EN 32% Elem Contract, Junior / Intermediate. Arts including music (9:10am - 12:40pm daily)

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in

Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning.

Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning

excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the

community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals,

vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and

challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, and committed teachers to join our

team at Blossom Park Public School .

Blossom Park PS is a school of community of just over 400 people. Our community is situated in the south end of the city serving newcomers to Canada. Many of our students live in poverty, are from racialized backgrounds and are learning English as an additional language. The school is a K-8 configuration and hosts 3 specialized programs - an intermediate General Learning program, a junior Behaviour Intervention program and a 6-8 English Literacy Development program.

Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the Ottawa-Carleton

District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the quality of

education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive and inclusive

school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates will have

excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated ability to

work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and equity

perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well-being.

Eligibility List

This posting is open to all Occasional Teachers who DO NOT already have a part time contract.

• If you are already a Part-Time Contract Teacher with the OCDSB, please apply to the respective internal posting .
  
  

If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you are encouraged to apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications. Please be advised that our order of consideration for permanent contracts is as follows: current internal permanent elementary contract teacher applicants, current elementary occasional teacher applicants, and then qualified external applicants.

The

French language freeze continues to be in effect. Therefore, if you accept any teaching percentage of French contract, you may only be

considered for other French contract positions.

Application Process

Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and

qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the

Following

PPM 165 - School Board Teacher Hiring Practices

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Qualifications

Required OCT Divisional Qualifications: Junior & Intermediate

Required OCT Additional Qualifications:N/A

Additional Qualifications, Experience, or Knowledge that would be an asset to this Position:

• Spec Ed, Music and ESL qualifications would be considered an asset.
• Previous experience teaching music (without instruments) and working knowledge of Arabic considered an asset.
  
  

Additional Information About This Position

• High needs school. High multilingual learners population
  
  

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

Questions about posting details or persons with disabilities who require accommodation in the application/interview process should email the following:

[email protected]: A.Lorne Cassidy - Fallingbrook & OCV

[email protected]: Farley Mowat to Merivale and Central

[email protected]: Metcalfe to York

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Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the General Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3