Peigan Board of Education

Employment Opportunity Full Time Position: Teacher

Overview

Peigan Board of Education is eager to provide the members of Piikani Nation, as well as other persons attending schools on the Piikani Nation, with quality education in an authentic learning environment that aims to meet the aspirations of the Piikani people, including the institution of programs and other activities that promote and enhance the Piikani Nation’s unique language, culture and traditions;

Peigan Board of Education is keen in hiring Teachers who will plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.

Duties and Responsibilities

• use Alberta Education Program of Studies Educational Outcomes to plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
• implement Alberta Teacher Association Teacher Quality Standards Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
• infuse planning documents and lessons with Piikani ways of knowing/Piikanissini
• adhere to Peigan Board of Education Policy
• develop long and short range plans, daily lessons plans, and scope and sequence for each course including assessments practices
• establish and communicate clear outcomes for all learning activities
• prepare classroom for class activities
• provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities
• identify and select instructional resources and methods to meet students’ varying needs
• refer, participate and plan assessments of students requiring Special Education/Learning Support services
• plan and deliver differentiated instruction to students whose learning support requires such teaching as identified in student Individual Program Plans (IPP)
• instruct and monitor students in the use of learning materials and equipment
• use relevant technology to support instruction
• observe and evaluate student’s performance and development
• assign and grade class work, homework, tests and assignments
• provide appropriate feedback on work
• encourage and monitor the progress of individual students
• maintain accurate and complete records of students’ progress and development
• update all attendance records, grading reports, report cards, anecdotal records regularly, accurately and completely
• prepare required reports on students and activities
• manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
• maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school
• apply appropriate disciplinary measures where necessary
• perform certain learning support duties including student support, counseling students with academic problems and providing student encouragement
• participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, sporting activities, clubs and student organizations
• participate in school meetings (staff, parent, committee, divisional, specialist, collaborative)
• communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues and parents regarding student progress and student needs including attending Parent Teacher Interviews
• keep updated through professional development in subject area, teaching resources, methods and new school initiatives and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities

Education and Requirements

• Bachelor of Education or higher from an accredited institution
• Alberta Education Teaching Certification – Interim or Professional
• Clear Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check
• Knowledge of Blackfoot Language and Culture an asset

Deadline: Friday, June 23, 2023 before 12:00 PM

Submit cover letter, resume, copies of education requirements and security checks to:

Peigan Board of Education
P.O Box 130
Brocket, AB, T0K 0H0
Tel: 403-965-2121 Fax: 403-965-3713
Email: lpard@piikani.ca

Peigan Board of Education

Employment Opportunity Full Time Position: Principal

Position: Full Time

Position Summary

Peigan Board of Education is keen in hiring a Principal who will plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. As a school system leader, the main responsibilities will include developing and implementing of policies, programs, curriculum activities and budgets.

Duties and Responsibilities

As Principal, you will be responsible for research, development, and implementation of instructional programming, discipline, extra-curricular activities, PBOE strategic planning, school evaluation initiatives, and community collaboration all designed to promote social, physical, intellectual, and cultural growth for our Piikani Nation children. Additional responsibilities of the Principal include:

• Reports to Superintendent
• Supervises all school personnel, directly and/or indirectly
• Observing, supervising, mentoring, and evaluating staff performance
• Developing school initiatives which enhance and promote student success
• Developing and monitoring all budgets as they pertain to school operations
• Monitoring First Nations Student Success Program including planning and budgets (requisitions, budgets, approval process, monitoring, and collaboration/accounting with PBOE Financial Administrator)
• Monitoring Special Education Program including planning and budgets (requisitions, budgets, approval process, monitoring, and collaboration/accounting with PBOE Financial Administrator)
• Ensuring the Alberta Education Program of Studies are being implemented in classrooms
• Ensuring the ATA Teacher Quality Standards Knowledge, Skills, & Attributes are being attained by teaching staff
• Chairing meetings (staff, divisional, specialist, etc.)
• Inter-curricular and extra-curricular supervision
• Infusion of Piikani First Nations ways of knowing including culture and language programming
• Strive to develop an energetic, positive, creative school atmosphere
• Strive to develop teacher mentorship in school
• Promote Piikanissini in every aspect of a student’s school environment; promoting enriching academic and personal activities for students.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education required, Masters of Education Degree preferred
• Certified Teacher and Administrator
• Minimum of five (5) years teaching experience combined with five (5) years of Administration and/or Management experience
• Experience in Land-based learning and curriculum development
• Experience working in a First Nations community including knowledge First Nations culture, traditions and values
• Ability to speak, read and write Blackfoot considered an asset
• Clean Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector required
• Valid class 5 driver’s license and clean driver’s abstract required

Deadline Thursday, December 29, 2022

Submit cover letter, resume, copies of education requirements and security checks to:

PEIGAN BOARD OF EDUCATION – Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 130 Brocket, AB T0K 0H0
Tel: 403-965-3910 Fax: 403-965-3713
Email: lpard@piikani.ca

 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• FTE Blackfoot Language & Culture Coordinator (Job Description)
• 1 – FTE Teacher (Job Description)
• 1 – FTE Assistant Principal – Elementary (Job Description)

Interested candidates may apply by fax or email with cover letter, resume, copies of education requirements & security checks to:

PEIGAN BOARD OF EDUCATION – Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 130 Brocket, AB T0K 0H0
Tel: 403-965-3910 Fax: 403-965-3713
Email: lpard@piikani.ca

Application Deadline: September 23, 2022

We would like to thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

Peigan Board of Education

Employment Opportunity Position: Blackfoot Language and Culture Coordinator
Reports to: Superintendent

