Number of Positions: 1
Job Term: Up to Three Years Secondment
Compensation Group: Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
Salary: $77,146 - $133,183 per year
Posting Status: Open Targeted
Note: Effective April 1, 2024 the salary range for this position is $82,217 to $141,937 per year in compliance with the AMAPCEO collective agreement provisions. The new rates, effective retroactive to April 1, 2024, were recently confirmed and dates for implementation of the new salary rates are still to be determined.
Posting Date: April 8, 2024
Closing Date: April 29, 2024
Are you interested in helping to shape the future of education in Ontario? Join the Student Achievement Division at the Ministry of Education and become part of a highly motivated team in the Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch that leads the development and implementation of Ontario’s curriculum.
We are seeking an individual with the following experience:
• Expertise building anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-discrimination cultures in schools and fostering culturally responsive and relevant, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
• Experience and knowledge with the development of culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and curriculum-linked resources.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum-policy making, writing, and research.
• Implementing a range of high-impact instructional and assessment practices in schools designed to identify and meet the needs of diverse learners.
• Dismantling a range of practices and attitudes that marginalize particular groups of students, such as addressing bias, building cultures of accountability and developing culturally responsive and relevant practices.
• Extensive knowledge of school systems, curriculum implementation, and professional learning that have been developed through work within the school system as an educator, school leader and/or system leader.
• Curriculum expertise, instructional leadership experience, and a passion for increasing the achievement and well-being of all students.
• Ability to plan, conduct and make recommendations on highly diverse, complex and far-reaching array of educational curriculum and related policy issues.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and facilitate digital resources and implementation strategies to support appropriate implementation in school boards and schools.
• Ability to coordinate committees to develop policy or supporting documents used as a basis for instructional programs across the province.
• Ability to instruct school officials, professional associations, and other areas of provincial and federal governments on curriculum policy and specialized areas of education, as well as prepare briefs, respond to correspondence, and develop and deliver professional learning workshops.
• Ability to develop and sustain positive relationships and networks with stakeholders, including to gather information; identify needs; provide advice, interpretation and clarification; and collaboration and cooperation amongst stakeholders on education policies and materials.
• Ability to coordinate with branch colleagues to ensure consistency in policy approaches and seamless education policies between elementary and secondary schools, and participate on committees, study groups and task forces addressing a wide variety of major policy and program related issues.
What can I expect to do in this role?
You will lead the development, revisions, and implementation of curriculum that:
• Address racism and inequity,
• Ensure all students see themselves reflected in the teaching and learning in Ontario classrooms, and
• Ensure all students have every opportunity to pursue the pathway of their choice after their K-12 education.
You will also:
• Support ministry priorities in achievement, equity, and well-being.
• Review, develop and/or implement resources to support student achievement, equity and well-being.
• Ensure curriculum supports are aligned with ministry priorities (e.g., Education that Works for You, the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, Learning for All, and Growing Success).
• Develop internal and external partnerships and represent the Student Achievement Division as needed with key stakeholder groups.
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
• An excellent understanding of and extensive experience with the Ontario publicly-funded education system.
• Knowledge and understanding of current educational research and promising practices in support of equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive education
• The ability to manage multiple, complex and sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy within demanding timelines.
• Reflective listening, questioning, and facilitation skills to provoke thinking and co-reflection.
• Excellent relationship building skills in a collaborative professional learning environment.
• Research, analytical, evaluation and interpretative skills.
• An ability to think strategically, anticipate and absorb complex and large-scale issues and to develop practical and effective policy positions.
• Strong planning, time-management, organization and collaboration skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including listening, engaging, presenting and reporting; and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and experience with other web-based applications.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your cover letter and resume to Patricia Huang at Patricia.Huang2@ontario.ca by the closing date.
If you require an accommodation under the Ontario Human Rights Code in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact Patricia Huang at Patricia.Huang2@ontario.ca.
