Igbo Language Supply Instructors – International Languages Program

St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centre

REPOST – Posting # CE-2023-29

The Waterloo Catholic District School Board with a total student population of 38,000, provides services to students in 50 schools (Kindergarten to Grade 12) across the Waterloo Region.

The Board conducts intentional recruitment and selection as it seeks to achieve a state of greater equity for employees and students and to diversify its workforce.

All qualified applicants are welcome and encouraged to apply and applicants may choose to indicate if they are from a group who has experienced racial or social discrimination.  Self-identification data will be used as a consideration in this posting.  Aggregate data will be stored anonymously to support improvements to the Board’s hiring processes.

​ Applications for the position of Supply Instructors – Igbo Language are being accepted by the International Languages Program – Elementary for St. Louis Adult Learning and Continuing Education Centres.

IL Instructors support the language learning of each student in a physical environment.  They have responsibility related to the program, the students, the parents, the community, and the classroom.  The instructors must understand the concepts of equity and inclusiveness in the Canadian context.

General Description of Duties:

1. Supporting student learning, and supporting program success in the physical environment
2. Foster a safe and secure physical classroom environment
3. Identify what students are expected to know and be able to do (learning goals) and what it looks like when they are successful (success criteria), and share this information effectively with students and parents
4. Interact effectively with students using different technological tools in an organized and systematic way
5. Explore new solutions, e-tools, platforms to engage all students in a real life, task based, relevant to student experience learning of the second language
6. Be flexible and innovative while planning, conducting, and managing a physical classroom
7. Develop long and short-term lesson plans to meet the needs and program objectives in physical classroom environment
8. Using the target language as the language of instruction and communication whenever possible
9. Participating in staff meetings, educational conferences, instructor training workshops, and extracurricular cultural events and activities
10. Collaborate with the school community, parents, and other teachers to improve teaching methods, explore new and safe platforms and improve student wellbeing
11. Utilize Google Meet when needed to deliver the teaching of reading story/literature, demonstration/writing, reading aloud and conversation with the students

Requirements:

1. Fluent in oral and written Igbo language
2. Preference will be given to those candidates with professional experience teaching languages & working with children
3. Passionate about different cultures and the power of learning languages
4. Ability to deliver programs in a fun and dynamic approach in a physical environment
5. Professional proficiency in English
6. Degree in child development, elementary education, foreign language education preferred
7. Ability to work successfully with colleagues on a team
8. Must be eligible to work in Canada and be able to attend in person

Location and Hours:

• Saturdays, 9:00 am – 11:30am – St John Campus, 99 Strange St, Kitchener (September to June school year)

Salary Range:           

• $27.47 per hour (plus vacation pay)

Qualified applicants are invited to submit a resume and covering letter or an email expressing interest

Application Process:

Applications will be received via email at recruiting@wcdsb.ca.  Please include your first and last name and the posting number (provided above) in the subject line.

Applications will be accepted until: December 5, 2023 at 4 pm.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be notified.

Candidates do not need to be Catholic to apply and work at St Louis

To request this file in large print, please email aoda@wcdsb.ca.  If you require a disability related accommodation to participate the recruitment process, please contact us at (519) 578-3677, extension 2368 to discuss your needs under the Human Rights Code.  Responses to inquiries will be provided within 72 hours.

At WCDSB, we are committed to respecting your privacy, and will take appropriate measures to protect any personal information you may share with us through the job application process. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used to determine qualifications for employment. For more information about the Board’s Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer at 519-578-3660 Ext. 2381.

The successful candidate will be required to produce a satisfactory Criminal Background Check.  For further information refer to policy APS 038 on the website of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.