Overview

Reporting to the Superintendent, the Blackfoot Language & Culture (BLC) Coordinator will collaborate with all PBOE staff and and the BLC committee to ensure that Blackfoot language, culture, history, and protocols are evident in all PBOE organizational activities. The BLC Coordinator will continue the documentation, research, stabilization and promotion of Piikanissini and the Blackfoot Language and Culture. The BLC Coordinator will work within the policies and procedures established by Peigan Board of Education.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development of structure and protocol of Elder/resource presentations
• Assist in the research and plan development of Blackfoot 30 graduation requirement for PNSS students
• Manage the development of the Piikani Language Revitalization Initiative
• Ensure the ongoing education of Piikani students in Piikanissini by consulting and collaborating with Piikani Elders, storytellers and historians to bring authentic cultural components into classrooms
• Ensure Piikani students are educated in Treaty 7 and the Blackfoot Confederacy as it relates to Piikanissini
• Ensure Piikani students are educated in the Truth & Reconciliation on Indian Residential Schools
• Provide the opportunity to Piikani students and their families in the Piikani traditional name giving ceremony
• Research and implement a locally developed instructional program for Blackfoot language and culture
• Assist in the coordination of Blackfoot Language & Culture instruction by developing a BLC work plan in collaboration with the BLC committee
• Assist in the development of a strategy for Blackfoot Language instruction to all PBOE educators, teachers, elders through professional development
• Assist administrators in implementing BLC / Piikanissini program of studies into all subjects
• Evaluate and develop strategies to measure student success in language and culture revitalization initiatives
• Assist educators in the development and implementation of multiple intelligence strategies and methods of instruction
• Provide online BLC content to the PBOE website and ensure the content is continuously updated
• Complete the development and writing of the book: Piikani: A Nation in Transition (Vol. 2)
• Host and administer the Elders Senate
• Proposal writing

Education & Experience:

• Post-secondary degree in education or in the social sciences or relevant field of study
• 5-7 years of program management experience
• Strong knowledge and awareness of Blackfoot Language and Culture (Piikanissini)
• Fluent speaker of the Blackfoot language
• Must have valid driver’s license and transportation
• Must have clean security record checks
• Must provide letters of reference from a minimum of two Piikani Nation Elders

Qualifications:

• Strong communication, writing and organizational skills are essential
• Effective interpersonal, analytical skills and problem solving skills
• Experience in planning, developing and implementing events and activities
• Ability to work unsupervised and demonstrate motivation and initiative

Interested candidates may apply by fax or email with cover letter, resume, copies of education requirements, letters of reference & security checks to:

Peigan Board of Education
P.O Box 130
Brocket, AB, T0K 0H0
Tel: 403-965-2121 Fax: 403-965-3713
Email: lpard@piikani.ca

Application DEADLINE UPDATED: September 23, 2022

We would like to thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Peigan Board of Education

Employment Opportunity Position: Blackfoot Language and Culture Instructor
Reports to: Principal

Overview

Blackfoot Language & Culture Instructors provide Blackfoot language, culture, history, protocols and life skills instruction to students whose main language at home or school is English.

The Alberta Education Program of Studies for K-12 Programming states:

Blackfoot is one of the two most commonly used indigenous languages in Alberta. Within this language is a unique worldview. This alternative worldview is one of the reasons why Blackfoot should be studied and included in the Alberta curriculum. Not only does inclusion of Blackfoot in the curriculum help Blackfoot-speaking First Nation communities preserve and revitalize their language, but it also helps young Albertans, both First Nations and non-First Nations, become aware of the Blackfoot worldview.

The development of greater cognitive skills is an added bonus. By studying another language, students increase their mental flexibility, their creativity, their divergent thinking and their higher-order thinking skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Use the Alberta Education Program of Studies Educational Outcomes for Blackfoot Language & Culture K-12 to plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
• Infuse planning documents and lessons with Piikani ways of knowing/Piikanissini
• Adhere to Peigan Board of Education Policy
• Develop long and short range plans, daily lessons plans, and scope and sequence for each course including assessments practices
• Establish and communicate clear outcomes for all learning activities
• Prepare classroom for class activities
• Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities
• Identify and select instructional resources and methods to meet students’ varying needs
• Refer, participate and plan assessments of students requiring Special Education/Learning Support services
• Plan and deliver differentiated instruction to students whose learning support requires such teaching as identified in student Individual Program Plans (IPP)
• Instruct and monitor students in the use of learning materials and equipment
• Use relevant technology to support instruction
• Observe and evaluate student’s performance and development
• Assign and grade class work, homework, tests and assignments
• Provide appropriate feedback on work
• Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students
• Maintain accurate and complete records of students’ progress and development
• Update all attendance records, grading reports, report cards, anecdotal records regularly, accurately and completely
• Prepare required reports on students and activities
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
• Maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school
• Apply appropriate disciplinary measures where necessary
• Perform certain learning support duties including student support, counseling students with academic problems and providing student encouragement
• Participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, sporting activities, clubs and student organizations
• Participate in school meetings (staff, parent, committee, divisional, specialist, collaborative)
• Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues and parents regarding student progress and student needs including attending Parent Teacher Interviews
• Keep updated through professional development in subject area, teaching resources, methods and new school initiatives and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities

Education and Requirements

• Fluency in Blackfoot Language (oral and written)
• Letters of reference by a minimum of two Piikani Nation Elders

Key Competencies

• Compassion and empathy
• Self-motivation and initiative
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail and high work standards
• Problem solving and decision making
• Organizing and planning
• Flexibility and adaptability

Interested candidates may apply by fax or email with cover letter, resume, copies of education requirements & security checks to:

Peigan Board of Education
P.O Box 130
Brocket, AB, T0K 0H0
Tel: 403-965-2121 Fax: 403-965-3713
Email: lpard@piikani.ca

Application Deadline: August 5, 2022

We would like to thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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