SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER (# PDSB25-126)

Job Description

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER On-Call/Supply Opportunities, Amethyst Demonstration School, London, ON (Competition # PDSB25-126) Posted on 10/06/2025

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER (Supply)

On-Call/Supply Opportunities

A rewarding opportunity awaits you with the Ministry of Education, Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch for students with learning disabilities. Our school is dedicated to providing quality education for students with learning disabilities in a student lodging school setting.

Currently we are looking for Special Education Teachers who wish to have a province wide impact on the education of students with learning disabilities who are available for on-call/supply work at the Amethyst Demonstration School in London.

Daily rate(s): Daily rate of pay for Supply Teacher – certified is $

• Competition # PDSB25-126 Special Education, Supply Teacher positions, Amethyst Demonstration School - London

  Positions to teach Elementary/Secondary homeroom, and may be required to teach English, History, Science or other courses as assigned – strong literacy skills, experience, and junior/intermediate and/or senior qualifications are required.

  What we are looking for:

  Qualifications:

• Must be Certified and in Good Standing with the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT); teacher candidates with a Transitional; Certificate or with pending OCT are welcome to apply;
• Special Education qualifications (minimum Part 1) preferred;
• Appropriate division qualifications for position required.

Abilities:

• Strong literacy skills;
• Successful experience working with students with learning disabilities;
• Excellent working knowledge of student language acquisition/development, program modifications/accommodations, learning strategies, progress monitoring/evaluation;
• Demonstrated excellence in literacy/language development;
• Experience teaching children to learn to read;
• Demonstrated experience with integration/application of inclusive/assistive technology;
• Demonstrates openness, innovation and awareness of educational research related to learning disabled students;
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team, ability to work in partnership with the student lodging staff;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.

Location: Amethyst Demonstration School - 1515 Cheapside Street, London, Ontario

Area of Search: OPEN

Additional Information: Please submit your cover letter, resume outlining qualifications, experience and an up to date copy of your Ontario College of Teachers Certificate of Registration and Qualification to email address: Please clearly quote Competition File # PDSB25-126 in your application.

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Late applications will be declined.

Additional Information:

• Vulnerable Service Sector Screening Requirement

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
• Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Corporate Talent Programs Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
• A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities. If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in. Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

Posting date: October 6, 2025

Closing date: June 30, 2026

Clearance No:

Job Reference #

PDSB25-126

Position Start Date

November 2025 About Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch

Welcome to Ontario's Provincial and Demonstration Schools, a unique educational system devoted to serving students with special learning needs. As a provincial agency under the Ministry of Education, we are committed to providing specialized programs and services which allow students with special education needs the opportunity to fully participate in the total school experience including sports, music, recreational and leadership opportunities.

Quick Facts:

- Special Education Schools

- Ontario Curriculum

- Elementary and Secondary

- Southern Ontario

Our Schools

· One English-language provincial school for the blind, low vision and Deafblind (Brantford)

· Three American Sign Language (ASL)/English provincial schools for the Deaf (London, Belleville, Milton)

· Three English-language demonstration schools for students who have severe learning disabilities (London, Belleville, Milton)

Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism:

We are devoted to building a workforce that reflects our communities by promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

We offer accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code.