0.3 FTE Continuing District Indigenous Academic Success Teacher

School District #8 (Kootenay Lake) is located in the southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada and serves the Lower Kootenay Band and the communities of Kaslo, Meadow Creek, Crawford Bay, Creston, Wynndel, Yahk, Nelson, Salmo, South Slocan, Winlaw, Slocan, and the surrounding rural areas.

Our area is beautiful, vibrant, a fantastic place to raise children, has a world-renowned arts and entertainment community, and easily accesses a variety of amazing outdoor pursuits.

Kootenay Lake School District serves the learning needs of approximately 4700 students in several diverse communities and in an array of learning environments throughout the Kootenays.

Our visionary, creative team of approximately 900 staff focuses on providing the best opportunities for students and their families.

Our mission is to inspire and support each learner to thrive in a caring learning environment.

The School Board Office is located in Nelson, B.C. Our schools are dispersed geographically and range in size and composition :

• 13 elementary schools
• 1 middle school
• 1 K-10 school
• 4 secondary schools
• 2 K-12 schools
• online learning and blended programs
• an extensive array of program options, including Aboriginal Education, Late French Immersion, Outdoor Programs, and a strong International Program.

The annual pay range for a full time teacher is $61,522 to $108,126, with placement on the range based on experience and qualifications in accordance with the collective agreement.

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) has a vacancy for a 0.3 FTE Continuing District Indigenous Academic Success Teacher.

This position is 0.2 FTE at Homelinks Creston and 0.1 FTE at Wildflower Creston.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Education;
• A valid BC teaching certificate and current membership in the Teacher Regulation Branch.

Indigenous Academic Success Teacher Job Summary

This is a specialized teaching position, which combines extensive Indigenous ways of knowing with academic supports for Indigenous students.

This position synthesizes a strong understanding of Indigenous pedagogy and culture, and specializes in a wide range of instructional areas : BC’s curriculum, inclusion, literacy and numeracy.

The primary responsibility of this position is to deliver academic support to students, liaising with school-based staff including teachers, counsellors, administration, and district Indigenous Education employees.

The work of this position is guided by the District Aboriginal Education goals.

The Academic Success Teacher will collaborate with classroom teachers on Indigenizing curriculum K-12. The Academic Success Teacher will model lessons of Indigenization, sharing culturally based lessons, co-teaching and co-planning with classroom teachers.

The work in this position is over and above regular instruction in the classroom; while the position may work alongside a classroom teacher, the delivery of curriculum should supplement core instruction and not replace it.

The Academic Success Teacher may work in small groups as well as full classrooms as a push in model. The Academic Success Teacher prioritizes daily workload and at the high school level, and will track data including attendance, passing / failing of academic courses, grad planning, and post-secondary planning for each student grades 10-12;

this tracking would be in collaboration with the school counselling department. Based upon tracking, follow-up plans will be communicated, developed, and executed to support academic success.

The Academic Success Teacher acts as an Indigenous Leader within the school, sharing knowledge, culture, and ways of knowing with students and staff.

All work within this position is designed to enhance Indigenous student success in SD8.

Embedded within this position are cultural supports, including but not limited to the following : relationship building with community, relationship building with families, creating opportunities to share knowledge, history and diversity of Indigenous BC within the school building.

The Academic Success teacher leads school-based AbEd team meetings, and will also be responsible for other supports such as supporting families with Jordan’s Principle applications, and food equity programs for nominal roll students and all Indigenous students.

The Academic Success Teacher will support Indigenous EA positions and Aboriginal Youth and Family Worker Liaison positions within the school and will be a team lead for work and Ministry required ABED data tracking.

The Academic Success Teacher leads school-based ABED team meetings, if applicable.

The Academic Success Teacher will work as part of the larger Indigenous Education team in SD8 and will attend ABED District staff meetings to share reflections, grow strengths, and stay current on district initiatives.

For more information, please contact Laury Carriere at [email protected]

School District 8 supports equity hiring for Indigenous applicants.

• While we appreciate all applications, we will contact only those who have been shortlisted.
• If you are experiencing any technical issues with your application process to contact Make A Future's customer service line as HR cannot upload or assist with these types of issues.

We also cannot accept documents via email such as cover letters / resumes / transcripts / teaching reports via email as they do need to be part of the employee's Make a Future profile.