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School Subject: Social Studies

  • Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers

    Legacy duties

    • Prepare courses for presentation to students according to approved curriculum
    • Teach students using a systematic plan of lessons, discussions, audio-visual presentations and field trips
    • Lead students in activities to promote their physical, mental and social development and their school readiness
    • Assign and correct homework
    • Prepare, administer and correct tests
    • Evaluate the progress of students and discuss results with students, parents and school officials
    • Identify children's individual learning needs
    • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help
    • Participate in staff meetings, educational conferences and teacher training workshops
    • May supervise teachers' aides and student teachers.
    • Elementary school and kindergarten teachers may specialize in such areas as special education or second language instruction.

  • Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors

    Legacy duties

    • Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
    • Conduct vocational testing and psychometric assessment
    • Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
    • Counsel clients, provide therapy and mediation services, and facilitate group sessions
    • Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling programs and interventions, and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and movement toward defined objectives
    • Follow up on results of counselling programs and clients' adjustments
    • Prepare assessment, progress, follow-up and court reports
    • May supervise other counsellors, social service staff and assistants
    • May provide public education and consultation to other professionals or groups regarding counselling services, issues and methods
    • May provide witness testimony in court proceedings
    • May conduct research, publish research papers, educational texts and articles and deliver presentations at conferences.
    • May participate in fundraising activities.
    • Family, marriage and other related counsellors often specialize in dealing with a specific client group such as injured workers, or with specific problems, such as drug and alcohol addiction, marital difficulties or behavioural disorders.

  • Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants

    Legacy duties

    • Assist students with lessons under direct supervision of classroom teacher
    • Monitor and report to classroom teacher on student progress
    • Assist in preparation of learning materials and environment
    • Accompany and supervise students during activities in school gymnasiums, laboratories, libraries, resource centres and on field trips
    • Assist special needs students, such as those with mental or physical disabilities, with mobility, communication and personal hygiene
    • Prepare classroom displays and bulletin boards
    • Operate or assist teacher in operation of projectors, tape recorders and other audio-visual equipment and office equipment such as photocopier, fax machine and computer
    • Carry out behaviour modification, personal development and other therapeutic programs under supervision of professionals such as special education instructors, psychologists or speech-language pathologists
    • Work with special needs students using techniques such as sign language, Bliss symbols or Braille
    • Monitor students during recess, at noon hour or during the day
    • May assist with marking of tests and worksheets
    • Assist with classroom inventory
    • Assist in school library or office and perform other duties assigned by school principal.

  • Editors

    Legacy duties

    • Evaluate suitability of manuscripts, articles, news copy and wire service dispatches for publication, broadcast or electronic media and recommend or make changes in content, style and organization
    • Read and edit copy to be published or broadcast to detect and correct errors in spelling, grammar and syntax, and shorten or lengthen copy as space or time requires
    • Confer with authors, staff writers, reporters and others regarding revisions to copy
    • Plan and implement layout or format of copy according to space or time allocations and significance of copy
    • Plan and co-ordinate activities of staff and assure production deadlines are met
    • Plan coverage of upcoming events and assign work accordingly
    • Write or prepare introductions, marketing and promotional materials, biographical notes, indexes and other text
    • May negotiate royalties with authors and arrange for payment of freelance staff.
    • Editors may specialize in a particular subject area, such as news, sports or features, or in a particular type of publication, such as books, magazines, newspapers or manuals.

  • Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors

    Legacy duties

    • Pick up messages, letters, envelopes, parcels, airline tickets, legal documents, packages, bonds, cheques, securities and other items from customers, and hand-deliver them to addresses within an establishment or in other establishments by walking or cycling within prescribed time periods
    • Collect payment for items delivered
    • Keep record of items received and delivered using delivery information acquisition devices
    • Deliver newspapers, flyers, handbills, telephone directories and similar items to residences and businesses.

  • Lumber Graders and Other Wood Processing Inspectors and Graders

    Legacy duties

    • Examine lumber visually for knots, holes, splits and other defects and sort for further drying, trimming or remanufacturing
    • Measure lumber using callipers, gauges and tape measures to ensure specified thickness, length and width
    • Classify and sort lumber according to industry standards and stamp lumber to indicate grade, wood type, moisture level and other characteristics
    • Tally lumber
    • Complete and maintain reports.
    • Inspect plywood panels, veneer sheets, panelboards, shingles and similar wood products visually for knots, holes, splits, straightness and other defects
    • Mark defects and sort for repair or reprocessing
    • Measure wood products to ensure conformance to specifications using standard measuring instruments
    • Grade and label wood products according to quality standards
    • Maintain and complete inspection and grading reports.