Job Title: Literacy Basic Skills (LBS)/ Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) Instructor

Job Type: This is a TEMPORARY full time, 35 hours per week, 10 months plus 10 days .This temporary position is available due to an employee leave.

Location: Peterborough Alternative & Continuing Education (PACE),(201 McDonnel St, Peterborough, ON K9H 2W1)

Reports to: Principal of PACE

Salary: $28.94 to $32.15 per hour (Pay Band 9)

Start Date: Immediately

End Date: October 28, 2027. This is a temporary position which can end earlier than originally anticipated

Closing Date: November 17, 2026, at 4:00PM

This is a unionized position within the CUPE Local 5555 bargaining unit and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Collective Agreement.

- We offer eligible employees a comprehensive employee pension (OMERS) upon start date.

Who We Are

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPR) offers a world-class education for approximately 35,000 students in 87 schools. Spanning over 7,000 square kilometers, across diverse rural and urban communities in southeastern Ontario, KPR serves the Municipality of Clarington, Northumberland and Peterborough Counties, and City of Quinte West/Murray Ward.

The Board is situated on the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg people, serving three vibrant Indigenous communities which include Alderville First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.

Today, the Kawartha Pine Ridge school district is home to many First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and we acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of all Indigenous people across Turtle Island, current and throughout history.





All positions in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board support the schools priority of student achievement and the Boards mission to educate our students to excel in learning, to succeed in life and to enrich our communities.

Main Responsibilities:

The purpose of the LBS/PLAR Instructor is to support individuals in a group setting to develop and reach individualized goals by creating curriculum to match their needs based on their goal path, which can be education, employment and/or increased independence.

General Duties:

- Instruct according to learner's needs in accordance with individual goal paths, levels and needs using appropriate and relevant resources and methods of delivery, in accordance with the relevant curriculum frameworks and guidelines.
- Develop, in collaboration with the learner, a Learner Plan, which outlines competencies and activities in which the learner will engage to reach stated goals.
- Adapt and create materials and resources to provide individual, small group, and/or remedial instruction as to meet the needs of individual learners.
- Develop and deliver content and learning materials that utilize a broad range of appropriate techniques and strategies, including hybrid training models
- Develop short term and long term goals appropriate to the needs and interests of learners.




- Conduct regular learner assessments in order to determine learners' progress as appropriate to individual learners and programs.
- Report, record and maintain accurate and up-to-date attendance registers as appropriate to the program.
- Ensure maintenance of accurate documentation of all learner files to meet the required standards.
- Encourage clients to become autonomous, active, and self-aware learners, engaged in and responsible for their learning.
- Provide a secure, nurturing, bias-free, positive and respectful learning environment that recognizes individual differences.
- Accommodate diverse backgrounds and cultural and religious needs of learners.
- Support learners with IEPs through differentiated instruction and by developing/implementing programming accommodations, as required.
- Advocate for and assist learners to remove barriers to learning i.e. Transportation, homelessness, medical and disability issues, learning disabilities, financial support by connecting them to appropriate community resources.
- Collaborate and be part of effective planning by sharing best practices with colleagues.
- Network and develop partnerships with community partners and agencies.
- Embrace and promote Adult Learning principles in practice and program design.
- Complete all required paperwork and/or reports.
- Other duties as assigned

Literacy Basic Skills (LBS) duties:

- Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) Service Delivery Agreement and Customer Service Charter and Service Provider Program Guidelines.
- Provide learners with five LBS services: Information and Referral, Assessment, Learner Plan Development, Training and Follow up, a

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