Position: Likely to be vacant

Position Type: Full time, Monday to Friday

Location: Toronto campus - 318 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 1T7

Branch: Senior School

Salary Range: Teachers at TFS are members of the Alliance des enseignants de la Toronto French School union. Salaries are determined according to a structured grid that considers years of teacher-training (college or university) and professional experience.

We have four salary levels (from D to G), each with its own minimum and maximum range:

- Level D: from $66,016 to $109,105
- Level E: from $68,064 to $115,414
- Level F: from $75,023 to $134,978
- Level G: from $78,299 to $138,321

Start Date: September 2027

About The Position:

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Learning Forum and under the day-to-day supervision of the Senior School Principal, you will contribute to the teaching and tools enabling our students, from Grade 6 to Level V, to gain an information culture but also to understand how to use this information.

Under your guidance, the library will become recognized as a culture and knowledge centre. It will be a true learning place, providing information and documentation, both in hard-copy and digitally. It will play a crucial role in the school’s cultural and educational environment, eliciting our students’ intellectual curiosity and allowing them to develop a multicultural, multilingual and international perspective, with a focus on French literacy.

As a member of the Learning Forum team and along with the other educational team members and as part of the school’s strategic plan, you will implement a knowledge-sharing policy, which will identify the teaching practices, census and analysis of our students’ needs,



as well as teachers’ needs in terms of information and documentation, thus supporting their teaching and learning.

Objectives

- You will Steer students’ acquisition of knowledge and relevant competencies defined by the curricula and their development in media and information-handling in a warm, welcoming and inspiring setting.
- You will Help the students to take on a critical approach to information and knowledge sources by providing a wide diversity of resources, methods and tools and by placing your action within the framework of media and information literacy
- By applying your pedagogical practices, you will promote autonomy, initiative and teamwork with the students, as well as personalised learning, interdisciplinarity and the appropriate use of communication and information tools.
- You will Work closely with the teachers to ensure an appropriate and effective use of new educational technologies.
- You will contribute to the students’ cultural, social and citizenship education by implementing various projects, and organizing events which will encourage their interest in reading. You will organise these using your in-depth knowledge of both general and children’s literature, promoting artistic, scientific and technical cultures, while taking into account the students’ needs,



the local context and the school’s strategic plan.
- You will be responsible for looking after the information holdings, their continuous enrichment, their organization and how they are used, ensuring there is a wide diversity of resources and tools available to both students and teachers, issued from either digital or paper sources.
- You will support the Learning Forum with related administrative duties.
- You will establish and maintain partnerships with local libraries (e.g. Toronto Public Library), media, cultural associations and other establishments, in order to assist users have access to additional resources (digital and hard-copy).

Who We Are Looking For:

We recruit candidates who embrace our TFS values of integrity, discernment, respect and engagement. The ideal candidate profile is as follows:

Qualifications:

- Postgraduate studies in education (master level or equivalent)
- Library and information Studies diploma
- Certified teacher in information/documentation (CAPES)

Experiences:

- Teacher-documentalist in a French or bilingual school in Canada or in a foreign country, Librarian or Specialist in Information Studies
- Leading teams of teachers
- Implementation of wide-ranging unifying projects

Required Competencies:

- Solid knowledge of the French programs of the French National Ministry, the Ontario program, the Middle Years Program (MYP) and the IB Diploma Program
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a good listener
- Ability to adapt easily and a team player, as well as being capable to create and innovate
- Methodical and meticulous
- Developed intrapersonal skills and openness of mind
- Bilingual (F

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