District Indigenization Coordinator

2 days ago

East Kootenays Fernie, Canada School District #8 (Kootenay Lake) Full time
Job Title: District Indigenization Coordinator

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated District Indigenization Coordinator to join our team at School District #8 (Kootenay Lake). This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of Indigenous students and their families.

About the Role:

The District Indigenization Coordinator will work collaboratively with district and school staff to build capacity to support Indigenous student success K-12. This role requires an enthusiastic, culturally competent, and experienced educator who is passionate about Indigenous education and community engagement.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Facilitate the goals and strategies of the Framework for Enhancing Student Learning (FESL) and the District Strategic Plan.
  • Analyze, lead, and present on provincial, school, and district data to inform priorities for work plan, reporting out on progress aligned with FESL.
  • Work with teachers to incorporate First Peoples Principles of Learning.
  • From an equity leadership lens, work with teachers to incorporate inclusive and accessible learning practices.
  • Support teachers to implement best practices for learning, including inclusion, Indigenization, and universal design.
  • Support professional learning for teachers, including in communities of practice.
  • Facilitate collaborative learning opportunities.
  • Support schools with professional learning opportunities.
  • Facilitate family engagement nights to build parent partnerships in learning.
  • Work with district leaders and school teams on analyzing data and supporting school teams when needed.
  • Provide after-school sessions for district learning.
  • Suggest supportive research-based resources and materials for students and teachers.
  • Upon request, serve as a resource to schools implementing assessments (e.g., FSA).
  • Demonstrate awareness of cross-cultural factors affecting student learning.
  • Provide support to schools in using formative and summative assessment to move learning forward.
  • Lead strategically with a focus on improvement and innovation to transform through responsive pedagogies.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Work collaboratively with the District Aboriginal Department and ABED staff in schools to support ABED supplemental supports and district-wide awareness.
  • Develop strategies, assessments, and awareness of the ABED Focus Areas and Local Education Agreements (LEAs).
  • Develop strategies to address equity for Indigenous students, in response to the ABED Equity Scan data and ongoing data, including the ABED HAWD report.
  • Collaborate on the ABED annual report and other reports.
  • Develop strategies to address anti-Indigenous racism and SOGI, Two-Spirit awareness.
  • Develop strategies to amplify Indigenous student, family, and community voice.
  • Provide culturally relevant supports, planning, and strategies for ABED students, as requested by the District-Based Team.
  • Communicate regularly with District team and ABED staff in schools.
  • Maintain liaison with teachers, counselors, ABED students, and their families as an advocate for ABED students.
  • Support classroom teachers and ABED staff to grow the success of ABED students.
  • Provide traditional Indigenous guidance to Indigenous students, families, staff.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of specific Indigenous academic supports.
  • Support ABED staff in developing and implementing school Action Plans, annually.
  • Promote equity of access to services, facilities, and resources for ABED students.
  • Support annual 1701 processes to ensure accuracy at each school site and the district.
  • Lead implementation of current and future ABED district initiatives aimed at improving achievement for ABED learners.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Indigenous pedagogy and instructional resources, making this information available to teachers and schools.
  • Provide and coordinate professional learning opportunities to staff.
  • Maintain a list of knowledge keepers and Elders available to support ABED.
  • Support the growth of meaningful nation relationships for ABED.
  • Support the growth of meaningful community partnerships which support ABED student needs, transitions, opportunities.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned by the Director of Indigenous Education and Learning Services or designate.
  • Support the maintenance of ABED website, ABED resource library, social media, and communications to families, schools, students, and district.
Required Qualifications:
  • Professional teaching certificate as recognized by the BC Ministry of Education and/or Master's degree in Leadership, Counselling, or a related discipline.
  • Exemplary teaching record and/or experience in counselling and/or social work from an Indigenous lens.
  • Extensive knowledge of Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
  • Ability to work in a team and independently.
  • Exemplary leadership, interpersonal, project management, organizational, and consultation skills.
  • Possession of a current valid BC Driver's License.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
  • Specialized advanced relevant university-level graduate coursework/traditional teachings that demonstrates the following:
  • Indigenous methodology in literacy, numeracy, Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
  • Traditional language.
  • Indigenous cultural healing.
  • Indigenous studies which may include counselling, governance, literature, history, politics, leadership, art, etc.
Competencies:
  • Cultural humility.
  • Highly collaborative.
  • Critical and analytical.
  • Inquiry mindset.
  • Independent and initiative-driven.
  • High-level integrity.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • In addition, the following experiences are preferred:
  • Indigenous ways of knowing and being as a lived experience.

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