“By joining our great family of the Centre de services scolaire du Littoral, excellent educational resources will accompany you, and you will work for the young people of the Lower North Shore, divided into small classes, and, sometimes, at multiple levels. Our communities are warm, friendly, and well served. It is the best place to aspire to a calm and balanced rhythm of life, with both feet in nature! You belong with us!”

ABOUT

• Centre de services scolaire du Littoral has a school clientele of approximately 450 students with approximately 190 employees.
• It offers educational services in general education at preschool, elementary and secondary levels, in addition to literacy and adult general education services. It also offers vocational training programs through agreements with other centres de services scolaire.

Centre de services Scolaire du Littoral provides the unique opportunity to teach smaller, multi-level classes, join a culture of communities and a caring atmosphere, and enjoy an incredible outdoor lifestyle.

The small class sizes provide teachers the opportunity to be devoted to each learner, strengthen their communication and teaching skills, and build a positive teacher-student relationship.

Teaching multiple subjects offers insight into other teaching disciplines, thus expanding teachers’ expertise, allowing them to make an incredible impact.

For more information, visit Centre de services scolaire du Littoral

LIVING HERE

• Enjoy boating, canoeing, kayaking, iceberg and whale watching, and salmon fishing.
• Harvest cloudberries, lingonberries, and crowberries.
• Hike trails such as Jacques Cartier Trails, Kegaska’s crushed seashell trails, St. Augustine’s Trout Point Trail, St. Paul’s River, Harrington Harbor Board Walk Trails, and trails with access to many small sandy beaches to relax and read.
• Access islands that have a history such as Providence Island, which has the oldest chapel on the Lower North Shore (1895), and Greenly Island, which has the remains of an 1878 lighthouse and a plaque dedicated to the historical landing of the Bremen (the airplane that made the first east to west transatlantic flight), as well as islands such as Dog Island that presents great hunting opportunities.
• Access several scenic falls, such as the Netagamiou Falls located near Chevery and Brador Falls (the site of many local wedding and graduation photos throughout the past decades) near Brador Bay.
• Visit museums such as the Whiteley Museum (named after William Henry Whiteley, inventor of the cod trap), the Middle Bay Interpretation Centre (contains artifacts and information of five cultures that settled on the Lower North Shore: Basque, English, French, Innu, and Inuit) and Musée Sheffer (contains some history of the mid-1900s and the church’s role in the history of the Lower North Shore).
• Observe the northern lights (aurora borealis) on a cold clear winter’s night.
• Observe many bird sanctuaries, such as the Gros-Mécatina Migratory Bird Sanctuary and Îles aux Perroquets (which is Québec’s oldest bird protection sanctuary – 1937).
• Visit or tour local scallop farms, mussel farms, snow crab fishing plants, and old stages and wharves that represent the foundation of the fishing industry on the Lower North Shore.
• Learn the skill of building local fishing crafts such as motorboats, mending nets, building crab and lobster pots, and the skills of making Indigenous crafts such as snowshoes and sealskin slippers.
• Go snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, and snowmobiling (enjoy the Route Blanche Trail, which stretches across 500 km of the Lower North Shore region).
• Participate in nature cook ups (what the locals refer to as boil ups).
• Visit community winter festivals and carnivals.
• Observe and play outdoor ice hockey and skate on local ponds.