FR 48% Elem LTO, Grade Kindergarten and Grade 2 Arts and Phys Ed (11:00-2:30)

About Us

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 Knoxdale Public School.

Knoxdale Public School is a French Immersion Centre located in a well-established community in Ottawa’s west end. At Knoxdale, staff, students and parents work together toward common goals - academic excellence, social and emotional development, and positive attitudes. Knoxdale has an enrolment of over 700 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6, representing diverse cultures and languages. Knoxdale Kindergarten program is proud to offer full day English/French Full Day Learning .

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.

Eligibility List

All Occasional Teachers are eligible to apply for Long Term Occasional postings for which they are qualified. If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you may apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications.

Please be advised that our order of consideration for Elementary LTO's is as follows:

1. Current elementary occasional teacher applicants, followed by
2. Qualified external applicants.

Required Qualifications

OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary

OCT Additional Qualifications: FSL Part 1

Additional Requirements (experience, knowledge, education,) considered an asset for the Position: Strong classroom management is an asset.

Additional Information: Possible extension

Application Process

Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the following: Equitable Recruitment, Hiring & Promotion Policy

Process for selection

A minimum of 3 qualified applicants will be offered an interview, including:

1. 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.
2. If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.

It is the expectation that a teacher who accepts an assignment must agree to complete the assignment as posted.

Teachers should apply only to the vacancies to which they will accept an interview.

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.

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