Teacher Aide (Ongoing Inventory)

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘Q𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧H𝗘 F𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡F𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡:
A response to a text question addressing the following: The qualifications "Ability to communicate effectively in writing" and "Indigenous cultural awareness" are included in the online application process and you will be assessed based on your submitted response to a question.

❗❗ 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 ❗❗
Please note that a withdrawal of candidacies will be held on *September 3, 2024*. Consequently, we strongly encourage you to complete your application and submit it before this date in order to be part of the next group assessed. All subsequent withdrawal of applications will occur based on operational needs.

We kindly request your attention to our tight assessment schedule. Initial screening of applications will take place during the week of September 3, and selected candidates will be contacted for Interviews scheduled during the week of September 17. We appreciate your understanding and prompt attention to this schedule.

As this is an ongoing inventory, applications will be pulled from the inventory regularly to meet immediate needs. We will update the job poster for the next pull of applications.

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𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
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✅ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?
An inventory is a selection process that can be used by various hiring managers to meet their current and future needs. As a result, you will apply only once to be considered for Teacher Aide opportunities.

𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN ASSESSED WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THE 6 MONTH PERIOD HAS ELAPSED. WE ENCOURAGE ALL INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY, BUT PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS TIMEFRAME IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY UNDERGONE ASSESSMENT WITH US.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AND HAVE QUALIFIED IN THE POOL, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RE-APPLY FOR THE NEXT PULL OF APPLICATIONS.

Your application in this inventory will be active for 120 days. A notice that your application is about to expire will be posted to the My Jobs Menu of your account 20 days before the end of your active period. It is important that you monitor your e-mail and resubmit your application when prompted, or your application will be removed from the inventory. This ensures that the information that is provided to hiring managers is current and up-to-date, as well as ensuring that the candidates in the inventory are still interested in employment. You can click on the link in the e-mail to access your account, and you will have a message informing you that your application is set to expire. Click on “Update My Inventory Status” to resubmit your application.

✅ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 "𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆" 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻?
Once your application has been successfully submitted to the inventory, your status may be: "Date of disclosure of results: Listed in the inventory". This automatically generated message by the system means that your application can be considered. You will be informed in the event that your application is considered as part of a process generated from this inventory.

✅ 𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗱𝗼?
Simply update them in the "Personal Information" section, in the "My Job File" menu of your account. This will allow us to have your current contact information and ensure adequate follow-up in the event that your application is considered as part of a process issued from this inventory.

You can choose to update your application when you resubmit it to the inventory, or anytime that something changes that will impact your application. For example, if you gain more experience in an area that is related to the qualifications outlined in the inventory, it would be beneficial to update your application to reflect this. Since hiring managers screen applications based on the information you provided in the screening questions, it is recommended that you include experience gained after you initially submitted your application to ensure they have all of the relevant information. This also applies to changes in your education level or any of the answers you provided to the screening questions.

Work environment

✨ Who we are ✨

Why choose Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)? This is an opportunity for you to contribute to an interesting and unique mandate! ISC is dedicated to delivering high quality services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Be part of the vision to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.

Leave your mark on Canadian history, and join colleagues committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and sharing the academic challenges and successes of working and teaching in a First Nations community. You can’t find this type of experience anywhere else.

If you are:
❑ Interested in developing your Indigenous cultural competency
❑ Seeking a rewarding challenge
❑ Wanting to experience a unique teaching environment
❑ Interested in working in the largest First Nation community in Canada
❑ Seeking an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Indigenous children,

then this opportunity is for you! We are looking for qualified teacher aides to join the Federal Schools team.

Intent of the process

This is an inventory by which we will establish a list/pool of fully qualified candidates to staff elementary Teacher Aide positions for various periods both permanent and short term which will vary according to the need for Teacher Aides throughout the school year at Six Nations of the Grand River (Ohsweken, Ontario).

❗❗❗ An inventory is a selection process that can be used by various hiring managers to meet their current and future needs. As a result, you will apply only once to be considered for Teacher Aide opportunities.

𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 : CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN ASSESSED WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THE 6 MONTH PERIOD HAS ELAPSED. WE ENCOURAGE ALL INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY, BUT PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS TIMEFRAME IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY UNDERGONE ASSESSMENT WITH US.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AND HAVE QUALIFIED IN THE POOL, YOU DO NOT NEED TO RE-APPLY FOR THE NEXT PULL OF APPLICATIONS.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

💼 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
ED1 - A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (See Note 1).

Note:
1.The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are: ◦A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
◦An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Candidates who already meet both of the following criteria must be accepted as meeting the secondary school diploma requirement:
a.Candidates who have achieved a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; and
b.Candidates who have been appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a position in the EU classification.

The opportunity to be assessed by at least one of the two employer-approved alternatives must be offered to candidates who have not previously met the secondary school diploma requirement.

Candidates who were appointed or deployed on an indeterminate basis using an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience meet the secondary school requirement for the EU classification only and must be reassessed for entry to other classifications on the basis of this alternative.

Degree equivalency

📋 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘
EX1 - Experience working with elementary school (public/private) age children or in a day care setting.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

💡 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘
K1 - Knowledge of the current and innovative learning strategies for working with students with varying learning requirements in groups or on an individual basis.

📁 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗦
CO1 - Indigenous Cultural Awareness
Definition: Cultural awareness requires developing knowledge, skills and attitudes for interacting with diverse people in respectful ways. It involves a continuous process of introspection, developing and practicing appropriate, relevant and sensitive practices. Working and learning together in a First Nations community requires cultural competency to succeed.

⭐ 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗦
AB1 - Ability to assist in the implementation of a prescribed program in both individual and group settings
AB2 - Ability to communicate effectively orally
AB3 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing

✨ 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
PS1 – Judgment
PS2 – Tact
PS3 – Effective interpersonal skills

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

📢 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜F𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
The candidate should demonstrate that they have as many of the asset qualifications as possible because these might be used to determine the priority of qualified candidates.

💼 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
AED1 - Developmental Services Worker Diploma

AED2 - Native Special Education Assistant Diploma/Certificate

AED3 - Early Childhood Education Diploma

AED4 - Native Classroom Assistant Diploma/Certificate

AED5 - Mohawk or Cayuga Language Diploma

Degree equivalency

📋 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘
AEX1 - Experience in teaching Indigenous children

AEX2 - Experience working in the Six Nations community or other First Nation community

AEX3 - Experience working with students in a Cayuga Immersion setting

AEX4 - Experience working with students who have special needs

⭐ 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗦
AAB1 - Ability to communicate orally in Cayuga
AAB2 - Ability to communicate in writing in Cayuga
AAB3 - Ability to communicate orally in Mohawk
AAB4 - Ability to communicate in writing in Mohawk

👉 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗/𝗢𝗥 F𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜Z𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦
Indigenous Services Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce which represents the population it serves. In order to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application indicate that they belong to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Aboriginal peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Must be willing to deploy to different federal schools at Six Nations

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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Application process
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We will only accept on-line applications received via the GC Jobs site. To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below. Please DO NOT send a cover letter. These screening questions replace the cover letter. We will NOT review cover letters.

You will be required to complete screening questions as part of your online application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples and sufficient information that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Please include a resume. Your resume may be used to validate the information provided in the screening questions. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience and will not contact candidates for additional or potentially missing information.

Persons who are unable to apply on-line or require accommodations must contact the person listed below prior to the closing date.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

Candidates are strongly encouraged to indicate if they meet any of the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates.

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Assessment
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A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates, such as: *written test, practical test, situational exercise, *oral interview, simulation, presentation, role play, work samples, performance appraisals, *reference checks, and/or *assessment board member personal/direct knowledge of candidates' qualifications. Some assessment tools may be administered electronically, others, in-person. (*indicates those tools that will most likely be used in this process.)

Your application, screening questions and text questions will be used to assess the Ability to communicate effectively in writing. Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source of information and your resume will only be used to validate this information. Lack of examples and details, or indicating "please refer to resume", will result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine if the requirement is met.

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Proof of education
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Candidates invited to the assessment stage will be required to provide ORIGINAL proof of their education credentials, i.e., their degree or official transcript. Failure to do so may result in you not being considered further in the selection process.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

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Communication
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PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews).

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. It is your responsibility to inform us at all times of any changes regarding your contact information.

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Official languages
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• Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Apply online