Education Specialist

**Job Title**: BC Agriculture in the Classroom - Education Specialist

(K - Grade 12, Agriculture experience preferred)

**Location**:Abbotsford or Kelowna

**Duration**:September 2, 2025 - June 26, 2026

**Salary**:Commensurate with experience. Teacher secondment may be possible.

**Application Deadline**:March 15, 2025

**Position Overview**

Reporting to the Executive Director, the primary role of the Education Specialist (ES), is to focus on the timely and cost-effective design and development of quality educational resources that appropriately and consistently promote the integration of agricultural literacy in alignment with the current K to 12 curriculums. The ES ensures that all content within BCAITC learning resources are current to the K-12 curriculum, agricultural information, and student-centered learning methodologies. A secondary responsibility is to design, develop, and deliver effective teacher support materials that provide guidance to educators in the use and delivery of BCAITC resources and train educators in the use of these resources. The ES will represent the organization at professional development day workshops, and community events, as well as in class lesson plan facilitation or delivery. They will also contribute to the development and maintenance of positive relationships with BCAITC stakeholders within the educational system.

**Key Responsibility Areas**

**Educational Learning Resources**

Obtains information about primary curriculum related to agriculture and assesses gaps that existing or new BCAITC learning resources could fill

Identifies and recommends development of new learning resources.

Evaluates existing BCAITC learning resources in relation to the current K to 12 curriculum and identifies required updates to content. Redesigns as necessary.

Creates new and innovative educational resources linked to B.C. curricula. Ensures design meets current academic standards

Leverages a variety of content creation and delivery methods

Ensures lesson plans, instructional design, and delivery strategies are age-appropriate. Designs teacher support materials for learning resources

Trains educators in the effective use of learning materials to best deliver the resource

Provides feedback, advice, and instructional guidance when needed

Devises methods to evaluate the effectiveness, use, and alignment of educational resources within the school system. Responds to results by initiating necessary actions that respond to data obtained.

**Stakeholder Relationships & Promotion**

Develops and maintains harmonious and effective relationships with educational partners, including school administrators and educators/teachers, to promote and increase the use of existing and new BCAITC learning resources within the K12 school system.

Assist schools in the planning and implementation of BCAITC resources.

Manages the relationships with educational partners including overseeing the effective coordination of resources to all schools.

Promotes existing resources to educational institutions and educators.

Establishes and maintains educational networking.

Participates in professional development activities and other events focused on target schools and educators

Communicate available resources using a variety of communication methods I.E. Face-to-face, social media, educational newsletters, brochures, events

Works collaboratively with educational partners and schools to ensure resources are delivered in a safe and orderly manner.

Plan, create, and deliver train-the-educator sessions

Provide mentoring and specific technical assistance to educational institutions and educators in the access, introduction, and delivery of BCAITC resources.

Ensues delivery of resources meets BCAIT standards

Ensures programs and resources are readily accessible to all educators and their students.

Ensure website content is updated to reflect current learning resources

Identifies enhanced methods for accessing BCAITC learning resources.

Contributes to the promotion of all BCAITC programs and learning resources.

**Organizational Effectiveness**
- Provides appropriate support to the Executive Director including information and input to assist with Foundation decision-making, evaluation of existing resources, and recommendations for ongoing enhancements to ensure the viability and effectiveness of BCAITC learning resources.
- Prepare written, quarterly reports on progress to objectives.

**Required Experience, Skills & Knowledge**
- Demonstrate a strong commitment and passion to make a contribution to agricultural education and educator development.
- Demonstrate an understanding of agricultural education philosophy and best practice methodology in relationship to the BCAITC mission and purpose.
- Knowledge of current trends and demands of agricultural industry to guide curriculum alignment.
- Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of current educational trends in curriculum and instruction.
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