Teaching – Night School Aquatics Leadership Program Part 2 (Blended Face-to-Face and Online Learning)

The Aquatic Leadership Program is a joint venture between the York Region District School Board Continuing Education Services and the City of Richmond Hill. The qualified teacher will deliver Grade 12 Recreation and Healthy Living Leadership PLF4M1 while preparing students to acquire their National Lifeguarding Services Certification (Lifesaving Society) and Swim Instructor Emergency First Aid Instructor and Lifesaving Instructor (Lifesaving Society)qualifications. Course Expectations will be assessed and evaluated using Standard Lifesaving Society evaluation criteria and the Ontario Ministry of Education Expectations. An examiner from the Lifesaving Society will evaluate the aquatic skills required for swim and instructor certification.

Pool instruction and face-to-face instruction will occur on specifically scheduled Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Wave Pool (Richmond Hill). The remaining curriculum expectations will be delivered through online instruction when face-to-face instruction is not required.

Please Note: For the Night School Aquatic Leadership Program teachers must be qualified to teach Health and Physical Education at the Intermediate/Senior division and must be a Certified Lifeguard and Swim Instructor. Teachers must also be available for all pool face-to-face and online sessions. The successful candidate must complete facility staff training as required by the Ontario Public Pool Association.

Aquatics Leadership Program Part2 consists of the following courses:

• Secondary School Grade 12 Credit - Recreation and Healthy Active Living Leadership PLF4M1
• Lifesaving SocietysNational Lifeguard Certification
• Lifesaving SocietysSwim and Lifesaving Instructor Certification

Major Responsibilities:

• Designing planning implementing and evaluation of curriculum/program.
• Teaching Recreation and Healthy Active Living Leadership PLF4M1 National Lifeguarding Certification (Lifesaving Society) and Swim and Lifesaving Instructor Certification (Lifesaving Society) courses
• Developing and maintaining an equitable and inclusive learning environment.
• Utilizing e-learning tools e.g.: BrightSpace by D2L Adobe Connect Turnitin etc. to deliver online curriculum
• Collecting and reporting of student achievement data.
• Maintaining a safe school/class (face-to-face pool and online) environment.
• Ongoing communication with staff and parents/guardians.
• Reporting to the Online Learning Administrator.
• Supervision of students as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Experience and Qualifications:

• A Clear Police Vulnerable Sector Check

• Qualified Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT)preferably with Intermediate/Senior Physical and Health Education qualifications
• Standard First Aid with CPR C and AED
• Current Lifesaving Society Qualifications
• National Lifeguard Instructor and Examiner
• Instructor Trainer Lifesaving
• Instructor Trainer - Swim

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Equity Diversity and Inclusion Statement

The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) believes in giving each and every applicant an equal opportunity to succeed on their own merit and we strive to hire staff that reflect and support the diverse perspectives experiences and needs of students and communities. We remain committed to upholding the values of equity diversity and inclusion in our living learning and work environments. We know that diversity underpins excellence and that we all share responsibility for creating an equitable diverse and inclusive Board-community.

Therefore in pursuit of the Boards values we seek members who will work respectfully and constructively with differences and across the organizational hierarchy in actualizing the Boards priorities goals and principles outlined in the District Action Plan . Candidates who have strong racial literacy practices and a commitment to dismantling anti-racism anti-oppression and creating identity-affirming spaces in order to intentionally disrupt racist and hateful acts.

We actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to sovereignty equity including but not limited to:

• First Nations Métis and Inuit peoples and all other Indigenous peoples;
• African Black and Black Caribbean peoples (in alignment with Anti-Black Racism Strategy);
• South Asian East Asian Southeast Asian Middle East/West Asian Latino/Hispanic (in alignment with YRDSB Workforce Census to address disproportionalities identified).
• 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;
• persons who identify as women; and
• persons of marginalized sexual orientations gender identities and gender expressions.

At YRDSB we recognize that many of these identities intersect and therefore equity diversity and inclusion can be complex. We value and respect the contributions that each person brings to enriching the Board and are committed to ensuring full and equal participation for all in the communities that we serve.

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We also recognize the duty to accommodate and foster a culture of inclusion. Consistent with the principles of dignity individualization and inclusion we will make any appropriate accommodation based on any of the protected grounds in the Human Rights Code to support candidate participation in the hiring process. When contacted candidates will be provided with an overview of the various elements of the hiring process such as skills assessments written practicum presentation interview etc. If an accommodation is required requests can be made in advance of any stage of the recruitment process. All information received relating to a candidates required accommodation will be addressed confidentially by the Recruitment and Retention Team. Please make this request to or a member of the Recruitment Team. If this position is a school based LTO/Contract Teaching position please email the Principal directly to request the accommodation to be made at the school in collaboration with Human Resource Services Disability Management Team.

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Additional Information - Community and International Education Services (CIES):

The Community and International Education Services (CIES) hiring protocol allows teachers to teach and/or administrate for two CIES sessions per school year and/or administrate one term/session at a time. Candidates will only be allowed to teach and/or administrate a third session on an emergency basis in consideration of demand in a particular subject area course or administrative position. A session is defined as the time needed to deliver a 4 6 week program (approximately 110 hours for credit courses) or the equivalent. CIES sessions include positions at e-Learning Night School Summer School International Languages Secondary Credit and Elementary Non-Credit Programs and Summer Institute.

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