Khalsa Secondary School is recruiting a Learning Support Team Teacher/ Resource Teacher for Grade 8 - 12.

Khalsa Secondary School is actively recruiting a teacher for physical education. Khalsa School is an independent Sikh school in British Columbia. We are offering a full time teaching position with the opportunity to set up your own classroom . We require a teacher for grade 8 - 10 High school Physical Education. A teacher with additional experience teaching classes aside from Physical Education will be strongly considered as well. Our starting salaries include an extended health plan for employees and their spouses and family.

Successful candidates will have a Bachelor of Education. You must be eligible to be employed in Canada. Special attention will be given to applicants who are certified to or can be certified to teach in British Columbia.

Khalsa School is a Sikh school and a part of the students education at our schools includes education in the Sikh Faith (Sikh music, history, scriptures). However, these subjects are taught by our religious department and staff. Successful applicants will only be required to teach the BC Curriculum.

Position Start Date: Continuing

The Learner Support Team teacher will have the skills and experience to work collaboratively and cooperatively with other members of the LST (Learner Support Team) and SBT (School Based Team) to improve individual student learning. The LST will deliver a range of support services to students with diverse learning needs including, but not limited to, students classified in the 'high incidence' special education categories, English as a Second Language, and children without categories who are in need of learning support.The Learner Support Team teacher will:

a) Develop, in consultation and collaboration with district staff, principals, vice principals, and classroom teachers, a Learner Support program based on the intellectual, social, and emotional developmental needs of each student.

b) Teach to meet the diverse learning needs of students.

c) Utilize appropriate teaching practices to provide instructional opportunities for full class, small group and individual student learning.

d) Administer appropriate educational assessments, interpret results and provide relevant information to appropriate staff, students, and parent(s)/guardian(s).

e) Evaluate student progress and participate in the reporting process in consultation and collaboration with the classroom teachers.

f) Develop, implement and monitor Individual Educational Plans in consultation with the classroom teacher(s) and make ongoing evaluations and revisions consistent with ministry and district policy.

g) Support classroom teachers in selecting instructional strategies to meet the learning needs of the students.

h) Provide information and in-service training to the school staff.

i) Assume responsibility for the direct instructional supervision of Special Education Assistants assigned to the Learning Support program where applicable.

j) Provide, where the principal or vice principal requires information regarding job performance of the Special Education Assistant (SEA) for evaluative or fact-finding purposes, factual information to the extent known by the teacher; nothing shall preclude the teacher from providing the information to the SEA.

k) Communicate with and involve parents to provide support for the student's educational program.

2. MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

a) Bachelor of Education degree or equivalent;

b) Valid B.C. Teaching Certificate. c) Minimum of two years' satisfactory classroom teaching experience.

3. O ne course or equivalent senior level (300 or higher) in :

- Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning.

and

4. One course or equivalent senior level (300 or higher) in :

- Differentiated Instruction

or

- Inclusive Teaching Practices.

and

5. One course or equivalent senior level (300 or higher) from List A and one course or

equivalent senior level (300 or higher) from List B:

List A List B

- Behaviour Disorders; - Curriculum and Instruction in

- Designs for Learning: Reading; Teaching ESL;

- Designs for Learning: Mathematics - ESL Literacy Instruction;

- Identification, Assessment and Support - Language Development;

of Learning Disabled Learners; - Second Language Acquisition;

- Introduction to Exceptional Children; - Supporting ESL Learners Across

- Teaching the Atypical Learner; the Curriculum;

- Teaching Thinking/Learning

Strategies.

6. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

a) Completion, or near completion, of Master's degree in Special Education, ESL, and/or curriculum, and Instruction;

b) Completion, or near completion, diploma in English as a Second Language Instruction or special Education.

7. REPORTING STRUCTURE The personnel in this position are accountable in the execution of their assigned duties to the principal of the school to which they are assigned.

Position Start Date: Immediate

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: Starting salary of $58,000/year **will only be offered to BC Certified (CoQ) Teachers** Teaching experience as a certified teacher within North America is eligible for review to add to the starting salary base.

Please provide your cover letter and resume and clearly detail your education, qualifications, experience and current contact information. Interviews will commence as resumes are received.

Contract length: 10 Months

Expected start date: September 1st, 2023

Job Types: Full-time, Contract