Adult Education English Instructors

The Vancouver School Board welcomes applicants for the position of:

Adult Education English Instructors

Location
:
South Hill Education Center

Dates
:
September 8 to November 6, 2026

Time: Mondays to Thursdays 7:00 - 9:30 pm (2 positions);
Mondays to Fridays 12:00 - 2:15 pm (2 positions)

With deep gratitude and respect, we are honoured to be learning and unlearning on the ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) & səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and learning and work to expand Indigenous perspectives across the curriculum and within our 107 schools and programs, where more than 50,000 students learn and grow.

Adult Education provides youth/adult students with educational opportunities from Foundations-level courses to secondary school completion. We offer a variety of learning formats which include structured Foundations courses (basic literacy through Grade 10 equivalency); structured academic Grade 10, 11 and 12 as well as personalized, self-paced courses at the Foundations and Grade 10, 11 and 12 levels. Courses at the Foundations level develop core skills which prepare students to enter the Grade 10, 11 and 12 courses needed to obtain either the regular or the adult Dogwood Diploma.

All courses follow prescribed Ministry of Education curriculum.

• An undergraduate degree in English and/or senior level coursework related to the subject area
• Bachelor of Education
• Recent contract teaching experience and/or student teaching experience in Secondary English is required
• Membership in or eligible to become a member of the Teacher Regulation Board (TRB)
• Registration with the Teacher Qualification Service (TQS)

• 3 Professional References - email and phone numbers
• Recent Graduates:
  Faculty Advisor, School Advisor(s), and one or more of Principal, Vice Principal or most recent previous employer
• Experienced Teachers: current Principal, Vice Principal and previous Administrator(s)

We do not accept friends or teaching colleagues as references.

If your application is in process please provide a screen shot of the application, including the drop-down menu of outstanding documents.

The VSB has been given approval from the Human Rights Tribunal for a Special Program under s. 42(3) of the Human Rights Code. Under this special program, the VSB seeks to preferentially hire Aboriginal persons to a variety of teaching positions. Therefore, each applicant may wish to provide, on a voluntary basis, information whether they self-identify as an Aboriginal person.