Description
School District #49 (Central Coast)
Posting # T328-25/26
June 6, 2025
Bella Coola Elementary and Nusatsum Elementary
Continuing Itinerant Teaching Position (0.7 FTE)
September 1, 2025
(Nuxalk Language & Cultural Instructor)
Internal/External
School District #49 (Central Coast) is accepting applications from teachers with a demonstrated commitment to developing a positive student-centered learning environment. Interested teachers who are certified or who are eligible to become certified by the BC Ministry of Education, Teacher Regulation Branch are invited to apply.
General Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate competence in traditional and contemporary Nuxalk culture;
- Knowledge of First Nations instructional strategies;
- Sound knowledge of technologies and their educational application;
- Sound knowledge of intervention skills for behavior and cognitive difficulties;
- Work within the context of the collective agreement.
- Training in Nuxalk culture;
- Be willing to submit to a local criminal record check;
- Nuxalk language fluency is preferred;
- Be able to read and write the Nuxalk language;
- Must demonstrate a mature, caring, and dependable attitude;
- Be knowledgeable in Nuxalk history especially stories and legends;
- Be knowledgeable in Nuxalk protocols dealing with stories, legends, song and dance;
- Be able to work with and interact positively and proactively with other teaching staff, support staff, Nuxalk language teachers, Nuxalk Elders and the Nuxalk community at large;
- Bachelor of Education Degree (Elementary);
- Provide evidence of professionalism in the workplace including classroom planning and student assessment.
1. Experience in teaching First Nation students.
The annual salary range for this position is $47,970 to $83,108 (which includes retention & recruitment allowance)plus $1,200 for moving expenses.
Please forward your resume by 4:00 PM on June 20, 2025 to:
Mr. Peter Tallio
Coordinator, Aboriginal Education
PO Bag 130
Hagensborg, BC
V0T 1H0
Phone: (250) 982-2691 Fax: (250) 982-2319
