1.0 Primary Teacher (Term position)

Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Job description

The Salt Spring Centre School, nestled in 70 acres of meadow and farm land on Salt Spring Island, is inviting applications from qualified individuals for a full-time primary position beginning September 2024. The Salt Spring Centre School is a certified K-7 independent school delivering BC curriculum with additional focus on small class sizes, relationships, creative arts, social-emotional learning, problem-solving, self-expression, and exploratory outdoor play. We look forward to receiving your application.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will:

Hold a valid British Columbia teaching certificate
Have interest and expertise in K-3 grade learning
Possess an understanding of and commitment to social-emotional learning and youth mental health
Actively and personally support a caring attitude towards the land and environment

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Have training in primary education pedagogy with specific skills in teaching literacy and numeracy

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Have experience working with neurodiversity

Be a team player

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Be fluent in oral and written English

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Love learning!

About this occupation

This job is classed under Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221) in Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC). Here’s how NOC describes the work in general; the posting above has the details for this job.

Elementary school and kindergarten teachers teach basic subjects such as reading, writing and arithmetic or specialized subjects such as English or French as a second language at public and private elementary schools.

Typical duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Prepare courses for presentation to students according to approved curriculum
Teach students using a systematic plan of lessons, discussions, audio-visual presentations and field trips
Lead students in activities to promote their physical, mental and social development and their school readiness
Assign and correct homework
Prepare, administer and correct tests

Usual requirements

A bachelor's degree in education is required.
A bachelor's degree in child development may be required.
Additional training is required to specialize in special education or second language instruction.
A provincial teaching certificate is required. Additional certification is required to teach English or French as a second language.

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What you’ll do

Teach primary students in a K-3 learning environment. Deliver British Columbia curriculum. Teach literacy and numeracy. Support social-emotional learning and youth mental health. Provide learning experiences involving creative arts, problem-solving, self-expression, and exploratory outdoor play. Support students with neurodiversity

What you’ll need

Valid British Columbia teaching certificate; interest and expertise in K-3 learning; training in primary education pedagogy; specific skills in literacy and numeracy instruction; understanding of and commitment to social-emotional learning and youth mental health; experience working with neurodiversity; caring attitude toward the land and environment; teamwork; fluency in oral and written English.

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