LD Specialist Teacher (SSRCE)

LD Specialist Teacher - Term - Req#87814

Date: May 15, 2025

Location: Bridgewater, NS, CA, B4V 0A2

South Shore Regional Centre for Education

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application.

Application Deadline (mm,dd,yyyy):         05/19/2025  at 11:59pm.

Effective Date(s) (mm,dd,yyyy):               08/01/2025 - 07/31/2026

Position Type:                                            100% Term

To apply please complete the online profile/resume. You can attach a resume to your profile, security checks, and reference letters if applicable (Please note: Failure to include your references will cause delay in processing your application.)

Position:                 

Position:   LD Specialist Teacher

Reports to: Coordinator of Student Services

Employee Group:  NSTU

Qualifications:

• Valid Nova Scotia Teachers’ Certificate
• Masters in Inclusive Education, Special Education, Masters in Education Curriculum Studies- Supporting Learners with Diverse Needs & Exceptionailities or Masters in Curriculum (UDL & Inclusive Education)
• Being bilingual would be considered an asset

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years classroom experience (P-12)
• Minimum 5 years LST teaching experience
• Program Planning experience
• Coaching/mentor experience

Task Dimensions:

The LD Specialist Teacher works with students diagnosed or suspected to have a Specific Learning Disorder/Learning Disability identified through the Program Planning Process. 

Support working in designated classrooms throughout the region (P-12) to support students identified through the Program Planning Process:

• Support teachers in UDL/MTSS best practices
• Support development and implementation of programming and work closely with Program Planning Implementation Specialist (PPIS) Teacher in schools
• Support development and implementation of transition plans with Student Planning Teams
• Facilitate access and use of technology to support students
• Attend Teaching Support Team, as requested
• Attend Student Planning Team meetings, as needed
• Use data to inform ongoing response and support for students

Elementary School Level:

• Raise awareness of personal strengths and challenges
• To foster self awareness, advocacy, and independence

Middle School Level:

• To increase self awareness, advocacy, confidence, and independence
• Facilitate exploration of effective compensatory strategies
• Collaborate with school teams to monitor student progress and support assignment completion

High School Level:

• To expand self awareness, advocacy, confidence, and independence
• Facilitate exploration of effective compensatory strategies
• Collaborate with school teams to increase awareness of student profile
• Collaborate with school teams to monitor student progress and support assignment completion
• Engage in planning, meeting, and supporting transition to post-secondary opportunities
• Explore potential career choices with students (focus on strengths and course choices)
• Conduct parent information sessions with students and parents to discuss transitioning to post-secondary opportunities

Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations.

Performs other related duties as required.

Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

SECURITY CHECKS:

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education requires that all newly hired employees provide a satisfactory Child Abuse Register Check and Criminal Record / Vulnerable Sector Checks. If you have current ones less than 3 months old you can attach these checks to your profile / resume.

We thank you for your interest in the posted vacancy.  The appointment to this vacancy will be according to Article 47 of the Teachers Provincial Agreement. For more information about the SSRCE visit our website at https://www.ssrce.ca/