Classroom Success Educator

At Nelson, we’ve been shaping the future of education for children and youth across Canada for over 110 years. As the country’s largest K-12 education content provider, we remain dedicated to our legacy of looking forward, paving the way in creating boundless, accessible, and engaging learning experiences for all.

Our innovative solutions, including Edwin, our digital learning platform, provide curriculum-aligned content that support diverse learning styles while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning. We listen intently to the unique needs of educators, students, and administrators everywhere, and continuously evolve what we do and build to improve their lives daily.

We support classroom success through powerful learning tools like the PM Benchmark Literacy Assessment, Nelson Literacy resources, Reading Intervention materials, and a wide range of psych-educational assessment supports.

**The Opportunity**:
Nelson’s Classroom Success team is looking for Early Literacy Specialists to join our freelance educator network. In this role, you will support teachers and school leaders in building foundational literacy skills by delivering professional learning focused on early reading assessment, intervention, and instructional strategies.

Assignments vary in scope and can be tailored to your availability and expertise (typically 4-10 hours weekly).

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Deliver virtual and in-person sessions to introduce and model the use of early literacy resources such as:
- The SRA family of products, including Open Court, Early Interventions in Reading, Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading
- Psych-educational and screening tools for early learners, such as easyCBM
- Provide coaching and consultative support on best practices in early reading development, assessment, and intervention.
- Work closely with the Teaching & Learning Lead, Lead Classroom Success Educator, and Assessment and Direct Instruction team to align on audience goals and instructional focus.
- Prepare for each session using provided materials and digital tools tailored to the needs of the educators.
- Stay current on early literacy research and pedagogy to ensure sessions reflect strong, evidence-based practice.
- Collect feedback through customer surveys and submit internal session reports.
- Contribute to the creation or review of classroom-ready materials such as lesson plans, screening schedules, and literacy support resources.

**Requirements**:

- Provincially Certified Teacher credentials.
- Extensive experience in early literacy instruction, reading intervention, and assessment.
- Strong understanding of the Science of Reading and tiered explicit and systematic instruction.
- Excellent presentation, coaching, and facilitation skills.
- Confident using educational technology and digital learning tools.
- Reliable transportation and availability for both in-person and virtual delivery during school hours.

**Benefits**
- All freelance work will be carried out on a work-for-hire basis, with Educators submitting invoices for work on agreed-upon tasks and projects. The standard rate of pay for Classroom Success Freelance Educators is $50/hr.

**Our EDI Statement**:
Nelson _teaches the world by learning from everyone in it_.

We are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace environment. This is an integral part of our company’s culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity, Developing Authentic and Accurate Content, Amplifying External Voices, and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond.

**We believe** in the power of education and our ability to impact social change. Truth, honesty, integrity, and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners.

**We value** a respectful, inclusive, and safe workplace that nurtures belonging and represents many different cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and opinions. Everyone is free to be who they are.

**We foster**and continue to build relationships that are equitable, diverse, and inclusive with existing and future partners in education.

**We commit** to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources, the workplace, the educational community, and in the larger society.

**We strive** to build an inclusive world for everyone. We are stronger together.

**Our Commitment**:
Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status.