About the role

  • Build and maintain professional, trusting relationships with approximately 20–25 teachers, primarily from the 2025 cohort, working in northern First Nations.
  • Travel to First Nations communities up to 8–10 weeks per year to provide in-school coaching, lead professional development, and build relationships with local education leaders.
  • Collaborate with the Teacher Development team to deliver support projects and programming for the Gakino’amaage teachers (including professional development, peer support, and personal support).
  • Collaborate with the Teacher Development team to create and implement new support resources and initiatives based on teacher, education assistant, and community partner needs and requests.
  • Support other programmatic and operational activities within specific region (e.g. recruitment activities, relationship-building with Indigenous and education bodies, Advisory Council meetings, and fundraising meetings).
  • Perform administrative and reporting tasks using Microsoft, Google Suite, ClickUp, Mail Chimp, Mail Merge, and Salesforce, as well as show willingness to learn new systems as needed.
  • Work with the Gakino’amaage team to effectively plan and deliver all activities throughout the Summer Enrichment Program, taking ownership over specific portfolio responsibilities as assigned.
  • Collaborate with the Gakino’amaage team to ensure that teacher and education assistant experiences inform programming initiatives.
  • Support the Teacher Recruitment team and Education Assistant Program lead in implementing the 2025-2026 Summer Enrichment Program and 2025-2026 school initiatives.
  • Support the department's quarterly planning, annual planning, and review processes to reach and advance the goals of the department and organization.
  • Support the Teacher Development and Gakino’amaage team in other ways as needed.

Requirements

  • Must have a valid driver’s license.
  • Must be experienced teachers in one of Gakino’amaage: Teach For Canada jurisdictions (ON, MB, SK, AB) or have equivalent classroom or educational leadership experience, ideally in culturally diverse settings.
  • Experience facilitating professional development sessions
  • Experience teaching in or working with northern First Nations
  • Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support teachers in high-stress or isolated work environments

Benefits

  • Access to physical and mental wellness supports
  • Flexible hours
  • Professional development opportunities
  • National Indigenous Peoples Day and the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as statutory holidays
  • Last week of December is paid time off

Job title

Teacher Development Manager – Parental Leave Cover

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$54,880 - CA$70,388 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridCanada

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