Please note that to qualify for a Broader Public Service secondee, that a successful candidate must be a full-time, permanent employee of a Broader Public Service organization.
In addition, please note that commuting, moving and relocation expenses will not be covered by the Ministry. The successful candidate will continue to be covered by the benefit plans and pension plan of their home board/organization, with the Ministry covering the employer costs of maintaining such coverage.
Remember:
The deadline to apply is April 29, 2024, 11:59pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
Number of Positions: 2 (1 position for September 2024 start; 1 position for February 2025 start)
Job Term: Up to Three Years Secondment
Compensation Group: Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
Salary: $77,146 - $133,183 per year
Posting Status: Open Targeted
Note: Effective April 1, 2024 the salary range for this position is $82,217 to $141,937 per year in compliance with the AMAPCEO collective agreement provisions. The new rates, effective retroactive to April 1, 2024, were recently confirmed and dates for implementation of the new salary rates are still to be determined.
Posting Date: April 8, 2024
Closing Date: April 29, 2024
Are you interested in helping to shape the future of education in Ontario? Join the Student Achievement Division at the Ministry of Education and become part of a highly motivated team in the Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch that leads the development and implementation of Ontario’s curriculum.
We are seeking an individual with the following experience:
• Extensive Ontario teaching experience in secondary Technological Education to lead revisions of this curriculum.
• Knowledge of and leadership experience in implementing ministry policies, resources, and curriculum, including Growing Success: assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario’s schools, kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Expertise building anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-discrimination cultures in schools and fostering culturally responsive and relevant, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum-policy making, writing, and research.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum and assessment policy making, writing, and research.
• Extensive knowledge of school systems, curriculum implementation, and professional learning that have been developed through work within the school system as an educator, school leader and/or system leader.
• Experience and knowledge with the development of culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and curriculum-linked resources.
• Implementing a range of high-impact instructional and assessment practices in schools designed to identify and meet the needs of diverse learners.
• Dismantling a range of practices and attitudes that marginalize particular groups of students, such as addressing bias, building cultures of accountability and developing culturally responsive and relevant practices.
• Expert knowledge in evidence-based pedagogical approaches in technological education.
• Curriculum expertise, instructional leadership experience, and a passion for increasing the achievement and well-being of all students.
• Ability to plan, conduct and make recommendations on highly diverse, complex and far-reaching array of educational curriculum and related policy issues.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and facilitate digital resources and implementation strategies to support appropriate implementation in school boards and schools.
• Ability to coordinate committees to develop policy or supporting documents used as a basis for instructional programs across the province.
• Ability to instruct school officials, professional associations, and other areas of provincial and federal governments on curriculum policy and specialized areas of education, as well as prepare briefs, respond to correspondence, and develop and deliver professional learning workshops.
• Ability to develop and sustain positive relationships and networks with stakeholders, including to gather information; identify needs; provide advice, interpretation and clarification; and collaboration and cooperation amongst stakeholders on education policies and materials.
• Ability to coordinate with branch colleagues to ensure consistency in policy approaches and seamless education policies between elementary and secondary schools, and participate on committees, study groups and task forces addressing a wide variety of major policy and program related issues.
What can I expect to do in this role?
You will lead the curriculum revision, development and implementation for:
• The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Technological Education
• The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Technological Education
You will also:
• Support cross-curricular connections to Skilled Trades and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related curriculum areas, including the development and implementation of curriculum-linked resources.
• Support ministry priorities in achievement, equity, and well-being
• Review, develop and/or implement resources to support student achievement, equity and well-being.
• Ensure curriculum supports are aligned with ministry priorities (e.g., Education that Works for You, the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, Learning for All, and Growing Success).
• Develop internal and external partnerships and represent the Student Achievement Division as needed with key stakeholder groups.
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
• Extensive experience teaching and leading learning across multiple grades of Ontario’s secondary Technological Education curriculum.
