Casual Homestay Coordinator, Windermere Zone, effective March 15, 2017 (contracts renewed annually). Compensation for this position varies according to the employment situation. School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) is located in the beautiful Rocky Mountain Trench encompassing the communities of Golden, Invermere and Kimberley. The District has shared services agreements with School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay) and School District No. 19 (Revelstoke) to manage international education in those jurisdictions. The combined Rocky Mountain International Student Program places 200+ international students each year in the communities of Revelstoke, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley, Cranbrook, and Fernie. Depending on the employment situation, the successful candidate will: work closely with the International Education Manager, the International Student Program Coordinator, and school administrators to support international student placements with Windermere and area host families; coordinate and supervise a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, events, and trips; meet and/or communicate with international students, school administrators, teaching staff, and host parents on a regular basis; communicate with education agents and/or natural parents in the students’ home countries; process and manage student and host family information and documentation; be on-call to provide advice/support and to attend to emergency situations; hold a valid BC Driver’s license (Class 5) with a Class 4 license considered an asset; ·own a vehicle suitable for transporting students if/when needed; have or be willing to obtain Occupational First Aid (Level 1); and perform other related duties as needed or assigned. Experience working with an international student program, experience as a host parent, and experience working with high school-aged students and organizing/supervising activities and events will be considered assets. Applications from persons with experience living and working abroad and with foreign language ability are encouraged. For more information