Description
About Us
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 creative, dynamic, and committed teachers to join our team at Katimavik Elementary School.
Katimavik Elementary School is located in Kanata. Our school serves a culturally diverse population with many of our students speaking one of about 40 different languages, other than English and French. We also welcome international students from time to time in our school. Our school staff is committed to:
- high standards for student learning;
- an inclusive, welcoming learning environment for all of our students, staff and parents;
- a focus on critical thinking and creative thinking;
- parents as partners in the education of their children;
- effective partnerships with parent volunteers and community agencies;
- clear, regular and open communication with the home;
- centred in collaborative work and problem solving.
Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the quality of education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive and inclusive school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and equity perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well-being.
Please note the following timelines for this posting list:
- Prior to releasing the applicant lists to the PVP's - where possible, ES will conduct placements of remaining FSL & EN pool participants. *See Question #3 if eligible for placement
- ES will shortlist and release applicants to PVP's
All Occasional Teachers are eligible to apply for Long Term Occasional postings for which they are qualified.
If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you may apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications. Please be advised that our order of consideration for Elementary LTO's is as follows:
1) current elementary occasional teacher applicants, followed by
2) qualified external applicants.
Required Qualifications
OCT Divisional Qualifications: Junior/Intermediate
OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1
Additional Requirements (experience, knowledge, education,) considered an asset for the Position: Spec Ed qualifications are an asset
Additional Information: Possible extension
Application Process
Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the following:
Process for selection:
A minimum of 3 qualified applicants will be offered an interview, including:
1. At least three (3) teachers, who are currently employed as an occasional teacher with the OCDSB, and who have the required OCT qualifications and who best meet the criteria outlined in the job posting.
2. If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.
- It is the expectation that a teacher who accepts an assignment must agree to complete the assignment as posted. Teachers should apply only to the vacancies to which they will accept an interview.
- For assistance with ApplytoEducation, please call their Customer Support line at 1-877-900-5627.
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.
Questions about posting details or persons with disabilities who require accommodation in the application/interview process should email the following:
- Kristina.Vander.Vecht@ocdsb.ca: A.Lorne Cassidy ES to Fielding Drive PS & OCV
- Jennifer.Jones-Kosmack@ocdsb.ca: First Avenue PS to North Gower PS & Central
- Grace.Wiegand@ocdsb.ca: Orleans Wood ES to York St. PS & New Orleans Elementary School (name TBD)