• An excellent understanding of and extensive experience with the Ontario publicly-funded education system.
• Knowledge and understanding of current educational research and promising practices in support of equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive technological education.
• The ability to manage multiple, complex and sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy within demanding timelines.
• Reflective listening, questioning, and facilitation skills to provoke thinking and co-reflection.
• Excellent relationship building skills in a collaborative professional learning environment.
• Research, analytical, evaluation and interpretative skills.
• An ability to think strategically, anticipate and absorb complex and large-scale issues and to develop practical and effective policy positions.
• Strong planning, time-management, organization and collaboration skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including listening, engaging, presenting and reporting; and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and experience with other web-based applications.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your cover letter and resume to Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca by the closing date.
If you require an accommodation under the Ontario Human Rights Code in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca.
Please note that to qualify for a Broader Public Service secondee, that a successful candidate must be a full-time, permanent employee of a Broader Public Service organization.
In addition, please note that commuting, moving and relocation expenses will not be covered by the Ministry. The successful candidate will continue to be covered by the benefit plans and pension plan of their home board/organization, with the Ministry covering the employer costs of maintaining such coverage.
Remember:
The deadline to apply is April 29, 2024, 11:59pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
650 Rossland Rd W, Oshawa, ON L1J 7C4
The Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) is seeking a dynamic, visionary, and experienced Catholic leader who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to the important mission and ministry of Catholic education as its new Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer to the Board. The effective date of the appointment will be on or before September 2, 2024 – to be mutually negotiated in concert with the Board.
Situated just east of Toronto, on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island, in the diverse and growing Durham Region, the Durham Catholic District School Board shares a sense of community with families, staff and parishes. Guided by the teachings of Jesus, the DCDSB is renowned for providing a comprehensive, faith-centered Catholic education with 38 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 9 alternative and continuing education sites. The Board currently serves approximately 22,888 elementary and secondary students in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and the townships of Uxbridge, Scugog and Brock, as well as thousands of adult and continuing education learners.
Reporting to the board of eight (8) elected trustees, the Director will work with a dedicated senior administrative team and staff across the system to advance the Board’s Mission: “to be an inclusive Catholic learning community that inspires every student to achieve their full potential through faith and education”, and its compelling Vision and Values through the successful execution of the Board’s 2023-2026 Strategic Plan – Inspire 2026, and responsible implementation of the board’s budget. For further information about DCDSB, visit: www.dcdsb.ca.
The successful candidate will be an inspiring Catholic leader who demonstrates a strong commitment to Gospel values, the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church. They will bring an outstanding record of achievement, including depth and breadth of experience, vision, and credentials, with the ability to lead a large, complex Catholic school board in Ontario. They will have the ability to effectively communicate at all levels to continue to build upon strong internal and external relationships and partnerships. They will champion the Board’s strategic priorities of supporting faith and well-being, advancing human rights and equity, and improving student learning while utilizing an open, engaging and highly collaborative style of leadership.
A detailed candidate profile for the role is currently under development. In the interim, requests for further information on the Board and/or position can be obtained by contacting Jordene Lyttle at Jordene.lyttle@promeus.ca or (416) 409-4185 or Michael Nasello at michaelnasello7@gmail.com or (705) 772-3022 directly.
Candidates are ultimately asked to submit (in a single PDF if possible): a detailed cover letter and résumé; a one-page statement of personal philosophy of Catholic Education; a list of four references (who will not be contacted without prior consent); and a current, written pastoral reference letter to resumes@promeus.ca, quoting project #DCDSB2024 before 12:00 p.m. on May 10, 2024. All applications and inquiries will be treated as confidential.
Promeus Inc. and DCDSB are committed to employment equity, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, without exception. An inclusive, barrier-free selection process is ensured, and accommodation measures are available upon request. Information received relating to accommodation needs will be treated as confidential.
