FR Elem Contract, Kindergarten Coverage & Grade 4/5 Core French in Ottawa

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 W.E. Gowling Public School. We are proud to serve the diverse range of cultures including African, Asian, Caribbean, European and Middle Eastern residing in the Carlington neighbourhood. We are a dual-track English and Early French Immersion Kindergarten to Grade 6 School. We work closely with our families, community partners and associations to support children to become the best learners and individuals that they can be. We strive to promote a school climate grounded in equity and inclusion with high academic standards focusing on meaningful engagement and quality instruction. We invite you to join us in this endeavour!

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.

This posting is open to all Occasional Teachers who DO NOT currently have a part-time contract. If you are already in a part-time contract position with the OCDSB, please apply to the respective internal posting. Your application to this posting will not be recognized. If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you are encouraged to apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications.

Please be advised that our order of consideration for permanent contracts is as follows: current internal permanent elementary contract teacher applicants, current elementary occasional teacher applicants, and then qualified external applicants. Please note that at OCDSB the term contract refers to positions that are permanent and not Long Term Occasional (LTO) or temporary assignments.

The French language freeze continues to be in effect. Therefore, if you accept any teaching percentage of French contract, you may only be considered for other French contract positions.

Applications Will Be Considered In The Following Order:

• All OCDSB Elementary Contract teachers (full-time & part-time teachers, teachers interested in transferring or increasing status) are equally eligible to apply for this OCDSB vacancy for which they are qualified.
• For French vacancies: FSL Pool Placements where possible.
• For all remaining unfilled French and all English vacancies: 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.
• If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.
• External applicants.

Application Process Applications Will Be Assessed With Respect To The Requirements And Qualifications Outlined In This Job Posting And In Accordance With The Following:

• Qualifications Required OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary/Junior Required OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1 Additional Qualifications, Experience, or Knowledge that would be an asset to this Position: Spec ed and Kindergarten qualifications are an asset.

Additional Information about this Position Limited parking Interview/Hiring Timelines October 23 - Remaining contract vacancies posted in Apply to Education October 25 - vacancies close at 11:30 pm October 26 & 27 - internal interviews October 28 - Internal offers/recommendations due to HR by 4pm October 29 & 30 - FSL Pool placements conducted where possible for French vacancies only. External shortlisting by HR. November 2-4 - External (OT) interviews November 5 - recommendations to HR by 4pm.

Questions about posting details or persons with disabilities who require accommodation in the application/interview process should email the following:

• Jasmine.Wilkinson-Turpin@ocdsb.ca
• Jennifer.Jones-Kosmack@ocdsb.ca
• Grace.Wiegand@ocdsb.ca

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.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment - in compliance with the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board discloses that artificial intelligence (AI) technology may be used to assist our hiring team in screening or assessing applicants.

EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the General Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.