T24-322 Temporary, Full-Time, Applied Design, Skills & Technologies – Home Economics

Posting Number: T24-322

Date Issued: August 30, 2024

POSITION

Worksite: Mount Slesse Middle School

Contract Type: Temporary, Full-Time

Assignment Area(s): Applied Design, Skills & Technologies – Home Economics

Effective Date: Immediately but not later than February 28, 2025

Please Note: The assignment within this position may not be identical to the assignment as indicated in this posting.

Deadline for Applications: Mon day, September 9, 2024 by 12:00 pm

Electronic Applications must be submitted through Make A Future www.makeafuture.ca and include a Cover Letter, Resume, Teaching Report, Transcripts & the names of two (2) current supervisors who can comment on your teaching.

Required Abilities, Qualifications and Experience:

• extensive academic training, professional preparation and qualifications in teaching in all areas of this assignment at the middle school level

• 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

• appropriate professional preparation in the teaching of Home Economics (a university teaching major, its equivalent, or experience directly related to the teaching position)

• demonstrated competence in teaching all aspects of a Home Economics Program at the Middle School level, using highly successful instructional strategies that engage and motivate Middle School students

• demonstrated understanding of the Textiles and Foods and Nutrition Curriculum

• demonstrated ability to differentiate instruction for a variety of developmental stages and ability levels

• demonstrated sensitivity, awareness and understanding of adolescent development and enthusiasm for working and developing positive relationships with Middle School age students

• demonstrated ability to incorporate a wide range of effective classroom management strategies which respect and maintain the dignity of young adolescents

• demonstrated ability to identify, work with, and assist students who are experiencing difficulties

• an exemplary work ethic with a proven ability to work as an effective team member in an educational setting

• consistently well organized and capable of being flexible to meet the changing demands of students at the middle school level

• demonstrated ability in utilizing inquiry based and hands-on instructional activities to enhance student learning and engagement in Home Economics

• demonstrated ability to be a positive communicator with parents, students, and colleagues

• demonstrated clarity about what curricular and meta-curricular skills and knowledge are to be learned by students in each course

• demonstrated knowledge and application of contemporary individual and social learning theory and of adolescent development theory

• demonstrated ability to suitably employ a variety of instructional strategies to achieve desired learning outcomes

• demonstrated ability to set and clarify learning standards and to establish effective classroom procedures and relationships

• demonstrated ability to devise a variety of assessment processes that effectively allow students to demonstrate what they know

• demonstrated desire and ability to collaborate with other professionals to contribute to general school effectiveness and to individual student learning

• demonstrated ability to involve parents and the community to support and expand student learning

For Further Information Contact: Paula Gosal, Principal, or Michelle Davis, VP (604) 824-7481