Number of Positions: 1
Job Term: Up to Three Years Secondment
Location: Toronto Region – 315 Front Street, 13th Floor Toronto, Ontario, M7A 0B8
Compensation Group: Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
Salary: $77,146.00 - $133,183.00 per year
Posting Status: Open Targeted
Note: Effective April 1, 2024 the salary range for this position is $82,217 to $141,937 per year in compliance with the AMAPCEO collective agreement provisions. The new rates, effective retroactive to April 1, 2024, were recently confirmed and dates for implementation of the new salary rates are still to be determined.
Posting Date: April 8, 2024
Closing Date: April 29, 2024
Are you interested in helping to shape the future of education in Ontario? Join the Student Achievement Division at the Ministry of Education and become part of a highly motivated team in the Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch that leads the development and implementation of Ontario’s curriculum.
We are seeking an individual with the following experience:
• Extensive Ontario teaching experience in Business Studies to lead revisions of this curriculum.
• Knowledge of and leadership experience in implementing ministry policies, resources, and curriculum, including Growing Success: assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario’s schools, kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Expertise building anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-discrimination cultures in schools and fostering culturally responsive and relevant, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum-policy making, writing, and research.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum and assessment policy making, writing, and research.
• Extensive knowledge of school systems, curriculum implementation, and professional learning that have been developed through work within the school system as an educator, school leader and/or system leader.
• Experience and knowledge with the development of culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and curriculum-linked resources.
• Implementing a range of high-impact instructional and assessment practices in schools designed to identify and meet the needs of diverse learners.
• Dismantling a range of practices and attitudes that marginalize particular groups of students, such as addressing bias, building cultures of accountability and developing culturally responsive and relevant practices.
• Expert knowledge in evidence-based pedagogical approaches in senior-level business studies courses.
• Curriculum expertise, instructional leadership experience, and a passion for increasing the achievement and well-being of all students.
• Ability to plan, conduct and make recommendations on highly diverse, complex and far-reaching array of educational curriculum and related policy issues.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and facilitate digital resources and implementation strategies to support appropriate implementation in school boards and schools.
• Ability to coordinate committees to develop policy or supporting documents used as a basis for instructional programs across the province.
• Ability to interpret and instruct school officials, professional associations, and other areas of provincial and federal governments on curriculum policy and specialized areas of education, as well as prepare briefs, respond to correspondence, and develop and deliver professional learning workshops.
• Ability to develop and sustain positive relationships and networks with all major stakeholders, including to gather information; identify needs; provide advice, interpretation and clarification; and collaboration and cooperation amongst stakeholders on education policies and materials.
• Ability to coordinate with branch colleagues to ensure consistency in policy approaches and seamless education policies between elementary and secondary schools, and participate on committees, study groups and task forces addressing a wide variety of major policy and program related issues.
What can I expect to do in this role?
You will lead the curriculum revision, development and implementation for:
• The Ontario Curriculum, Business Studies, Grades 9 and 10, 2024
• The Ontario Curriculum, Business Studies, Grades 11 and 12
You will also:
• Support cross-curricular connections to financial literacy, entrepreneurship, skilled trades and related curriculum areas, including the development and implementation of curriculum-linked and research-informed resources.
• Support ministry priorities in achievement, equity, and well-being
• Review, develop and/or implement resources to support student achievement, equity and well-being.
• Ensure curriculum supports are aligned with ministry priorities (e.g., Education that Works for You, the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, Learning for All, and Growing Success).
• Develop internal and external partnerships and represent the Student Achievement Division as needed with key stakeholder groups.
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
• Extensive experience teaching and leading learning across multiple grades and disciplines of Ontario’s Business Studies curriculum.
• An excellent understanding of and extensive experience with the Ontario publicly-funded education system.
• Knowledge and understanding of current educational research and promising practices in support of equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive Business Studies education.
• The ability to manage multiple, complex and sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy within demanding timelines.
