About the Role
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education (CBVRCE) is seeking to enhance instructional effectiveness and positively impact student learning, achievement, and well-being across the P-12 system. This role involves providing student-focused, collaborative support to teachers through classroom and virtual coaching, strengthening instructional practice through reflective dialogue, modeling high-leverage practices, and using student evidence to inform instructional decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Engage in structured, purposeful collaboration with teachers, regional teams, system partners, and EECD to improve student achievement.
- Build trust and collegial relationships with teachers that result in increased ownership of student learning.
- Facilitate reflective conversations to deepen understanding of curricular expectations and co-create instructional goals.
- Enhance professional learning communities at both school and regional levels, including supporting Student Success Plans (SSPs).
- Work directly in classrooms with teachers to strengthen instructional design and pedagogy through co-planning, co-assessing, co-teaching, and modeling effective instructional practice.
- Support responsive instruction that addresses the needs of all learners.
- Model evidence-informed instructional practices aligned with Tier 1 instruction.
- Utilize provincial, regional, and school-based data to inform coaching priorities.
- Support teachers in using assessment evidence to guide instructional planning and next steps.
- Support the use of data to identify and respond to student learning needs within Tier 1 instruction.
- Mentor teachers through virtual platforms using effective pedagogies and high-leverage practices.
- Collaborate with teachers online to analyze student evidence and refine instructional strategies.
- Use Resource Hub analytics to monitor engagement and inform coaching supports.
- Design and facilitate professional development aligned with provincial and regional instructional priorities.
- Collaborate with teachers, administrators, school-based teams, regional teams, and EECD partners to align coaching efforts with student learning priorities.
- Design and adapt instructional coaching approaches and contribute to the continuous improvement of the provincial asynchronous Resource Hub.
- Leverage emerging digital tools and resources to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness.
- Provide small group and individual mathematics intervention to students.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers and school-based administrators to identify students requiring intervention.
- Implement strategies, activities, and techniques for promoting student learning based on each student’s prior knowledge, skills, and learning needs.
- Work in classrooms with students and classroom teachers to support mathematics development and the transfer of skills and strategies.
- Use assessment to determine next steps.
- Attend meetings and ongoing professional development provided for mathematics intervention teachers.
- Monitor, assess, evaluate, and report on the impact of mathematics intervention initiatives.
- Maintain and submit records.
- Service will be provided primarily to a Family of Schools; however, other schools may be added to this position based on student evidence and school need.
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Programs / Coordinator of Mathematics & Technology.
Requirements
- Must hold a valid Nova Scotia Teaching Certificate.
- Demonstrated proficiency in recognized instructional frameworks, such as the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
- Minimum of 5 years, demonstrated record of effective classroom practice at grades Primary - 5. This experience must be recent (within the past 7 years).
- Undergraduate Degree with a Major/Minor in Mathematics or the St. Mary’s University Certificate in Mathematical Sciences for Education.
- Completion of the Nova Scotia Educational Leadership Cognitive Coaching or Department of Education Mathematics Mentoring Module or equivalent.
- Leadership experience with Mathematics initiatives at the classroom, school, regional, and/or provincial levels are required.
- Upload a completed resume with their application.
- Enter 3 references, one of which is the applicant's immediate supervisor.
- Update Worksite with the name of the school for each entry in Employment at NSSB in Employee File (internal candidates only).
- Update the Assignment (course and/or grades taught) for each entry in Employment at NSSB in Employee File (internal candidates only).
- Ensure application contains information regarding your leadership experience in math and your experience/training in providing PD.
Skills
- Curriculum Expertise
- Mathematics Intervention
- Instructional Frameworks
- Classroom Practice
- Leadership
- Professional Development
- Virtual Coaching
- Assessment
- Data Analysis
Location
- Harbourside Elementary
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of effective classroom practice at grades Primary - 5 (within the past 7 years)
Education Level
- Nova Scotia Teaching Certificate
- Undergraduate Degree with a Major/Minor in Mathematics or the St. Mary’s University Certificate in Mathematical Sciences for Education
- Nova Scotia Educational Leadership Cognitive Coaching or Department of Education Mathematics Mentoring Module or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- As per NSTU Provincial Collective Agreement
About the Company
- The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education is responsible for the administration of the public school system within the boundaries of Cape Breton and Victoria Counties, supporting approximately 12,000 students in 38 schools.
- We foster a caring, dynamic, and creative environment that provides educational opportunities, promotes a love of learning, respect for others and challenges all persons to develop their full potential to become confident, versatile, lifelong learners and thinkers.
- We are committed to ensuring the success and achievement of all students within a culturally responsive, safe and inclusive school environment.
Equal Opportunity
- Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the students we serve.
- The Centre for Education welcomes applications from Indigenous People, African Canadian and Other Racially Visible Persons, Members of the 2LGBTQI++ community, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.
- If you are a member of one of these equity groups, we encourage you to apply and self-identify on your application.
