Kindergarten Teacher

Our Division & Communities

Foothills School Division (FSD) serves the learning needs of approximately 8000 students from preschool to grade 12. We operate 22 public schools, an online digital school, an alternative campus, and three colony schools. These are located in the towns of Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley, and the communities of Blackie, Cayley, Heritage Heights, Red Deer Lake, Longview, Millarville and Foothills County.

We honour the spirit, life, and lessons this land and its ancestors teach us. We acknowledge the traditional land and territories of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuutina, and Îyârhe Nakoda as well as the Foothills District and the Rocky View District within the Battle River Territory of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of Alberta.

Applicant Eligibility

Forming Round 3 of the certificated staffing cycle for the 2026/2027 school year, the Foothills School Division welcomes all interested candidates to apply.

The Assignment

We are pleased to share that beginning in fall 2026, École Joe Clark School will be piloting a blended Early Learning Program for Junior Kindergarten and English Kindergarten students.

This program will operate as one cohesive Early Learning classroom, rather than separate Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. This approach provides a consistent, nurturing environment where both play-based learning and curriculum outcomes are supported.

The classroom will be led by a team that includes:

• A full-time Early Childhood Educator (ECE - Level 3), who will support daily routines, build strong relationships, and guide play-based learning throughout the day
• A 0.5 FTE certificated Kindergarten teacher, who will lead instruction, planning, assessment, and reporting in alignment with the Alberta Kindergarten Program

Candidate must have a strong desire to work in a collaborative, teamed environment.

Assignment Schedule

Monday through Friday mornings.

The Candidate

As a member of a highly motivated team and student-centered educator, you are prepared to collaborate with colleagues in a Professional Learning Community. Your teaching practice includes the ability to design and plan learning activities that transfer, and develop thinking competencies. Further, your practice assesses individual student variables to inform the design of meaningful and experiential learning opportunities and effective assessment practice.

Your ability to foster effective professional relationships with student, families, staff and community is critical. You demonstrate a willingness to engage in extra-curricular activities and support students in the whole school experience that characterizes effective schools. Your capacity to integrate technologies and and support experiential learning that connects students to community resources within Maker-centered learning, CTF and CTS learning environments is evident.

If you are a dynamic, research-based educator passionately committed to explore, develop and celebrate each learner entrusted to your care, we invite you to apply.

We appreciate and consider all applications, but only those applicants

selected for further consideration will be contacted.