• Reflective listening, questioning, and facilitation skills to provoke thinking and co-reflection
• Excellent relationship building skills in a collaborative professional learning environment
• Research, analytical, evaluation and interpretative skills
• An ability to think strategically, anticipate and absorb complex and large-scale issues and to develop practical and effective policy positions.
• Strong planning, time-management, organization and collaboration skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including listening, engaging, presenting and reporting; and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and experience with other web-based applications.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your cover letter and resume to Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca by the closing date.
If you require an accommodation under the Ontario Human Rights Code in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca.
Please note that to qualify for a Broader Public Service secondee, that a successful candidate must be a full-time, permanent employee of a Broader Public Service organization.
In addition, please note that commuting, moving and relocation expenses will not be covered by the Ministry. The successful candidate will continue to be covered by the benefit plans and pension plan of their home board/organization, with the Ministry covering the employer costs of maintaining such coverage.
Remember:
The deadline to apply is April 29, 2024 at 11:59pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
Number of Positions: 2
Job Term: Up to Two Years Secondment
Location: Toronto Region – 315 Front Street, 13th Floor Toronto, Ontario, M7A 0B8
Compensation Group: Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
Salary: $77,146.00 - $133,183.00 per year
Posting Status: Open Targeted
Note: Effective April 1, 2024 the salary range for this position is $82,217 to $141,937 per year in compliance with the AMAPCEO collective agreement provisions. The new rates, effective retroactive to April 1, 2024, were recently confirmed and dates for implementation of the new salary rates are still to be determined.
Posting Date: April 8, 2024
Closing Date: April 29, 2024
Are you interested in helping to shape the future of education in Ontario? Join the Student Achievement Division at the Ministry of Education and become part of a highly motivated team in the Curriculum, Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch that leads the development and implementation of Ontario’s curriculum.
We are seeking an individual with the following experience:
• Extensive Ontario teaching experience in Grade 7, 8 and 10 History to lead revisions of this curriculum to strengthen learning on Black history, and to expand learning about the Holocaust and the Holodomor in Grade 10.
• Knowledge of and leadership experience in implementing ministry policies, resources, and curriculum, including Growing Success: assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario’s schools, kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Expertise building anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-discrimination cultures in schools and fostering culturally responsive and relevant, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum-policy making, writing, and research.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience supporting the integration and implementation of Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, pedagogy, and emerging issues related to curriculum and assessment policy making, writing, and research.
• Extensive knowledge of school systems, curriculum implementation, and professional learning that have been developed through work within the school system as an educator, school leader and/or system leader.
• Experience and knowledge with the development of culturally relevant and responsive curriculum and curriculum-linked resources.
• Implementing a range of high-impact instructional and assessment practices in schools designed to identify and meet the needs of diverse learners.
• Dismantling a range of practices and attitudes that marginalize particular groups of students, such as addressing bias, building cultures of accountability and developing culturally responsive and relevant practices.
• Expert knowledge in evidence-based pedagogical approaches in History education.
• Curriculum expertise, instructional leadership experience, and a passion for increasing the achievement and well-being of all students.
• Ability to plan, conduct and make recommendations on highly diverse, complex and far-reaching array of educational curriculum and related policy issues.
• Ability to develop, evaluate and facilitate digital resources and implementation strategies to support appropriate implementation in school boards and schools.
• Ability to coordinate committees to develop policy or supporting documents used as a basis for instructional programs across the province.
• Ability to interpret and instruct school officials, professional associations, and other areas of provincial and federal governments on curriculum policy and specialized areas of education, as well as prepare briefs, respond to correspondence, and develop and deliver professional learning workshops.
• Ability to develop and sustain positive relationships and networks with all major stakeholders, including to gather information; identify needs; provide advice, interpretation and clarification; and collaboration and cooperation amongst stakeholders on education policies and materials.
• Ability to coordinate with branch colleagues to ensure consistency in policy approaches and seamless education policies between elementary and secondary schools, and participate on committees, study groups and task forces addressing a wide variety of major policy and program related issues.
