About Us

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking creative, dynamic, and committed teachers to join our team at Blossom Park Public School.

Blossom Park PS is a school of community of just over 400 people. Our community is situated in the south end of the city serving newcomers to Canada. Many of our students live in poverty, are from racialized backgrounds and are learning English as an additional language. The school is a K-8 configuration and hosts 3 specialized programs - an intermediate General Learning program, a junior Behaviour Intervention program and a 6-8 English Literacy Development program.

Ideal candidates will support the fulfillment of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s (OCDSB) Strategic Plan to enhance the quality of education in the school, and the District, by creating a positive and inclusive school climate, learning and workplace environment. Candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully, with a human rights and equity perspective, to foster student success, achievement and well-being.

Eligibility List

All Occasional Teachers are eligible to apply for Long Term Occasional postings for which they are qualified. If you are fully external to the OCDSB, you may apply to this posting if you have the required qualifications.

Please be advised that our order of consideration for Elementary LTO's is as follows:

Current elementary occasional teacher applicants, followed by

Qualified external applicants.

Required Qualifications

OCT Divisional Qualifications: Primary/Junior/Intermediate

OCT Additional Qualifications: Special Education Part 2 & ESL/TELL Part 1

Additional Requirements (experience, knowledge, education,) considered an asset for the Position: Kindergarten and Math qualifications. Previous experience teaching in a RAISE school, teaching MLLS and students with special needs and working within a support team. Sound knowledge and experience using Acadience and DIBELS, and supporting classroom teachers in the delivery of data-driven targeted support.

Additional Information: N/A

Timelines

Closes: Sunday August 9th at 11:30 p.m.

Shortlisting: Prior to releasing the applicant lists - where possible, HR will conduct placements of remaining FSL & EN pool participants from August 10-14. For those assignments not placed HR will shortlist August 17, 2026

Interviews: August 17 - August 24

Hiring Recommendations from PVP to Human Resources by August 25th by 4:00pm

Application Process

Qualifications

Applications will be assessed with respect to the requirements and qualifications outlined in this job posting and in accordance with the following:

Process for selection

A minimum of 3 qualified applicants will be offered an interview, including

At least three (3) teachers, who are currently employed as an occasional teacher with the OCDSB, and who have the required OCT qualifications and who best meet the criteria outlined in the job posting. If fewer than three (3) qualified applicants apply, all qualified applicants will be interviewed.

It is the expectation that a teacher who accepts an assignment must agree to complete the assignment as posted.

Teachers should apply only to the vacancies to which they will accept an interview.

For assistance with ApplytoEducation, please call their Customer Support line at 1-877-900-5627.

Questions about posting details or persons with disabilities who require accommodation in the application/interview process should email the following:

jasmine.wilkinson-turpin@ocdsb.ca: A. Lorne Cassidy ES to Fielding Drive PS & Agincourt Virtual School jennifer.jones-kosmack@ocdsb.ca: First Avenue PS to North Gower PS, Central, CHEO School and First Place Elem grace.wiegand@ocdsb.ca: Orleans Wood ES to York St. PS

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment - in compliance with the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 , the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board discloses that artificial intelligence (AI) technology may be used to assist our hiring team in screening or assessing applicants.

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