Position Title: Curriculum Specialist, Secondary Visual Arts (12-Month Contract)

Salary Range: $89,921.90 - $95,729.41

Division : Digital learning

Reports To: Manager, Curriculum

Location: Toronto, Yonge & Eglinton (Hybrid Work: 3 days in office)

TVO Media Education Group (TVO) is a social impact organization devoted to inspiring learning that changes lives and enriches communities. We are an internationally recognized digital learning organization that strives to engage, inform and educate Ontarians of all ages.

A Culture of Inclusion and Belonging We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to TVO. We have a diverse workforce and are committed to building a culture within the workplace that brings out the best in everyone. As part of our strategic vision, we have adopted five core values; we embrace change, we value bold thinking, we thrive with diverse voices, we are better together, and we honour our commitments. These values anchor how we work and lay the foundation for a workplace that celebrates differences, encourages self-expression and empowers learning, which we know is a key component to our success.

Who We Are TVO is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Education. Through our brands, TVO Kids, TVO Today, TVO ILC and TVO Learn, we provide multi-platform educational programming; ground-breaking original documentaries; in-depth public affairs content; the largest online secondary school in Ontario; and award-winning digital-learning resources that support Ontario’s curriculum.

TVO is a registered charity funded primarily by the Province of Ontario and supported by thousands of sponsors and donors.

The Opportunity TVO is looking for a Secondary Curriculum Specialist in the subject area of Visual Arts who is available to begin as soon as possible. Preference will be given to applicants who are bilingual in English/French. The Curriculum Specialist, Secondary Visual Arts will apply a proven understanding of transferable skills, deep knowledge of curriculum expectations for best practices in student-centered online learning to guide and inform the creation and review of online learning courses for TVO in the subject area of Visual Arts. Your work will entail meeting the provincial standard for curriculum expectations in Visual Arts through the development, creation, and review of learning activities in online formats.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Provide educational expertise in designing, developing, and implementing educational content and assessment opportunities
• Collaborate with staff, teams, and external service providers to build out course content requirements, review courses and course components as they are iterated, and assist with user experience testing
• Collaborate with teacher writers to align course pedagogy with active learning and to plan for course interactivity
• Work with a cross-functional team to inform the creation of engaging, interactive, rigorous and relevant course content that is rooted in cutting edge pedagogy
• Present engaging, interactive, rigorous and relevant courses that support learners of diverse backgrounds and ages
• Be accountable for course quality to contribute to rates of course completion and student success and ensure that the final product is error-free and reflects the excellence expected in Ontario’s educational landscape
• Mentor, coach and build staff capacity to build cutting edge pedagogy into course
• Review, provide feedback on, and in certain cases co-author course content and related documentation, in keeping with TVO's quality and time requirements
• Build team capacity through pedagogical leadership to serve a diverse learner population
• Inform and review the creation of course content and digital learning activities

As Required, Performs The Following Tasks

• Performs other directly related duties.
• Communicate progress and opportunities throughout the life of a project

What You Will Bring To TVO

• Bachelor of Education, intermediate/senior in subject areas of Visual Arts with additional education or training in a related field (Master of Education an asset)
• Bilingual in English/French an asset
• Must be OCT certified with 5+ years of classroom experience
• Proven ability and experience designing appropriate, accessible, and engaging online educational content for online learning environments
• Ability to develop online learning modules
• Experience implementing Ministry of Education policy and program requirements, e.g. Transferable Skills, Growing Success, and Achieving Excellence
• Understanding of how to build effective and authentic assessment for learning activities
• Experience with projects where digital assets were created
• Strong time management, analytical and interpersonal skills required, along with a high degree of attention to detail
• Excellent grammar, verbal and written communication skills required, including experience in presenting to all levels of leadership
• You live our values: we value bold thinking, we embrace change, we thrive with diverse voices, we honour our commitments, we're better together

TVO & YOU We are a learning organization. Learning is at the core of everything we do. As part of this commitment, TVO invests in the learning goals of our employees and everyone at TVO commits to developing our own knowledge as well as elevating each other’s through peer-to-peer learning, workshops and lunch and learns. All employees have the option to join the Public Service Pension Plan right on day one and we offer an array of services through our Employee and Family Assistance Plan.

We would be thrilled to have you join us. We’re a tight-knit community – whether you’re a recent graduate or further along in your career, you will get to meet, work with, and be supported by talented and diverse colleagues at all levels. Maybe you’ll even get to meet Polkaroo!

Come build with us.

Find and follow us on: LinkedIn (@tvontario), and X (@TVO). We invite you to submit your application by July 7, 2025 at 5 pm. Not sure you have everything we’re asking for, but know you can make a big impact? Tell us your story and we will be happy to consider you. To learn more about us and our culture, please visit us at https://tvo.me/work-with-us/ .

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process (e.g., including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms). If you are seeking accommodations during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so that appropriate arrangements can be made by sending your request to accommodations@tvo.org.