 to grade 12 school located in the beautiful village of Klemtu on the Pacific Central Coast of British Columbia. We have a new library and active culture, language, and stewardship programs.
Klemtu is surrounded by pristine wilderness in the Great Bear Rainforest. Wildlife abounds, from eagles to bears, sea otters to sea lions and whales. Kayak on the weekends (with one of the school's six boats), canoe on the nearby lake (in a community canoe), or hike through old-growth forests.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications, experience, and skills:
- BC Teacher Certification
- Teacher training and practicum at the Elementary level
- Satisfactory teacher evaluation and/or practicum reports
- Bachelor of Education (or higher)
- The ability and energy to work with multi-age groups and meet the needs of students with a range of learning styles and abilities using a variety of teaching strategies
- Actively work closely with staff in a team-oriented approach to teaching and learning
- Ability to embed local Indigenous culture and ways of knowing into teaching practices
- An interest in outdoor land-based education
- Strong classroom management skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills: ability to consider and respond appropriately to the needs, feelings and capabilities of others in a tactful, compassionate and respectful manner
- High standards of professional conduct and professional excellence; effective and innovative practice; lifelong learning and personal/ professional growth
Job Duties:
- Create a literacy- and numeracy-rich classroom community; promote rigour.
- Teach a range of courses in elementary grades.
- Create a positive, structured, and safe learning environment for students.
- Be nurturing and patient; incorporate social emotional learning.
- Plan engaging units and implement the re-designed BC Curriculum.
- Differentiate instruction and assess student learning.
- Communicate with students, and parents/guardians.
- Work with colleagues as part of a collaborative team.
- Implementing and support students in outdoor, place-based lessons in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary range $65, 494.00 115,692 per annum, based upon education and experience (based upon the School District No. 49 Central Coast Teachers' Salary Grid)
- Medical, dental, extended health and group life insurance benefits plans
- Pension available
- Moving expenses provided
- Well-appointed teacherage accommodation provided for a minimal monthly cost ($400), utilities included except internet ($50 allotment/month)
- Friendly, collaborative work environment
APPLICATION PROCESS: Please submit:
- A cover letter,
- Resume, including three current references,
- BC teaching credentials and certification,
- Reference letter(s), and
- Teaching evaluation(s).
New teachers welcome. Applicants must undergo Criminal Record Check.
Apply directly to Principal of Kitasoo Community School at adminassistant@kitasooschool.ca with Subject: Elementary Teaching Position.
Resume, cover letter, teaching qualifications included. Optional, but preferred: teaching evaluations, practicum reports, reference letters, transcripts, etc.
For further information regarding this position, please contact 250-839-2300, ext. 202 (school). Application deadline is Open Until Filled.