What can I expect to do in this role?
You will lead the revision, development and implementation of the following curriculum to strengthen learning on Black history across the grades below, and to expand learning about the Holocaust and the Holodomor in Grade 10:
• The Ontario Curriculum, History, Grades 7 and 8
• The Ontario Curriculum, History, Grade 10
This focused revision will involve the development, revision and implementation of curriculum that addresses racism and inequity and ensures that all students see themselves reflected in the teaching and learning in Ontario classrooms.
You will also:
• Support cross-curricular connections to related curriculum areas, including the development and implementation of curriculum-linked and research-informed resources.
• Support ministry priorities in achievement, equity, and well-being
• Review, develop and/or implement resources to support student achievement, equity and well-being.
• Ensure curriculum supports are aligned with ministry priorities (e.g., Education that Works for You, the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, Learning for All, and Growing Success).
• Develop internal and external partnerships and represent the Student Achievement Division as needed with key stakeholder groups.
Desired Knowledge and Experience:
• Extensive experience teaching and leading learning across multiple grades and disciplines of Ontario’s History curriculum.
• An excellent understanding of and extensive experience with the Ontario publicly-funded education system.
• Knowledge and understanding of current educational research and promising practices in support of equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive History education.
• The ability to manage multiple, complex and sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy within demanding timelines.
• Reflective listening, questioning, and facilitation skills to provoke thinking and co-reflection
• Excellent relationship building skills in a collaborative professional learning environment
• Research, analytical, evaluation and interpretative skills
• An ability to think strategically, anticipate and absorb complex and large-scale issues and to develop practical and effective policy positions.
• Strong planning, time-management, organization and collaboration skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including listening, engaging, presenting and reporting; and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and experience with other web-based applications.
OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your cover letter and resume to Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca by the closing date.
If you require an accommodation under the Ontario Human Rights Code in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact Theodora Vales at Theodora.Vales@ontario.ca.
Please note that to qualify for a Broader Public Service secondee, that a successful candidate must be a full-time, permanent employee of a Broader Public Service organization.
In addition, please note that commuting, moving and relocation expenses will not be covered by the Ministry. The successful candidate will continue to be covered by the benefit plans and pension plan of their home board/organization, with the Ministry covering the employer costs of maintaining such coverage.
Remember:
The deadline to apply is April 29, 2024 at 11:59pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
Inspired by the Gospel, the mission of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association is to provide leadership, service and a provincial voice for Catholic school boards in promoting and protecting Catholic education in Ontario.
To contribute to the realization of this mission, the Association is seeking a
Director of Labour Relations.
Reporting to the Executive Director, duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- At the direction of OCSTA Labour Relations Committee and Executive Director, is responsible for coordinating provincial level bargaining pursuant to the School Board’s Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 for OCSTA’s 29 English Catholic District School Boards
- Coordinates with OCSTA Labour Relations Committee, and in consultation with English Catholic District School Boards, development and implementation of bargaining strategy and mandate
- Responsible for providing proactive and strategic advice to OCSTA Labour Relations Committee on matters inclusive of bargaining strategy, grievance, arbitration/mediation and OLRB processes for central collective agreement terms and relevant legislative amendments
- Acts as staff lead to OCSTA’s Labour Relations Committee and provides updates and information to the Labour Relations Committee and Board of Directors, as appropriate
- Provides advice to Labour Relations Committee and Executive Director on collective bargaining and labour relations matters which affect the English Catholic school system
- Works to effect co-operative labour relations and strengthen relationships with OECTA and Education Worker Unions, Trustee Associations, CPCO and Ministry of Education staff, both during collective bargaining and throughout the duration of central collective agreements, including proactive and early resolutions of issues as appropriate
- Work with the Catholic Principals Council of Ontario (CPCO) to develop Terms and Conditions of Employment
