Foods 7 - 12
Reason: Position is due to a leave
School District #8 (Kootenay Lake) has a vacancy for a dynamic and passionate educator at Mt. Sentinel Secondary School in South Slocan, BC. Mt. Sentinel is a Grade 7-12 school, with a current enrolment of 285 students.
Job Description and Requirements: We are looking for an innovative, creative, and flexible teacher who demonstrates a proficient understanding of the renewed BC curriculum, the K–12 Reporting Policy, and School District 8, Kootenay Lake’s 2024–2029 Strategic Plan. The successful applicant will have recent experience teaching Foods and Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) in middle and secondary school settings and be comfortable working with students across multiple grade levels.
The successful applicant will be well-versed in assessment practices that support learning, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and the effective integration of technology. They will strive to create engaging, challenging, supportive, and relationship focused learning environments that respond to the diverse strengths and needs of learners while promoting creativity, practical skill development, safety, and independence.
We invite you to join our agile and collaborative school team, committed to supporting the academic, social-emotional, and deeper learning needs of a diverse student body in our rural school setting.
Position Description: This is a part-time, job share Foods position working Thursdays and Fridays in collaboration with the Foods teacher on partial leave. The successful applicant will teach Grade 7 and 8 Foods, Foods 9/10, and Foods 11/12, working with students across the middle and secondary years.
The position also includes supporting our school meals program. The successful applicant will work collaboratively with the job share teacher to provide continuity in curriculum, assessment, classroom routines, and programming for students. This position requires a teacher who values collaboration, strong relationships, hands-on learning, and the development of practical skills in a safe and inclusive learning environment.
Educational Qualifications:
· A valid BC teaching certificate and current membership in the Teacher Regulation Branch
· Bachelor of Teacher Education (middle or secondary preferred) with a major or minor or specialization in Foods Studies or other relevant area of ADST




· Having experience working in the food industry is preferred if there is no major/minor specialization in ADST curriculum.
· Recent demonstrated successful experience teaching Foods 7 – 12 is preferred.
· Recent successful experience teaching in a grade 7 - 12 setting.
· Current Food Safe certificate is preferred.
· Excellent communication, interpersonal and classroom management skills
· Demonstrated ability to use a variety of teaching and assessment strategies
· Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
· Experience with a variety of learning management systems
Required Competencies and Experience:
Demonstrated ability to plan engaging, hands-on, and developmentally appropriate learning for students across multiple grade levels using backward design, differentiation, and responsive instructional approaches to meet the strengths, needs, interests, and abilities of diverse learners.
Demonstrated ability to create safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environments that foster student engagement, belonging, self-regulation, independence, and responsibility for learning.
Experience collaborating with colleagues and the School-Based Team, including Inclusion Support, Aboriginal Education, Education Assistants, and Counselling, to plan and implement appropriate supports, adaptations, modifications, and differentiation for students with diverse learning and behavioral needs.
Demonstrated ability to establish clear learning intentions aligned with BC curriculum Big Ideas and Curricular Competencies, and to communicate student learning effectively with students and families in accordance with the K–12 Student Reporting Policy.
Demonstrated proficiency in assessment practices that support learning, including the use of varied assessment strategies to gather evidence of learning and inform instruction.
Experience using educational technologies to enhance teaching and learning, along with a demonstrated willingness to learn and integrate new tools and applications.




Demonstrated ability to incorporate Indigenous worldviews, perspectives, and knowledge into teaching and learning, and to build respectful relationships with students, families, colleagues, and community.
Knowledge and experience with the Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) curriculum for Foods across Grades 7–12, with the ability to design meaningful, engaging, and hands on learning experiences that develop practical skills and provide opportunities for cross-curricular learning.
Demonstrated knowledge of safe food handling practices and the ability to establish and maintain safe, organized, and effective kitchen learning environments.
Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning and reflective practice aligned with school and district priorities.
For questions please contact Principal, Shellie Maloff at [email protected]
SD8 serves families in a spectacular, biodiverse region that includes a portion of the West and East Kootenays in southeastern B.C. Its six families of schools are situated across 15,000 square kilometers of rivers, valleys, lakes, and three mountain ranges, connected by two main municipalities—the Town of Creston and the City of Nelson—with the villages of Slocan, Kaslo, Salmo and many smaller, rural communities dotted in between. Our district is a great place to live, to work, and for children to learn and thrive.
The School Board Office is located in Nelson, B.C. Our schools are dispersed geographically and range in size and composition:
- 13 elementaryschools
- 1 middleschool
- 1 K-10school
- 4 secondaryschools
- 2 K-12schools
- online learningand blendedprograms
- an extensive array of program options, including Aboriginal Education, Late French Immersion, Outdoor Programs, and a strong International Program.
Salary Range;$68,589 - $114,833 per year, in accordance with the current SD8–Kootenay Lake / KLTF Collective Agreement. Placement on the salary grid is based on qualifications and years of teaching experience as evaluated by the BC Teacher Qualification Service (TQS).
Job Description & Requirements
Applicants must be certified in British Columbia with a Professional Teaching Certificate, or be eligible for certification by the start date of the assignment.
School District 8 supports equity hiring for Indigenous applicants.

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📌 0.31 FTE (Term) Foods teacher, Mount Sentinel Secondary (British Columbia)
🏢 School District #8 (Kootenay Lake)
📍 British Columbia