Come teach where language, culture, land, relationships, and the future of our students come together.
Mînî Thnî Community School is seeking a passionate and committed High School English Language Arts (ELA) Teacher who believes that every student belongs, every student is capable of growth, and every student deserves to be met where they are.
We are looking for more than someone who simply teaches English. We are looking for an educator who builds relationships, sees the strengths and potential in every learner, and creates a classroom where students feel safe, valued, challenged, and connected.
Meeting Students Where They Are
Our students come to us with different strengths, experiences, interests, learning needs, and levels of readiness. The successful candidate will understand that effective teaching begins with knowing students well.
You Will Be Expected To
- Use differentiated instruction to provide multiple pathways for students to access learning and demonstrate their understanding.
- Meet students at their current level while maintaining high expectations for growth and achievement.
- Create an inclusive classroom where students of all abilities know that they belong and are valued members of the learning community.
- Use assessment and student data to identify strengths, gaps, and next steps for learning.
- Collaborate with Student Success teachers, Educational Assistants, specialists, families, and school administration to remove barriers and help students succeed.
- Build strong, respectful relationships because we recognize that students learn best when they know the adults in their school believe in them.
Strong Curriculum. Meaningful Learning.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the Alberta High School English Language Arts curriculum and the ability to translate curriculum outcomes into relevant, engaging learning experiences.
ELA should help students become confident readers, writers, speakers, listeners, thinkers, and storytellers. Students should see that literacy matters not only for earning credits and graduating, but also for communicating their ideas, understanding the world around them, advocating for themselves, and pursuing their goals.
Teachers are expected to plan intentionally, assess student learning regularly, provide meaningful feedback, and ensure that instruction remains connected to required curriculum outcomes.
Culture, Identity, and the Land
At Mînî Thnî Community School, education is connected to Stoney Nakoda language, culture, identity, community, and the land.
We are seeking a teacher who approaches this responsibility with humility, curiosity, respect, and a willingness to learn.
The successful candidate will look for meaningful opportunities to connect ELA curriculum with Stoney Nakoda perspectives, stories, language, history, contemporary experiences, and ways of knowing. This includes collaborating with Stoney Language and Culture staff, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, community members, and colleagues.
Learning does not have to remain within four classroom walls.
Teachers are encouraged to incorporate outdoor education and land-based learning into their instructional practice and to see the land as a place where curriculum, culture, identity, storytelling, observation, reflection, and relationships can come together.
Preparing Students for What Comes Next
High school is an important bridge between where students are today and where they want to go tomorrow.
Our responsibility is not simply to help students complete courses. It is to help them see possibilities for themselves.
The successful candidate will help students develop the literacy, communication, critical-thinking, confidence, independence, and self-advocacy skills they will need for life beyond high school.
Whether a student's future includes post-secondary education, trades, employment, entrepreneurship, further training, community leadership, or another pathway, we want our students leaving Mînî Thnî Community School knowing who they are, recognizing their strengths, and believing they have something important to contribute.
We Are Looking For An Educator Who
- Holds, or is eligible to hold, an Alberta Teaching Certificate.
- Has strong knowledge of secondary English Language Arts curriculum and instruction.
- Understands and embraces differentiated and inclusive teaching practices.
- Believes relationships are foundational to student engagement and achievement.
- Maintains high expectations while providing the supports students need to reach them.
- Values Stoney Nakoda culture, language, identity, community knowledge, and ways of knowing.
- Is enthusiastic about outdoor and land-based learning.
- Works collaboratively and respectfully as part of a multidisciplinary school team.
- Is reflective, flexible, creative, and willing to adapt instruction in response to student needs.
- Understands that student success includes academic achievement, belonging, cultural identity, confidence, well-being, graduation, and preparation for the future.
Why Mînî Thnî Community School?
Teaching at Mînî Thnî Community School is an opportunity to be part of an educational community where relationships matter, culture matters, the land matters, and every student matters.
We want educators who are prepared to learn alongside their students and colleagues, contribute to the school community, and recognize the privilege and responsibility of educating Stoney Nakoda youth.
If you believe great teaching starts with relationships, that every learner belongs, and that education should honour where students come from while preparing them for where they want to go, we encourage you to apply.
Join Mînî Thnî Community School and help our students strengthen their voices, celebrate their identities, discover their possibilities, and build their futures.
