Director of Learning Services, Equity and Success

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Delta School District provides public education to over 16,000 students in the communities of Tsawwassen, Ladner, and North Delta. Delta School District is committed to creating a safe, caring, and healthy working and learning environment that is inclusive of everyone in our community. The district is focused through its Strategic Plan on providing meaningful learning opportunities for all students and staff, in partnership with students, families, First Nations, Indigenous communities, community organizations, local unions, and various other associations.

Delta School District
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Director of Learning Services, Equity & Success
Delta School District is honored to be working and learning on the traditional territory of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations and all of the hənqəminəm speaking people who have been stewards of time in land since time immemorial
Delta School District provides public education to over 16,000 students in the communities of Tsawwassen, Ladner, and North Delta. Delta School District is committed to creating a safe, caring, and healthy working and learning environment that is inclusive of everyone in our community. The district is focused through its Strategic Plan on providing meaningful learning opportunities for all students and staff, in partnership with students, families, First Nations, Indigenous communities, community organizations, local unions, and various other associations.
Delta School District deeply values and respects local Indigenous communities, recognizing the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations as distinct rights holders. We embrace the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action as key documents guiding our work.
The Director of Learning Services, Equity & Success (“Director”) joins the district Executive team in providing system-wide leadership in advancing the district's Strategic Plan. As part of this broader work, they are responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing a range of strategies and programs that support academic success, positive cultural identity, and the well-being of Indigenous students. Working in close partnership with the Indigenous Education Council (in particular Tsawwassen First Nation and Musqueam Indian Band), the Director will collaborate with Indigenous families and students, Elders and Knowledge Keepers, Delta school staff, district leadership, federal and provincial agencies, local unions, and Delta Learning Services staff to inspire the Delta District along our path of Truth and Reconciliation.

The Director, Equity & Success, reports to the Superintendent of Schools.


Key Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership for Indigenous Education across the Delta School District
• Supporting district-level leadership that advances decolonizing practices and Indigenous worldviews, fostering relational accountability, guiding strategy, and strengthening alignment across all areas of the organization
• Collaborating with other Directors to provide leadership, vision and direction to the Learning Services department
• Providing leadership to the District Justice and Equity Action Plan (JEAP)
• Developing and sustaining the organizational frameworks that can enable staff and schools to effectively support the success of all Indigenous students
• Establishing collaborative professional learning and leadership structures that centre Indigenous ways of knowing, decolonizing practice, and equity to enhance learning for all students
• Developing a close working relationship with the local First Nations (Tsawwassen First Nation and Musqueam Indian Band) and other Indigenous and First Nations organizations
• Prioritizing the development and inclusion of local First Nations language program(s)
• Working with the Indigenous Education Council in the role of secretariat; fulfilling all Ministry mandates regarding this relationship, including collaborating and reporting on the use of Ministry targeted funding
• Overseeing the collection, management, and reporting local and Ministry of Education Indigenous…