Date & Time

Start: March 9, 2017 04:30 PM

End: March 9, 2017 06:30 PM

Location

Address: 1137 Alumni Ave Engineering, Management and Education Bldg

City: Kelowna

Province: British Columbia

Contact

Name: Sabre Cherkowski

Email: jill.dickau@ubc.ca

Description

Living Democracy: Examining the vital connections between education and engaged citizenship.

Dr. Catherine Broom, Dr. Christopher Martin and Dr. Margaret Macintyre Latta will be presenting research on Canadian democracy and recent publications.

Kyle Hamilton and Ryan Holly, teachers from School District 23, will also be presenting about their work on citizenship, democracy and social justice through education.

RSVP:

https://living-democracy.eventbrite.com

Price:

FREE

If you are a certified BC teacher and would like to work 1-on-1 with students from K-Gr. 12 for the following subjects and exams, please contact us.

1. English, Math, Social Studies and Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
2. AP courses, IB courses
3. SSAT, IELTS

The Junction Literacy Centre provides an After School Reading Program at 5 Vernon elementary schools. Volunteers work with small groups of grade 2 and 3 children, under the direction of two certified teachers. This program takes place Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays from 3:00-4:15 from January to mid March. Volunteers can work one or two days as they choose. If you would like to support children as they learn to read and learn about early literacy strategies, please email skillsboost@junctionliteracy.ca or call Brigitt Johnson at 250.275.3117.

I am looking for a math tutor for my grade 6 son, whom is highly gifted, but has a few holes in his math, that he needs to get caught up on.

The tutoring would need to take place at Kelowna Christian School (Middle school campus on Benvoulin at KLO) on Monday’s from 11:00-12:15pm and Friday’s from 9:50am – 11:15am. There would also be opportunity for Thursday’s at 3pm.

Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School is a dynamic and progressive independent school located next door to UBC-O on Academy Way.

We are looking to hire post-secondary students to work in our after-school programs for students in Kindergarten to Grade 6. We offer; daily childcare, sports and games clubs, arts and crafts clubs, and academic centered clubs.

Prospective instructors should be available for one or more weekday afternoon shifts from 3:15 to 5:15 pm.

Pay is $15/hour. Other benefits include; a conveniently close location to the University, beautiful facilities, and excellent work-experience and references.

For more information or to apply please contact Ryan Hannan in person at Aberdeen Hall or via email (rwhannan@gmail.com).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Title: Education and Public Programs Assistant

Part time/Casual: 12 – 18 hours per week (2 to 3 days per week)
Wage: $13.50 per hour

Position Start/End Dates: September 2016 – June 2017
Deadline for Applications: Tuesday September 6, 2016

The Kelowna Art Gallery is now accepting applications for a part-time education and public programs assistant. This position will play a key role in helping to coordinate the Gallery’s school tour program, which runs up to three tours per day, from September to June, Monday through Friday. This position is an opportunity to build on experience working with children and youth and expand your knowledge of the visual arts.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the public programming coordinator, the education and public programs assistant will support the Gallery’s school tour program by:
◦ Assisting public programming coordinator with training school tour volunteers
◦ Leading interactive tours of the current exhibitions
◦ Facilitating hands-on art activities
◦ Overseeing school tour volunteers/docents
◦ Daily organizing, cleaning, and preparing supplies

The ideal candidate possesses the following qualities, knowledge and experience:
◦ A university degree in visual arts, art history, education, or another related field
◦ Experience in a museum, gallery, or teaching context dealing with front-line tasks and working with the public
◦ Knowledge of art history and contemporary art
◦ Enjoys working with people and children in a social learning environment
◦ Excellent customer-service skills
◦ Ability to be courteous at all times and in all circumstances
◦ Be dynamic, proactive, and outgoing
◦ Ability to provide a recent and valid police background check

Please send your covering letter and CV to: hr@kelownaartgallery.com

The Kelowna Art Gallery is an equal-opportunity employer. We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching the BC curriculum in Math and Science to Grade 5 and/or Grade 6 students. They will also be responsible for a G5 or 6 Homeroom.

2 or 3 Secondary English/SS/Communications teaching 10-12 positions with some ESL and
1 Sc 10/Physics.Bi/Chem 11/12 teaching position

See Makeafuture.ca website (offshore schools section) for full information