REQUIRED ABILITIES, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive academic training, professional preparation, and qualifications in teaching in all areas of this assignment.
• Knowledge of, and demonstrated application of, the Ministry of Education’s current philosophy, teaching practices, and evaluation/assessment/reporting procedures as applied to all areas of this assignment.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to implement teaching practices that align with the Professional Standards for BC Educators.
• Fluency in both written and oral French and English.
• Understanding and commitment to current middle school philosophy:
• Teaming – demonstrated ability and experience working with one or two other teachers to support a core group of students.
• Connections – dedicated instructional time with students to foster connectedness and positive relationships to support adolescent development.
• Exploratory – providing students the opportunity to sample high interest courses.
• Collaboration – ongoing inquiry-based teamwork.
• Demonstrated successful classroom experience teaching at the middle school level.
• Consistent use of the most current instructional practices to create a powerful balanced literacy program to meet the diverse needs of learners; preference will be given to candidates with successful experience with small group targeted literacy instruction.
• Consistent use of the most current instructional practices to create a powerful balanced numeracy program to meet the diverse needs of learners; preference will be given to candidates with successful experience with small group targeted numeracy instruction.
• Willingness to use outdoor learning space as part of the extended classroom connecting place and space.
• Willingness to use District and Ministry data sets (ACT, SNAP, FSA, PM/RR) to identify student need and drive informed teaching practice and team teacher planning.
• Commitment and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of an assigned teaching team.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to Indigenizing curriculum using the First Peoples Principles of Learning.
• Demonstrated use of highly successful assessment strategies in the classroom – for, of and as learning.
• Demonstrated use of highly successful instructional strategies and lesson designs in the classroom (i.e. a Connect, Process, Transform, Reflect approach).
• Demonstrated experience intervening, supporting, and motivating struggling learners through a Response to Intervention (RTI) lens, particularly in literacy and numeracy key concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and acknowledge individual student differences and adjust instructional practices accordingly through informal adaptations and formal Competency Based Individual Education Plans (CBIEP’s).
• Demonstrated ability to engage and motivate students in day-to-day lessons through the appropriate integration of technology.
• Demonstrated ability to set and clarify learning standards and to establish effective classroom procedures and relationships.
• Demonstrated excellent classroom management, behaviour management and classroom organization skills; experience with Positive Behaviour and Support (PBS) is an asset.
• Proven ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with students, staff, and parents.
• Proven ability to inspire confidence and self-worth in adolescents.
  For further information, contact: 604-858-7141 (VMS) Sharon Bernard, Principal; Lisa Ego, Vice Principa

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