Specialized Position - Teacher​/Learning Coach - FNMI & EAL Focus - Temporary​/Replacement

Job Details

Our Division & Communities

Foothills School Division (FSD) serves the learning needs of approximately 8000 students from preschool to grade 12. We operate 22 public schools, an online digital school, an alternative campus, and three colony schools. These are located in the towns of Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley, and the communities of Blackie, Cayley, Heritage Heights, Red Deer Lake, Longview, Millarville and Foothills County.

We honour the spirit, life, and lessons this land and its ancestors teach us. We acknowledge the traditional land and territories of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut’ina, and Îyârhe Nakoda as well as the Foothills District and the Rocky View District within the Battle River Territory of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of Alberta.

Applicant Eligibility

We welcome all eligible applicants to apply.

Assignment Focus

The Learning Coach will focus on providing support to the entire system for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit and English as an additional language learners. This position plays a critical role in advancing student achievement through targeted instructional intervention and teacher capacity building
, aligned with divisional priorities in literacy and numeracy. Preference will be given to candidates with experience with EAL/FNMI.

Learning Coach Role

Learning coaches are teachers who are knowledgeable about inclusive education and are skilled at facilitating teacher collaboration, strengthening inclusive learning, building capacity and expertise in design, instruction and assessment practices of teachers in support of all learners. A more comprehensive understanding of the roles and responsibilities will be provided during the recruitment process.

The Candidate

As a member of a highly motivated team and student-centered educator, you are prepared to collaborate with colleagues in a Professional Learning Community. Your teaching practice includes the ability to design and plan learning activities that transfer, and develop thinking competencies. Further, your practice assesses individual student variables to inform the design of meaningful and experiential learning opportunities and effective assessment practice.

Your ability to foster effective professional relationships with student, families, staff and community is critical. You demonstrate a willingness to engage in extra-curricular activities and support students in the whole school experience that characterizes effective schools. Your capacity to integrate technologies and and support experiential learning that connects students to community resources within Maker-centered learning, CTF and CTS learning environments is evident.