Chin Language Supply Instructors - International Languages Program

St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centre

Posting # CE-2024-07

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board with a total student population of 38,000, provides services to students in 50 schools (Kindergarten to Grade 12) across the Waterloo Region.

The Board conducts intentional recruitment and selection as it seeks to achieve a state of greater equity for employees and students and to diversify its workforce.

All qualified applicants are welcome and encouraged to apply and applicants may choose to indicate if they are from a group who has experienced racial or social discrimination. Self-identification data will be used as a consideration in this posting. Aggregate data will be stored anonymously to support improvements to the Boards hiring processes.

Applications for the position of Supply Instructors Chin Language are being accepted by the International Languages Program - Elementary for St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centres.

IL Instructors support the language learning of each student in a physical environment. They have responsibility related to the program, the students, the parents, the community, and the classroom. The instructors must understand the concepts of equity and inclusiveness in the Canadian context.

General Description of Duties: Supporting student learning, and supporting program success in the physical environment

Foster a safe and secure physical classroom environment

Identify what students are expected to know and be able to do (learning goals) and what it looks like when they are successful (success criteria), and share this information effectively with students and parents

Interact effectively with students using different technological tools in an organized and systematic way

Explore new solutions, e-tools, platforms to engage all students in a real life, task based, relevant to student experience learning of the second language

Be flexible and innovative while planning, conducting, and managing a physical classroom

Develop long and short-term lesson plans to meet the needs and program objectives in physical classroom environment

Using the target language as the language of instruction and communication whenever possible

Participating in staff meetings, educational conferences, instructor training workshops, and extracurricular cultural events and activities

Collaborate with the school community, parents, and other teachers to improve teaching methods, explore new and safe platforms and improve student wellbeing

Utilize Google Meet when needed to deliver the teaching of reading story/literature, demonstration/writing, reading aloud and conversation with the studentsRequirements: Fluent in oral and written Chin language

Preference will be given to those candidates with professional experience teaching languages & working with children

Passionate about different cultures and the power of learning languages

Ability to deliver programs in a fun and dynamic approach in a physical environment

Professional proficiency in English

Degree in child development, elementary education, foreign language education preferred

Ability to work successfully with colleagues on a team

Must be eligible to work in Canada and be able to attend in personLocation and Hours: Saturday, 9:30 am 12 pm Main Campus, 80 Young St., Kitchener (September to June school year)Salary Range: $27.47 per hour (plus vacation pay)Qualified applicants are invited to submit a resume and covering letter. Please see the Application Process below.

Application Process:

Qualified Applicants are required to apply directly through Apply to Education at: https://wcdsb.simplication.com

Applications will be accepted until: March 29, 2024 at 9 am.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be notified.

St Louis staff are not required to be Catholic.

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board is welcoming of candidates from diverse communities, backgrounds and identities and encourages applications from qualified members of these groups. Please be aware that applicants to St Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education are not required to be Catholic.

Applicants are invited to self-identify if you are First Nations, Metis, Inuit, a member of a visible minority group(s) or a person with disabilities. This information is collected under the authority of the Ontario Human Rights Code and will be used to keep track of recruitment information. No personal information will be included.

At WCDSB, we are committed to respecting your privacy, and will take appropriate measures to protect any personal information you may share with us through the job application process. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used to determine qualifications for employment. For more information about the Boards Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer at 519-578-3660 Ext. 2381.

To request this file in large print, please email aoda@wcdsb.ca. If you require a disability related accommodation to participate the recruitment process, please contact us at (519) 578-3677, extension 2368 to discuss your needs under the Human Rights Code. Responses to inquiries will be provided within 72 hours.

The successful candidate will be required to produce a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Criminal Reference Check. For further information refer to policy APS 038 on the website of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.