We are experiencing a serious shortage of teachers and educational support staff here in BC and in other jurisdictions across the country. IPE/BC believes that a comprehensive plan, at the school board, provincial and national levels, is urgently needed and we’ve repeatedly called for action on this issue. When the staffing shortage is downplayed or ignored, our public education system is put at risk.
IPE/BC articles and research
Attention to staffing shortages urgently needed
Teacher shortages and institutional responses
How teachers are paid reinforces the problem
Placing a priority on public education
Building capacity in education for BC’s future
Additional sources of information
Teacher shortages persisted this school year. What’s being done to fill the gap for the next?
Solving teacher shortages depends on coming together around shared aspirations for children
Contacts
School Board Chairs and School District Superintendents
Education Associations and Advocacy Organizations