Deaf interpreter Jobs in Ottawa, ON

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 at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best. We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed educator to join our team at Woodroffe High School as : Secondary Long-Term Occasional Teacher Eligibility All qualified secondary Occasional Teachers are eligible to apply for LTO postings for which they are qualified. Qualifications The successful candidate will be in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers and possess the following :   Required OCT Divisional Qualifications :    Intermediate / Senior Qualifications Required Additional Qualifications :      Teaching Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing American Sign Language (ASL) (Specialist) or Teacher of the Deaf Specialist OCT Additional Qualifications considered an asset :    Special Education Part 1 (or higher) Qualifications Additional Requirements (experience, knowledge, education) for the Position :    A high proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) level 3; Special education knowledge for differentiated academic planning for modified programming;  Awareness of different degrees of hearing loss and their implications for students and their learning;  Ability to provide programming for language acquisition and use student learning profiles;  Effective use of a variety of strategies related to vocabulary development;  Awareness of the developmental stages for a learner;  Ability to meet individual needs via speech and auditory training, when required;  Understanding of amplification systems and ability to troubleshoot with hearing aids when problems arise;  An ability and awareness to understand and support the characteristics of deaf students with more than one exceptionality such as deaf / LD students, Deafblind students, etc. and to how to accommodate and modify for them appropriately;  Awareness and ability to integrate the student (when appropriate) into other classrooms or learning environments;  Ability to collaborate with a variety of professionals (e.g. Multi-D teams, Audiologists, CHEO, etc.); and,  Previous experience working in a Provincial School for the deaf or working with the outreach services attached to the Provincial School (asset). Order of Consideration Applications will be assessed according to the requirements and OCT qualifications outlined in this job posting, and in accordance with Policy P.146.HR Equitable Recruitment, Hiring and Promotion. 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, 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. Application Process Teachers should apply only to the vacancies to which they will accept an interview.  An OT who accepts an LTO assignment cannot apply to another LTO assignment that interferes with classes they are actively teaching.  It is the expectation that a teacher who accepts an assignment must agree to complete the assignment as posted. Teachers can teach a maximum of three (3) classes within a semester, which equals 100%. For those working at IB sites or Alternate sites, a teacher can teach a maximum of six (6) classes across the school year, which equals 100%. Updating portfolios on ApplytoEducation : When submitting your application to a posting on ApplytoEducation, please verify your portfolio in its entirety, including the work experience portion. For assistance with ApplytoEducation, please call their Customer Support line at 1-877-900-5627.  They can help you with any part of the application process. Please refrain from emailing the school admin team directly regarding this vacancy. Following the closing date, you will receive an email from the school if you have been selected for an interview. For questions regarding postings and the staffing process, email your HR Advisor below : For School / Sites Alpha : Adult to John McCrae, Alt Sites, Cont Ed, McHugh Secondary email Samantha Souliere at [email protected] For School / Sites Alpha : Lisgar to Woodroffe, OCV Secondary, Home Instruction and Central Secondary email Andrea Adams at [email protected] 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. If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to Samantha or Andrea as indicated above. 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