- In consultation with the Chair of the Labour Relations Committee and Executive Director, establishes and staffs Committees that are set up following and flowing out of central collective agreement terms
- Through Labour Relations Committee and Executive Director, coordinates the flow of information related to labour matters between OCSTA and English Catholic District School Boards
- Monitors and analyses government policy related to collective bargaining and other matters related to labour relations and publicly funded Catholic education
- Responsible for exercising managerial responsibilities for OCSTA Labour Relations Department, including preparation and oversight of budget and deployment of staff
- Responsible for directing internal/external legal counsel, as required
- Staff lead in the coordination of annual Labour Relations Seminar
- Coordinates employer representation on grievance and arbitration cases related to the central terms of collective agreements
- Provides advice on the coordination of various labour advisory groups, as required to obtain input and provide strategic advice to the Labour Relations Committee and English Catholic District School Boards
Qualifications
Preference given to a university degree with a focus on Labour Relations/Human Resources or specialized College Diploma in this field and relevant experience;
- Experience in collective bargaining, administration of collective agreements, grievance and arbitration processes, including a proven ability to understand and work with confidential materials;
- Preference given to a person who has experience in a Senior Administrative Position in a Catholic School Board;
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral), including extensive report-writing experience;
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills;
- Effective time management and organizational skills;
- Strong analytical/interpretative and problem-solving skills;
- Demonstrated initiative, flexibility and the ability to work independently;
- A sound knowledge of Ontario school boards and familiarity with relevant legislation;
- Commitment to the advancement of publicly funded Catholic education in Ontario.
OCSTA offers a competitive compensation package.
Qualified applicants are requested to submit a complete résumé including, a cover letter and three written references by email in confidence to:
Nick Milanetti, Executive Director
Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association
nmilanetti@ocsta.on.ca www.ocsta.on.ca
Applications will be received until May 3, 2024. The appointment will be decided on a mutually acceptable date.
Written authorization to contact references is to be included with the application in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is seeking a dynamic, visionary, and progressive leader who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to the mission and ministry of Catholic education. The effective date of appointment is July 1, 2024, or another mutually agreeable date to be negotiated in consultation with the Board.
The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board Is situated in the heart of the Great Lakes operating in the communities of Blind River, Chapleau, Elliot Lake, Espanola, Hornepayne, Massey, Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa, and White River. Comprised of 16 elementary schools, one secondary school and one alternative learning centre, HSCDSB serves nearly 5,000 students annually with over 1,048 dedicated staff and has an operating budget of $92 million. Its central office, the Mount St. Joseph Catholic Education Centre is located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Director of Education will lead a system dedicated to excellence in education and living the values of Jesus Christ. The new Director of Education will continue to implement the board’s 2021 -2025 strategic plan, which focuses on the Success and Well-Being of our Students, Nurturing of our Catholic Faith, Engagement with our Employees and Partners, and Equitable Stewardship of our Resources.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to Gospel values and the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church. The individual will bring an outstanding record of achievement in progressively senior leadership positions, coupled with an inspiring and genuine leadership approach that fosters confidence in others to take the lead and promotes a culture centred on trust, accountability, and excellence.
Key attributes and skills include: able to collaborate and build strong relationships and partnerships with stakeholders; demonstrates transparency and frequency of communication while implementing change and creating organizational direction; has business and financial acumen; familiarity with the education funding model;, possesses strength in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making; political acuity; and is a people-focused leader who displays a visible presence throughout the system.
Educational requirements include a Master of Education Degree, Ontario Teacher Certification, and Ontario Supervisory Officer Qualifications.
For the full Position Profile or to submit your application, please contact Gallagher Executive Search.
Lee-An Palo, Recruitment Consultant at Lee-An_Palo@ajg.com
The HSCDSB is an equal opportunity employer committed to accommodating the individual needs of candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if you require accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment and selection process and we will work with you to address your needs