EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 2025-2026: E05

Occasional French Teacher (in partnership with the Position: Queens University FSL Teaching Program)
(Internal/External)
Date: September 5, 2025
At PVNC Catholic, more than 2,300 dedicated staff work together to develop the intellectual, spiritual, mental, physical and emotional well-being of more than 14,700 students in 30 elementary and 6 secondary schools.
As an employee of the Board, you join a community dedicated to excellence in Catholic Education. We offer inclusive working and learning spaces in communities where you can live, work and thrive. Bowmanville, Courtice, Newcastle, Cobourg, Grafton, Campbellford, Peterborough and Lindsay are just some of the vibrant, diverse communities we serve.
Being Creative, Being Well, Being Community - these are the three priorities that form the core of everything we do at PVNC Catholic. We invite you to bring your creativity, your spark and your passion for education to our school communities. We also value the voice of all our employees and believe that everyone plays an important and unique role in contributing to diversity of thought and experience in our Board.
The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board invites applications from employees and external candidates for consideration for an Occasional French Teaching position in partnership with Queen’s University who is facilitating a French as a Second Language Teaching Program.
The Primary Junior French as a Second Language Multi-Session (FSLM) Program hosted through Queens University in Kingston is 6 successive terms of 24 months with a start in May. The program is delivered in a blended format of on and off-campus sessions and runs Summer, Fall/Winter, Summer, Fall/Winter.
More information regarding this program and the commitments required can be found on Queen’s website

Applicants are required to have an acceptable undergraduate degree (minimum 3-year General degree). Preference is given to applicants with a 4-year Honours undergraduate degree. Individuals must also meet at least one the following language requirements established by Queens University to be eligible for admittance to the program and for the position at PVNCCDSB:

• 5.0 full-year undergraduate courses in French or completion of a degree in the French language OR
• A French Bilingual/Immersion/Extended Certificate and original transcript from an anglophone secondary school or an original transcript if you have graduated from a francophone secondary school, OR
• Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) You will need to achieve an overall classification of C1 (Advanced 1). Test results are valid for life, OR,
• Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) You will need to achieve an overall classification of B1 (Intermediate 1). Test results are valid for life, OR,
• Test de connaissance du français (TCF) You will need to obtain a score of C1 (Advanced 1 in all four modalities: reading, listening, writing and speaking). Test results are valid for two years, OR
• Test d’évaluation de français (TEF) You will need to obtain a score of C1 (Advanced 1 in all four modalities: reading, listening, writing and speaking). Test results are valid for two years.

Applicants to this posting will be subject to the recruitment process and any offers made will be conditional upon successful admission to the Primary Junior French as a Second Language Multi-Session (FSLM) Program facilitated by Queens University.
Successful candidates will be provided a Long Term Occasional Assignment in a French position in one PVNCCDSB’s elementary schools for the 26/27 school year.
Qualified applicants are invited to apply on-line directly to this posting via with PVNCCDSB website – no later than 3:00pm September 26, 2025.
Should you have any questions about the posting process please contact:
Jennifer Brown
Human Resources Officer jebrown@pvnccdsb.on.ca
PVNCCDSB is committed to achieving excellence in Catholic education. We leverage our inclusive organizational culture to further build upon our dynamic and diverse workforce, reflective of the communities we serve. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC), PVNCCDSB will work collaboratively and respectfully with you in all stages of the recruitment process and throughout your employment. For further information about what accommodation and accessibility look like at PVNCCDSB please refer If you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please contact our Recruitment Officer at 705-748-4861 ext. 1212 or email jebrown@pvnccdsb.on.ca.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the personal provided is collected in the Education Act and will be used to determine eligibility for employment
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