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Secondary Teacher – Humanities or Multi-Subject | Cross-Curricular Learning

Whytecliff Agile Learning Centres – Langley, BC
Full-time | In person
Pay: CA$59,711–CA$75,903 per year
Pay commensurate with experience
Start date: As soon as available

Join Our Team at Whytecliff Agile Learning Centres

Are you a secondary teacher who wants to help students reconnect with learning — and who enjoys working beyond the boundaries of a single subject area?

Whytecliff Agile Learning Centres in Langley, BC is looking for a strong, thoughtful teacher to add depth, range, and teaching capacity to our small collaborative team.

We are deliberately keeping the subject area somewhat open.

You might come from Humanities, English, Social Studies, Math, Science, ADST, Art, Careers, Learning Support, outdoor or experiential education, or another secondary teaching area. Some additional Humanities capacity would be useful to us, but we are much more interested in finding the right teacher than in filling one narrowly defined subject position.

The right person will likely have a strong teaching area of their own, along with the flexibility and interest to contribute across subject areas, collaborate with colleagues, and help build engaging, cross-curricular learning experiences across the program.

We are especially interested in someone who brings initiative, sound judgement, creativity, and follow-through — a teacher who can work independently, collaborate well, organize learning experiences, and help turn good ideas into strong student experiences.

Experience with project-based learning is an asset, but just as important is an interest in hands-on, experiential, and cross-curricular learning.

A Little About Us

Whytecliff is unique. We are a BC Ministry of Education accredited independent school and a CARF-accredited therapeutic Positive Youth Development program.

At our Langley campus, we work with a small group of 45–55 students in Grades 8–12. Many of our students have struggled in traditional school settings and arrive with diverse learning needs, social-emotional challenges, anxiety, ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, school avoidance, low confidence, or a history of feeling that school has not worked for them.

That is why teaching here is different.

We are not just trying to cover curriculum. We are helping students experience school as a place where they can belong, build skills, ask better questions, find their voice, and see themselves as capable learners.

We blend academics with Positive Youth Development, outdoor education, project-based learning, mental wellness, social-emotional growth, and real-world skill building. We are small enough to know students well, flexible enough to build around strengths and interests, and structured enough to help students grow.

Want to see more of the work we do?

https://www.ourkids.net/school/whytecliff-agile-learning-centres-langley/651

Who We’re Looking For

We are looking for a teacher who can make learning feel meaningful to students who may not see themselves as “school people.”

You might be an experienced teacher, or you might be earlier in your career with strong teaching instincts, good judgement, creativity, and the capacity to take on greater responsibility over time.

What matters most is that you can teach well, connect well, collaborate well, and help students engage with learning in ways that feel real.

You’re likely a strong fit if you:

• Know your subject and stay curious beyond it – You have a strong teaching area, but your interests do not necessarily stop at the edge of your discipline.
• Can reach reluctant learners – You know how to create entry points for students who are anxious, avoidant, discouraged, impulsive, or unsure of themselves academically.
• Bring structure and imagination – You can plan clearly, teach well, and build learning experiences that feel worth doing.
• Think across subjects – You enjoy finding meaningful connections between different areas of learning.
• Can lead a classroom and build community – You create calm, respectful routines while keeping the work warm, human, and engaging.
• Care about growth beyond marks – You want students to build confidence, voice, responsibility, reflection, communication, and a stronger sense of possibility.
• Take initiative and follow through – You can work independently, organize things well, and help move good ideas into practice.
• Work well with a team – You enjoy collaborating with teachers, youth development workers, counsellors, families, and leadership.

Your additional strengths matter here. We are interested in what else you bring.

The Role: What You’ll Be Doing

This is a secondary teaching role with room for the successful candidate’s strengths to help shape the final assignment.

Our current needs make some additional Humanities capacity useful, but we have flexibility to build the position around the strengths of the right person. Depending on your background, your teaching assignment could include Humanities, English, Social Studies, Math, Science, ADST, Arts, Careers, Learning Support, or other areas of the secondary program.

You will also help strengthen the way projects, themes, field trips, student voice, and evidence of learning come together across the program.

Key responsibilities include:

• Teaching secondary courses – Planning and delivering engaging instruction in your areas of strength for students in Grades 8–12.
• Helping students reconnect with learning – Building confidence in students who may have struggled with academics, focus, organization, attendance, participation, or their own sense of themselves as learners.
• Designing meaningful learning experiences – Creating opportunities for students to read, write, calculate, research, discuss, build, create, present, document, and reflect.
• Supporting diverse learners – Adapting lessons, assignments, pacing, feedback, and assessment so students with IEPs and varied learning needs can participate with dignity and success.
• Building classroom culture – Creating routines, expectations, and group norms that support belonging, focus, respectful disagreement, repair, and return to learning.
• Connecting learning beyond the classroom – Helping connect curriculum with field trips, community experiences, outdoor learning, projects, student showcases, portfolios, presentations, and school-wide themes.
• Using assessment meaningfully – Gathering evidence through observations, conversations, writing, projects, portfolios, presentations, performance tasks, and student reflection.
• Collaborating with the team and families – Working closely with educators, youth development workers, counsellors, families, and leadership so students experience consistent support.
• Contributing to the life of the school – Bringing ideas, helping organize experiences, participating in shared planning, and contributing to student engagement and the overall life of the program.

As interests and strengths emerge, there may also be opportunities to take responsibility for particular projects, curriculum areas, learning experiences, or aspects of program coordination.

Education and Certification

A Bachelor of Education and current BC teacher certification are strongly preferred.

We are looking for candidates with the preparation, experience, and professional background to teach successfully in a BC secondary school setting.

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada. We are not considering offshore applications for this role.

A driver’s licence is preferred.

Experience and Strengths We Value

Experience in any of the following areas is an asset:

• Humanities, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, ADST, Arts, Careers, or another secondary teaching area;
• alternative education, special education, or learning support;
• project-based or cross-curricular learning;
• literacy or numeracy support;
• outdoor, community, or experiential learning;
• assessment and portfolio-based evidence;
• working with neurodiverse learners or students experiencing anxiety, ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, school avoidance, or low academic confidence;
• organizing projects, field trips, showcases, or other shared learning experiences.

Formal leadership experience is not necessary. We are more interested in people who naturally take responsibility, exercise good judgement, communicate well, and can help make worthwhile things happen.

Why Join Us?

At Whytecliff, you will be part of a small team where your presence, ideas, and teaching can make a real difference.

We offer:

• a small school community where you can know students well;
• a setting where relationships, wellness, and learning are genuinely connected;
• opportunities to shape cross-curricular and project-based learning;
• students who need creative, skilled adults to help school feel possible again;
• a collaborative team that values humour, care, initiative, and shared responsibility;
• field trips, outdoor learning, community experiences, and hands-on projects;
• room to bring your own strengths, interests, and ideas into the life of the school;
• casual dress;
• dental care;
• extended health care;
• paid time off;
• RRSP match;
• on-site parking.

Location: Langley, BC
Work location: In person
Job type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday, day shift

No phone calls or offshore applications, please.

Come join us and help kids discover what moves them, be part of something real, and reach their true potential.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $59,711.00-$75,903.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match

Application question(s):

• What draws you to this teaching role at Whytecliff?
• How do you adapt your teaching to students with diverse learning needs, interests, and strengths?
• What is your strongest teaching area, and where else do you enjoy contributing?

Licence/Certification:

• BC Teaching Certificate (preferred)

Work Location: In person