EN 100% Elem LTO, Grade 7​/8; GLP - All Subjects

About Us

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community  schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community  schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

Blossom Park PS is a school of community of just over 400 people. Our community is situated in the south end of the city serving newcomers to Canada. Many of our students live in poverty, are from racialized backgrounds and are learning English as an additional language. The school is a K-8 configuration and hosts 3 specialized programs - an intermediate General Learning program, a junior Behaviour Intervention program and a 6-8 English Literacy Development program.

Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the quality of education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive and inclusive school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and equity perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well-being.

All Occasional Teachers are eligible to apply for Long Term Occasional postings for which they are qualified. If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you may apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications.

Please be advised that our order of consideration for Elementary LTO's is as follows:

• Current elementary occasional teacher applicants, followed by
• Qualified external applicants.

OCT Divisional

Qualifications:

Intermediate

OCT

Additional Qualifications:

Special Education, Part 2

Additional Requirements (experience, knowledge, education,) considered an asset for the Position: Math and ESL/TELL qualifications. Previous GLP experience, experience working in dynamic school environment.

Additional Information: N/A

Closes:
Sunday August 9th at 11:30 p.m.

Shortlisting:
Prior to releasing the applicant lists - where possible, HR will conduct placements of remaining FSL & EN pool participants from August 10-14. For those assignments not placed HR will shortlist August 17, 2026

Interviews:
August 17 - August 24

Hiring Recommendations from PVP to Human Resources by August 25th by 4:00pm

Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the following:

Process for selection

A minimum of 3 qualified applicants will be offered an interview, including:

• At least three (3) teachers, who are currently employed as an occasional teacher with the OCDSB, and who have the required OCT qualifications and who best meet the criteria outlined in the job posting.
• If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.

It is the expectation that a teacher who accepts an assignment must agree to complete the assignment as posted.

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OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment - in compliance with the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 , the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board discloses that artificial intelligence (AI) technology may be used to assist our hiring team in screening or assessing applicants.