English Language Arts​/Humanities; Focus Program Specialist - Family of Schools 9 and 10

Position Title

1.0 English Language Arts/Humanities (7-12 Focus) Program Specialist - Family of Schools 9 and 10

District Office

June 10, 2026 8:00 AM

Full time PERMANENT position for 7-12 English Language Arts/Humanities in Families of Schools 9 and 10. The location of the position will be within the FOS 9 and 10 family of schools' system, depending on office availability. Duties to commence September 8, 2026.

• Strategic Vision & Implementation:
  Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for advancing English Language Arts and Humanities education across Grades 7?12, ensuring alignment with provincial curriculum frameworks and graduation requirements.
• Secondary Literacy & Inquiry-Based Learning:
  Support educators with the implementation of ELA and Humanities curricula, promoting disciplinary literacy, critical thinking, historical inquiry, and the integration of diverse cultural perspectives.
• Professional Learning Leadership:
  Design, coordinate, and deliver engaging adult professional learning opportunities for secondary educators focused on evidence informed literacy strategies (Think
  
  SRSD), inclusive text selection, and inquiry-based social studies pedagogy.
• Support & Mentorship:
  Provide individualized and group support to secondary educators, department heads, and administrators, mentoring them in high-yield instructional practices, assessment for learning, and inclusive classroom strategies.
• Resource Curation & Development:
  Support educators to identify, evaluate, and curate high-quality instructional and assessment resources.
• Collaboration & Community Engagement:
  Collaborate with educational partners, heritage institutions, literacy organizations, and post-secondary stakeholders to foster a cohesive humanities ecosystem and facilitate provincial knowledge sharing.
• Impact Assessment & Iteration:
  Supporting educators to develop and implement mechanisms to evaluate the effectiveness of their ELA and Humanities pedagogical practices; supporting them to make evidence-informed decisions through analyzing student achievement data and literacy data to inform instructional strategies and continuous improvement.
• Champion Equitable & Inclusive
  
  Education:
  
  Promote awareness of diverse voices, use evidence informed practices to enhance reading and writing as foundational components of an equitable and inclusive secondary education.

• Bachelor of Education - Secondary
• Major (10 courses) as noted above in applicable subject area
• Masters degree in education (Specialization in Literacy, Curriculum, ELA, or Humanities preferred)
• NL Teaching Certificate
• Extensive background knowledge and leadership experiences relevant to teaching English Language Arts and/or Social Sciences at the intermediate and senior high levels.

Annual Teacher Salary Scale contained within the NLTA Provincial Collective Agreement and benefits contained within the agreement.

Applicants without the required qualifications may be considered in accordance with Clause 37.01 (d) of the provincial collective agreement.