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Tri-County Regional Centre for Education

The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education (TCRCE) encompasses the three (3) Counties of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby serving approximately 6100 students in twenty-two (22) schools, composed of 13 Elementary Schools, 6 High Schools, 1 Middle School, and 2 Elementary/High 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 descent/ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (mm,dd,yyyy): 04/07/2025  at 11:59pm.

Effective Dates (mm,dd,yyyy): 08/01/2025  

Position Type: Permanent

      Position:                 Coordinator of Assessment and Mathematics

                              Reports to:             Director of Programs and Student Services, works closely with counterparts at the DEECD

     Location:                 Harbour House (Central Office), 79 Water Street, Yarmouth NS (Flexible)

Through aligned, collaborative and relational leadership, the Coordinator works as a team member with other Programs and Student Services Coordinators and leads their staff in working strategically and effectively with schools and community partners to best meet students’ programming needs within a broader coherent framework.

This includes: development, implementation, management and evaluation.

In working with the schools to best meet the diverse needs of students in a culturally responsive manner, this leader develops effective, innovative and aligned solutions which may include partnerships with external stakeholders. It is anticipated that the initiatives and services under the leadership of the Coordinator of Assessment and Mathematics will be flexible, dynamic and changing.

• A valid Nova Scotia teaching license;
• Master’s degree in Curriculum, Leadership or other area directly relevant to assessment, data, school improvement planning or equivalent;
• Minimum 5 years successful teaching experience;
• Minimum 2 years successful administration experience;
• Substantial experience leading a variety of school improvement planning processes;
• Extensive experience utilizing data effectively;
• Extensive experience effectively using student information systems (SIS);
• Experience leading professional learning in area including assessment, instruction, use of data to support school improvement planning;
• Knowledge and experience teaching and supporting mathematics;
• Successful experience teaching and/or working at a variety of grade levels and/or school sizes;
• Experience in hiring, supervising, training and providing professional development, and evaluating staff;
• A strong knowledge of programs within the Tri-County Regional Centre for Education and the Nova Scotia Public School program (PSP)

• A team player who while in a leadership role, models a strong work ethic, acts with integrity, respects confidentiality, and has a professional, relational, and collaborative work style
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Proven ability to communicate and work alongside diverse cultural and racial backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to value the voice and contribution of others while remaining open to corrective criticism

• Promote and enhance student achievement, learning, assessment and evaluation;
• Provide professional development and professional development leadership, assessment, and curriculum support for teachers;
• Provide expert assistance to the RED & Executive Team relating to System/Regional Improvement planning;
• Participate and collaborate in evidence-based decision making within the region;
• Collaborate in issues relating to Student Success Planning,
• Participate in improvement projects including Priority Schools;
• Lead initiatives related to effective assessment and mathematics instruction;
• Support the administration and on-going collaborative efforts with outside agencies related to the Early Development Instruments (EDI);
• Provide direction and support to the full Programs department, principals and teachers with ongoing and deepening work involving assessment, evaluation, reporting and understanding and responding to data;
• Receive, review, collate, disaggregate and interpret various system data sets (including Provincial Assessments and Regional student achievement and well-being data);
• Participate in provincial team meetings including Regional Assessment Coordinators; Teacher Growth and Evaluation and supporting Mathematics;
• Liaise between province and region for all provincial assessments and examinations;
• Lead and support the system with the ongoing implementation of assessment initiatives;
• Implementation of provincial Assessment Policy;
• Lead and support the systematic use and effective response to data;
• Lead implementation of Teacher Growth and Evaluation policy and process;
• Supervision of regional math team;
• Support ongoing implementation of the Inclusive Education Policy;
• Provide leadership, where assigned, to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Department of Education and Early Childhood Development mandates and initiatives. This includes most areas of academic instruction and assessment contained in the Provincial School Program (PSP);
• Comply with Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations;
• Other duties, initiatives, projects as assigned.

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TO APPLY:

• Complete the online profile/resume - you can attach a resume to your profile, security checks, and reference letters if applicable. In the profile ensure you fill in all areas with a red asterisk * to avoid errors even if it doesn't pertain to your application.
• Ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certificates. 
• Ensure to upload all post secondary education diploma/certificates. 

(Please note: Three (3) references from Immediate Supervisors required - failure to include your references will cause delay in processing your application, also you should include email addresses for your references, this will speed up the process, ensure they know to check their junk/spam folders).

Once You've Applied:

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. A notification email will be sent when the position has been filled. Ensure to check your junk/spam folders.

SECURITY CHECKS:

The Tri-County 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 security checks less than 3 months old you can attach these checks to your profile / resume, otherwise, you will receive instructions once a decision has been made on your application. 

For more information about the TCRCE visit our website at https://www.tcrce.ca/