Carrier Language and Culture - Jobs in Burns Lake, BC

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Job Code: 3039939 Closing Date: OngoingEmployer: School District #91 (Nechako Lakes) Posted on: Jun 01, 2021Job Type:Part TimeJob Category:Teachers, Principals & SuperintendentsOpenings:Mandatory Document:ResumeCover LetterPracticum ReportsReference Letter(s)School:Lakes District Secondary School (Burns Lake)Start Date: Sep 01, 2021End Date:Salary:Job Description & RequirementsTEACHER VACANCY - POSTING NO. 11 - JUNE 1, 2021SCHOOL: Lakes District Secondary SchoolSTART DATE: September 2021ASSIGNMENT: .50 (FTE) Carrier Language and Culture TeacherSPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT TO BE DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT PRINCIPAL OF ABORIGINAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALNote: This position in included in a Human Rights Hiring Exemption and is limited to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry. Proof of ancestry will be required as per the Human Rights Exemption document.Qualificationspossesses or is eligible for a BC Teaching Certificate and /or training of up to two years in studies related to Indigenous culture, language or art: Post-Secondary or related field of First Nations Studiesspecific training and experience teaching First Nation/Indigenous Culture is a necessitydemonstrates a detailed knowledge and understanding of First Nation history, culture, traditions and communitiesdemonstrated ability to develop and maintain a positive classroom learning environment that engages students in active learning experiencesexperience in differentiating instruction to create success in learning for each studentexperience in integrating appropriate technologies into instructional practices in order to improve learning outcomes for studentsability to work as a member of a district team to create curricular competencies and content in Carrier language and cultureProfessional dispositions are defined here as the values, commitments and professional ethics that influence an educator’s approach to their work. The SD 91 Board of Education expects our educators to demonstrate the following dispositions;a belief that every child can learncommitment to the BC Education Plancommitment to ongoing professional learning for the purpose of strengthening student learningcommitment to making evidence-based, collaborative decisions about student learning in a professional learning community environmentcommitment to integrating First Nations culture and experience into learning activitiesOur Board of Education believes that teacher interest in providing extracurricular activitiescontributes significantly to our students’ positive school experience.Teachers currently employed with the district or on the district’s recall list who are interested in this vacancy should email Donna Benson at dbenson@sd91.bc.ca and include the posting number.New applicants should apply to Make a FutureFor more information about this position, please contact:Leona Prince, District Principal of Aboriginal Education by email at lprince@sd91.bc.ca or Mike Skinner, Assistant Superintendent by email at mskinner@sd91.bc.caNechako Lakes School District gratefully acknowledges that we live, work, and play on the unceded, ancestral territories of fourteen First Nations representing the Dakelh, Nedut’en and Wet’suwet’en peoples.