Start date: between August 10 - 17, 2026. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received, with interviews occurring between March and June.
Organization Overview
LDS - Learn. Develop. Succeed. is a growing, innovative, research-based, educational nonprofit charity serving children, youth and adults with diagnosed or suspected learning differences such as dyslexia and dyscalculia and other brain-based differences like ADHD and ASD. Our growing, affordable programs and services operate throughout Canada live online, from our Learning Centres in East Vancouver and North Vancouver, at in-school locations, and in Access, our electric vehicle mobile classroom.
Purpose of Position
Senior instructors dedicate roughly 70% of their time to work related to their own instructional sessions. Instructional sessions are one-to-one and one-to-three with school-aged (Kindergarten to grade 12) learners, delivering individualized and comprehensive learning support that is neuroaffirming, strengths-based, and evidence-based. The other roughly 30% of the role is dedicated to mentorship, support, and training of other instructors. The exact division of work varies across the year and is impacted by organizational needs.
Principal Roles and Responsibilities
Deliver one-to-one instruction
- Create and maintain a learning environment that is neuroaffirming, strengths-based, and enjoyable for all learners, at all times.
- Quickly build a strong rapport with learners and provide social-emotional support in relation to learning.
- Identify learner strengths and challenges through informal and formal assessment
- Draw from multiple resources and curricula to develop and implement year-long learning plans and daily lesson plans for your assigned learners that are individualized, neuroaffirming, strength-based, evidence-based, technology-enhanced and linked to measurable learning goals
- Monitor and adjust lesson planning to best meet learner needs and goals daily and over the course of the year
- Write formal progress reports, within a given template and format, three times a year, with or without assistive technology like Grammarly or speech-to-text software.
- Write and send session notes to learners/families following each session, with or without assistive technology like Grammarly or speech-to-text software.
Mentorship and Instructor Support
- Mentorship of new instructors, from onboarding through their first 3 months of instruction, in any/all of the instructor roles and responsibilities
- Observation of sessions to provide feedback on neuroaffirming, strengths-based and individualized instructional approach
- Training or mentorship of instructors in areas of the senior instructor’s instructional expertise
- As needed: support with instructional resource management (renewal and subscription, digital resource organization)
- As needed: support for the case management team with admin or instructor-related tasks
Be a respectful LDS team member.
- Participate in team-wide and individual professional learning throughout the year
- Communicate proactively and professionally with various team members, through various channels (verbal and written), while being mindful of your own and others’ varied communication styles.
- Share LDS’ physical learning resources, assistive technology, and spaces for instruction, being mindful of others’ schedules and programming needs.
Competencies
- Comprehensive understanding of neurodiversity and the wide variety of learning, sensory, and social-emotional profiles and support needs of neurodivergent learners. Strong understanding of how this impacts learning and instructional approaches, as demonstrated in the senior instructor’s own instructional experience and approach to instruction.
- Comprehensive instructional knowledge across math and literacy concepts for K-12 learners
- Ability to apply understanding of neurodiversity and instructional approaches to mentor instructors towards alignment with our instructional values and approaches, as well as policies and procedures
- Outstanding writing of individualized learning plans and reports, including the ability to write these independently within a given strengths-based and neuroaffirming framework, the ability to adapt to unique cases where variation or creativity from the framework is required, and the ability to do this efficiently during high-volume times while supporting others in the report-writing process
- Ability to navigate times of high volume that pertain to own instruction and mentee instructors at the same time (start of the year, preceding reporting deadlines
- Ability to comfortably complete daily lesson prep within 20 minutes per session
- Ability to work and manage time within a role that has variable workload peaks and valleys across the calendar year
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, able to coordinate between conflicting priorities and team member schedules
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset
- Self-motivated and self-directed
Requirements
- 6+ years of recent teaching experience, working with school-aged children with diagnosed or suspected learning differences
- Extensive experience using structured, systematic, and explicit instructional approaches
- Extensive experience teaching literacy concepts across many grade levels, using approaches aligned with structured literacy/the Science of Reading
- Extensive experience teaching math concepts across many grade levels, using approaches that focus on building conceptual understanding rather than rote memorization
- Extensive experience providing support for executive functioning skills, sensory processing, and/or social-emotional learning
- Strong written and oral communication skills (English; French not required), with or without the use of assistive technology
- Ability to provide a criminal record check with vulnerable sector screening
- Eligibility to work in Canada
- Asset: access to a personal vehicle and the ability to travel to and from our North Vancouver Learning Centre to meet with mentees
Start date: between August 10 - 17, 2026. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received, with interviews occurring between March and June.
Reports to: Senior Manager, Instruction and Innovation
Hours of work: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday or Tuesday to Saturday
- Monday to Friday, 11:30 am – 7:30 pm
- Tuesday to Friday 11:30 am - 7:30 pm and Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
June and July: Monday to Friday, ending at 6:30 pm latest
Remuneration and Benefits: Salary per annum
- $62,000 to $68,000 annual salary
- Financial support for relocation expenses is available
- $1,000 contribution to RRSP or equivalent in 2026. For reference, our organization is currently researching whether and how we may participate in retirement savings/pension plan options. Updates on this may be offered during the interview process.
- Paid vacation starting at 4-6% and increasing after two years of continuous service, with options for unpaid time off
- Office closure from December 25 to January 1, which does not count toward vacation
- Benefits entitlement after 3 months – Extended Health and Dental, and Travel as well as AD&D, CI, LTD and life insurance.
- Access to workshops, events, and education to promote growth and development in the organization
- Neuroaffirming, inclusive, and flexible workplace
- Values-based organization with collaborative peers with a wide range of backgrounds and talents
- Inclusive culture and innovative workplace with opportunity for new approaches and growth
LDS is proud to be a Certified Living Wage Employer in BC!
Location: East Vancouver Learning Centre – 3292 East Broadway, Vancouver (with the occasional option to work from home during non-instructional times)
Job Type: Full-time
Equity: LDS is committed to employment equity and believes that a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve strengthens our ability to achieve our mission. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, abilities, and with a range of life experiences to apply.
How to apply: Please apply directly through our careers page https://ldsociety.ca/careers/.
- To complete your application, you will need to upload a resume and cover letter, and then answer a few short questions.
- In your cover letter, please include the following information:
- Why are you interested in this role?
- Explain how you meet the listed requirements and competencies
- Share anything else relevant to your fit for the role
- For any questions about the job posting, or if you need an accommodation to apply, please contact [email protected]
Applications will be considered as received. Thank you for your interest in working with LDS – Learn. Develop. Succeed.
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