Secondary Occasional Teaching For Bachelor of Education Students

This posting is ONLY open to current Year 1 or Year 2 Bachelor of Education Students. The Waterloo Region District School Board is situated in Canada�s innovation heartland, where we are celebrating the gifts of each and every student by creating limitless opportunities for them to flourish, grow and become their best selves. The Board provides a comprehensive educational program for approximately 65,000 students in the Region of Waterloo. The Board is the seventh largest public school district in Ontario with 16 secondary schools, 106 elementary schools and approximately 11,000 staff members. Additional information regarding the Board is available on the Board�s website at www.wrdsb.ca. The Waterloo Region District School Board is seeking applications from current Bachelor of Education students for our Secondary Occasional Teacher Roster. Conditional offers to be placed on the Secondary Occasional Teacher Roster will be made to successful applicants until such time as OCT qualifications are confirmed. Required Qualifications Candidates must, upon graduation, have as a minimum, one Intermediate and one Senior Qualification. Candidates may be in either Year 1 or Year 2 of the BEd Program and must have completed at least two practicum placements. Application Information Application Packages should include: Covering Letter (covering letters may be addressed to Dear Administrator) Resume Practice Teaching Reports Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Communication to applicants selected for an interview will be via email. Please ensure your email address on your Apply to Education account is accurate. Human Resources staff will only respond to inquiries from applicants selected for an interview. The Board continues to engage candidates in different methods of interviewing. This may include, but is not limited to, a one-way video interview or a video-conference interview. Specific information regarding the format of the interview will be provided to candidates with the interview invitation. Interviews will be conducted, in part, in French for ALL applicants with French OCT qualifications. Upon request, we will provide reasonable accommodations in the hiring process to support applicants with disabilities. Offers of Employment In the event that the WRDSB makes an offer of employment, please be advised that it is the practice of the Board that your employment will not start until the Board has received a Vulnerable Sector Police Check and the Board is satisfied that there are no criminal convictions which would preclude your employment. The Board does not assume any costs associated with obtaining the documentation. The Waterloo Region District School Board is committed to hiring people who believe in our vision and mission statement and will assist us in implementing our six key strategic directions.Our Vision Celebrating the gifts of each and every student by creating limitless opportunities for them to flourish, grow and become their best selves. Our Mission Creating learning environments where all students excel as they become skilled, caring, and compassionate global citizens. Strategic Directions Centering students Support for student and staff well-being Equitable opportunities and outcomes Strengthen connections through family and community engagement Increase student learning through engagement Collaboration and compassion for transformation Commitment to Equity The Waterloo Region District School Board is committed to equity in employment. We are committed to fair and equitable hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve, who will foster the success and well-being of our students and who demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion in the classroom. We actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including, but not limited to: First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and all other Indigenous peoples; members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin; persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities; and persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. We will make any appropriate accommodation based on any of the human rights protected grounds, to support candidate participation in the hiring process. Applicant Self-Identification Questions The information collected in Apply to Education is used to monitor WRDSB�s progress toward our equity goals including our commitment to diversity in WRDSB recruitment and hiring practices. We are committed to the security and confidentiality of information under our control, and to the protection of privacy with respect to personal and confidential information that is collected, used, disclosed and retained in the system (Policy 1014_- Privacy Protection and Access to Information). Information is collected pursuant to Ontario�s Education Equity Action Plan (Ministry of Education), PPM 165 and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). Access to this information is restricted to specific individuals in Human Resources. Access, use and disclosure of the data is governed by MFIPPA and ethical research practices. Applicant Self-Identification data will be attached to your Apply to Education applicant profile as long as you are employed with the WRDSB. If you prefer not to answer any of the Self Identification questions, you can select �prefer not to answer�. This in no way affects your application or the applicant selection process. If you have questions or concerns about this please contact humanresources@wrdsb.ca.