Mt. Sentinel Secondary Is Looking For a 0.8571 FTE Science 10, Health And Career 9, Science 9, Environmental Science 12 Teacher Starting March 30 And Ending June 30, 2026, Or Return Of The Incumbent, Whichever Is Sooner. Mt. Sentinel Is a Grade 7-12 School, With a Current Enrolment Of 285 Students. We Will Be Looking For Innovative Educators That

• are willing to engage in cross-curricular integration in holistic, connected ways
• promote student growth through personalization and differentiation
• implement inquiry, project-based and design thinking pedagogical approaches
• enjoy working within collaborative teaching teams

Job Description And Requirements The awarded applicant will be experienced in teaching in a multi-aged setting, fluent in assessment strategies that support learning, universal design for learning, technology integration (including GAFE) and will strive to create an engaging, challenging, and supportive learning environment working with the Science and Career Education curricular expectations. The applicant will also have recent experience teaching in a middle and secondary school setting. We invite you to join our dynamic and collaborative school team committed to meeting the academic, social/emotional and deeper learning needs of a diverse student body in our rural school setting.

Educational Qualifications

• A valid BC teaching certificate and current membership in the Teacher Regulation Branch
• Bachelor of Teacher Education with a background (major or minor) in Science
• Recent successful experience teaching senior science is required; experience teaching Career Education is also preferred
• Experience with a variety of learning management systems
• Demonstrated ability to use a variety of teaching and assessment strategies
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and classroom management skills

Required Competencies And Experience

• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver inclusive, culturally safe learning experiences that integrate antiracist and decolonizing practices, while fostering respectful classroom communities that honor diverse identities and perspectives—aligned with School District 8’s Equity and Inclusion Policy.
• Plan, using backward design and differentiation strategies, for curriculum that meets the needs, interests and abilities of a diverse range of learners.
• Create a mutually respectful classroom culture that ensures student involvement and engagement in the learning process and enables each student an opportunity to achieve learning outcomes through a variety of current instructional and self-regulation strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues and the School Based Team, including the Learning Support Teacher, Indigenous Education Teacher, Education Assistants, and Counsellor to ensure that students with learning and behavioral challenges are supported through adaptations, modifications, and differentiation as required in their IEPs
• Establish clear learning outcomes or key questions related to big ideas in the new curriculum for units and projects and clearly communicate these outcomes to students and parents.
• Develop assessment and evaluation strategies that align with the changed emphases in curriculum.
• Be conversant and have experience with current educational technologies and demonstrate a growth mindset for learning new tools and applications.
• Fluency with the Science and Career Education curriculum including a readiness to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences.

SD8 serves families in a spectacular, biodiverse region that includes a portion of the West and East Kootenays in southeastern B.C. Its six families of schools are situated across 15,000 square kilometers of rivers, valleys, lakes, and three mountain ranges, connected by two main municipalities—the Town of Creston and the City of Nelson—with the villages of Slocan, Kaslo, Salmo and many smaller, rural communities dotted in between. Our district is a great place to live, to work, and for children to learn and thrive.

The School Board Office is located in Nelson, B.C. Our schools are dispersed geographically and range in size and composition:

• 13 elementary schools
• 1 middle school
• 1 K-10 school
• 4 secondary schools
• 2 K-12 schools
• online learning and blended programs
• an extensive array of program options, including Aboriginal Education, Late French Immersion, Outdoor Programs, and a strong International Program.

Salary Range; $63,367 – $111,488 per year, in accordance with the current SD8–Kootenay Lake / KLTF Collective Agreement. Placement on the salary grid is based on qualifications and years of teaching experience as evaluated by the BC Teacher Qualification Service (TQS).

Please ensure that all applicable documents are uploaded including a recent Teacher Report if available.

For questions please contact Principal, Shellie Maloff at .

Applicants must be certified in British Columbia with a Professional Teaching Certificate, or be eligible for certification by the start date of the assignment. Only applications submitted on Make a Future will be considered. While the District encourages all applications, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. School District 8 supports equity hiring for Indigenous applicants.

• If you are experiencing any technical issues with your application process to contact Make A Future's customer service line as HR cannot upload or assist with these types of issues. We also cannot accept documents via email such as cover letters/resumes/transcripts/teaching reports via email as they do need to be part of the employee's Make a Future profile.