Hybrid Teacher Development Manager – Parental Leave Cover

at Gakino'amaage: Teach For Canada

• Job title: Teacher Development Manager – Parental Leave Cover
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: CA$54,880 - CA$70,388 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Canada

About the role

• Teacher Development Manager building relationships with educators in northern First Nations. Collaborating on programming initiatives and providing professional development support.

Responsibilities

• 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