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Grade 6 -8 Core French, Grade 8 FI Social Studies (SQMS)

Grade 6-8 Core French, Grade 8 FI Social Studies (SQMS) - Substitute - Req#89755

Date: October 16, 2025

Location: Liverpool, NS

 

 

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):          10/20/2025  at 11:59pm.

 

Effective Date(s) (mm,dd,yyyy):                03/23/2026 - 05/29/2026

 

Position Type:                                         100% Substitute

 

 

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 Title: Grade 6 Core French- 12 blocks (2 sections), Grade 7 Core French- 10 blocks (2 sections), Grade 8 Core French- 10 blocks (2 sections), Grade 8 FI Social Studies- 10 blocks (2 sections)

Contract:   Substitute

Effective Dates:  03/23/2026 - 05/29/2026

Reports to: School Administrator

Employee Group: NSTU

 

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Valid Nova Scotia Teacher Certification

  • Bachelor of Education - Secondary

  • University education in French

    • OR a minimum of three (3) years of experience teaching a minimum of 50% French Immersion within the last five (5) years with positive performance appraisals and/or references

     

  • Minimum OPI Rating of Superior

  • University education in Social Studies

    • OR a minimum of three (3) years of experience teaching a minimum of 50% Social Studies within the last five (5) years with positive performance appraisals and/or references

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

  • French Immersion training
  • Experience teaching French Immersion
  • Experience teachign Social Studies
  • Experience teaching grades 6-8
  • Excellent communication (written and oral and electronic), problem solving and interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to collaborate with school and inter-agency teams to support early intervention strategies, coordination of services, problem solving and program planning;
  • Proven ability to work as a contributing member of school program planning and multidisciplinary teams;
  • Ability to apply knowledge, experience and commitment in the areas of culturally responsive pedagogy;
  • Current knowledge of developmental trauma, the impact on learning, communication and social engagement throughout the lifespan;
  • An interest and willingness to engage in continuing education and professional development;
  • Ability to apply training and experience to develop, implement, and monitor individualized programs and teaching strategies based on the individual needs of students;
  • Ability to maintain and promote confidentiality as the norm;
  • Experience in planning and developing training and professional learning opportunities related to students with behaviours of concern;
  • Proven ability to communicate and work alongside diverse cultural and racial backgrounds.

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/ 

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