Description
Argyle Secondary School
Start: December 9, 2024
End: June 30, 2025 or upon return of incumbent
NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Argyle is looking for an art, yearbook, and photography teacher to join a collaborative digital media department. The position includes 2 blocks of art 8, 1 block of yearbook, and 3 blocks of senior photography. The successful candidate will be responsible for finalizing the 2024-25 yearbook. Project management skills and experience using diverse photo editing software programs are needed. The schedule for this assignment is blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 (8:30am-3:00pm daily with one off block in period 6 or 7 to be determined with principal).
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS
· A Bachelor of Education Degree in Secondary Education, specializing in Art Education.
· Successful experience teaching Art, Yearbook, and Photography at the Secondary level.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES and EXPERIENCE
· Strong commitment to excellence in teaching and demonstrated teaching ability.
· Demonstrated ability to design and implement a variety of assessment practices to measure and monitor student progress effectively.
· Strategies to identify learning difficulties and implement effective intervention to maximize academic success.
· Demonstrated successful experience supporting the success of all learners in an inclusive environment.
· Strong organizational skills.
· Excellent oral communications, written communication, and group facilitation skills.
· Superior work ethic and social emotional competencies, excellent reflective judgment, and commitment to building effective learning communities.
· Comprehensive understanding of curriculum.
· Confidence and proficiency in using instructional organizers, concepts, and strategies that actively engage all students in learning.
· Ability to positively influence instruction, curriculum, assessment, and social-emotional learning practices in a collaborative environment.
· Knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant computer technologies to teaching and learning.
· 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.
