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About the Role
The Guidance Counsellor will support students, implement curriculum practices relevant to guidance and career education, and assess and evaluate learning opportunities and experiences using a variety of data collection methods as part of the TVO ILC team, the largest online secondary school in Ontario.
Responsibilities
- Liaise with students, teachers, and parents, and work collaboratively with colleagues and various groups and committees, on matters regarding guidance services
- Provide support in the area of diploma requirements, diploma assessments and Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
- Provide support in the administration of the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) testing for eligible students
- Provide support to Administrative Services colleagues on student issues/concerns
- Develop and implement accommodation plans as required
Requirements
- Member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers with Guidance (Specialist) and Intermediate/Senior teacher qualifications
- Knowledge of the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum, district school board policies and guidelines, and legal and ethical issues related to guidance and career education
- Knowledge of all policy documents, course selection, and course sequencing
- Experience developing, using, and accommodating expectations based on the needs of all students, including knowledge of special education, accommodation, documentation, and legislation
- Proven leadership in developing and delivering services that promote inclusion, participation, creativity, and empowerment to build a vibrant community where safety and wellbeing are shared values
- Experience with prior learning assignments; familiar with Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR) and Mature PLAR
- Solutions-driven with excellent judgement and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills, and a solid understanding of the past and new curricula and educational options relating to the distance learner
- Excellent people skills with a proven ability to work in a team environment
- Comfortable working with technology including Student Records Systems and various software applications
- Experience working with Indigenous students and understanding of Indigenous culture and ways of learning are assets.
Skills
- Guidance and career education
- Diploma requirements
- Diploma assessments
- Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
- Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) testing
- Special education
- Accommodation
- Documentation
- Legislation
- Inclusion
- Participation
- Creativity
- Empowerment
- Problem-solving
- Administrative skills
- Organizational skills
- Curriculum knowledge
- Technology proficiency
- Student Records Systems
- Indigenous culture
- Indigenous ways of learning
Location
- Toronto, Yonge & Eglinton
Work Type
- Full-Time Staff
- On-site
Education Level
- Member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers with Guidance (Specialist) and Intermediate/Senior teacher qualifications
Salary/Compensations
- $74,200 - $88,000
Benefits
- Option to join the Public Service Pension Plan
- Employee and Family Assistance Plan
About the Company
- TVO Media Education Group is 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.
- We are an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Education and a registered charity funded primarily by the Province of Ontario and supported by thousands of sponsors and donors.
- Through our brands, including 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.
- We are a learning organization. Learning is at the core of everything we do.
- TVO invests in the learning goals of our employees.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.