Instructor - Full-time

**Organization Overview**

LDS - Learn. Develop. Succeed. is a growing, innovative, research-based, educational nonprofit serving children, youth and adults with diagnosed or suspected learning differences such as dyslexia and dyscalculia and other brain-based differences like ADHD and ASD. Our growing, affordable programs and services operate throughout BC online, from our Learning Centers in East Vancouver and North Vancouver, at in-school locations, and in our mobile classroom.

**Purpose of Position**

Instructors work one-to-one with school-aged (Kindergarten to grade 12) learners, delivering individualized and comprehensive learning support that is neuroaffirming, strengths-based, and evidence-based.

**Principal Roles and Responsibilities**
- Deliver one-to-one instruction
- Create and maintain a learning environment that is neuroaffirming, strengths-based, and enjoyable for all learners
- Identify learner strengths and challenges through informal and formal assessment
- Draw from multiple resources and curricula, develop and implement year-long learning plans and daily lesson plans for your assigned learners that are individualized, neuroaffirming, strength-based, evidence-based, technology-enhanced and linked to measurable learning goals
- Provide formal and informal written progress reports, with or without the use of assistive technology

**Requirements & Competencies**

have the ability to perform the above-listed principal roles and responsibilities with mínimal to moderate support. This typically requires the following experience and competencies.
- Experience working with school-aged children with diagnosed or suspected learning differences
- Experience in strengths-based, neuroaffirming learning environments and/or a demonstrated eagerness and ability to quickly adapt to this type of environment
- Experience using structured, systematic, and explicit instructional approaches
- Experience teaching the following: literacy concepts using a structured literacy/Science of Reading approach, math focused on building conceptual understanding, and support for executive functioning, sensory processing, or social-emotional learning. Open positions may list additional specific required instructional experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with or without the use of assistive technology
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Ability to provide a criminal record check with vulnerable sector screening
- Eligibility to work in Canada

**Hours of work, Locations & Job type**:
Full-time instructors are permanent salaried employees working Monday to Friday or Tuesday to Saturday, with hours of work dependent on location. Hours and location of work may differ outside of the academic year (school breaks and summer). Employees are eligible for benefits and vacation time.

LDS has two primary learning centres, located in East Vancouver and North Vancouver. We also deliver sessions on our mobile classroom in various locations, as well as online.
- East Vancouver Learning Centre - 3292 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5M 1Z8
- North Vancouver Learning Centre - 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC V7J 3H2

**Open Positions, starting September 2, 2025, or earlier**:
North Vancouver Full-Time Instructor: One Position
- Monday to Friday, 10:30 am -6:30 pm, specific experience required: supporting complex learning needs including movement-based, play-based, self-regulation, and able to teach math and literacy content aligned with grades ~K-7+

East Vancouver Full-Time Instructor: Three Positions
- Monday to Friday, 11:30 am-7:30 pm, specific experience required: supporting complex learning needs including movement-based, play-based, self-regulation, and able to teach math and literacy content aligned with grades ~K-7+
- Tuesday to Friday 11:30 am-7:30 pm and Saturday 9 am
- 5 pm specific experience required: supporting complex learning needs including movement-based, play-based, self-regulation, and able to teach math and literacy content aligned with grades ~K-7+
- Tuesday to Friday 11:30 am-7:30 pm and Saturday 9 am
- 5 pm, specific experience required: supporting teen learners, including those who may be resistant to learning support due to past negative educational experiences, and able to teach math and literacy content aligned with grades ~7-12

but not all, of these skills.

**Reports to**: Contract Instructors report to the Senior Manager, Instruction and Innovation, and work closely with their assigned Case Manager(s) during the academic term.

**Remuneration and Benefits**:

- Salary per annum: $53,000 - $56,000
- Paid vacation, and office closure from December 25 and January 1 that does not count toward your vacation
- Benefits entitlement after 3 months - Extended Health and Dental and Travel
- Neuroaffirming and inclusive workplace
- Values-based organization with collaborative peers with a wide range of backgrounds and talen