Job Description

Learning Services Teacher at Capilano Elementary School

Start Date: July 1, 2025

End Date: November 7, 2025 or upon return of incumbent

FTE: 1.0 (full time)

NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

At Capilano Elementary, we provide a supportive learning environment that values diversity, promotes success and personal growth, and inspires students to become global citizens who accept responsibility for their learning. We strive to deliver a modernized curriculum and assessment approach to education via the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). Our community is full of innovative, collaborative, and collegial educators who model and appreciate a growth mindset. Our school plan focusses on promoting well-being for students, staff and the community and we are looking to include a new focus on literacy for the upcoming school year. The successful applicant will be part of a collaborative Learning Support Team that supports a complex caseload across that school that includes students with Level 4 District supports. In this role, the LST will have the opportunity to develop and implement a variety of Positive Behaviour Support Plans and Individual Safe Work Instructions.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor of Education Degree in Elementary Education. Successful experience teaching at the Elementary level. Masters Degree or Diploma in Special Education. Successful completion of a university Level B testing course and related intervention courses. Successful experience and demonstrated ability in using Ministry Special Education criteria to set up and implement adapted and modified programs. Successful experience and demonstrated ability in creating extensive, individualized education plan for students. Demonstrated skill in developing instructional and behavioral strategies to assist classroom teachers. Strong communication skills in dealing with parents, teachers and School Based Resource Team members. Knowledge and experience in adapting and or modifying instruction for students who have developmental disabilities such as autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES and EXPERIENCE

Strong commitment to excellence in teaching and demonstrated teaching ability. Comprehensive understanding of curriculum coupled with demonstrated ability to interpret curriculum appropriately to accommodate individual differences. Demonstrated ability to design and implement a variety of assessment practices to measure and monitor student progress effectively. Demonstrated ability to organize for instruction to maximize student potential. Confidence and proficiency in using instructional organizers, concepts, and strategies that actively engage all students in learning. Knowledge and demonstrated ability to structure and organize instructional strategies to enhance academic learning time. Practical knowledge of district initiatives in reading so that reading skills and strategies can be taught explicitly across the curriculum to insure reading success. Strategies to identify learning difficulties early, understand obstacles to learning, and implement effective intervention to maximize academic success. Knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant computer technologies to teaching and learning. Excellent written and oral communication. Evidence of personal initiative and strong work ethic. Demonstrated successful and creative classroom experience. Demonstrated ability to demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness to the needs and demands of the profession. Willingness to be involved in professional development, with an ongoing commitment to learn and implement new methodologies and strategies. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with students, parents, and staff to enhance the school as a learning community.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Possession of a BC Teaching Certificate Membership in the BC Teacher Regulation Branch. * A member of the North Vancouver Teachers' Association and the BC Teachers' Federation.