City is short of teachers as school begins
The city’s main educational service centre, the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (CSSDM) – which I suppose is the body that has replaced the CSDM school board now that boards have been abolished on the French side, adding one more initial in its name but, I will bet you, exactly the same fonctionnaires in the same jobs – is short of 500 teachers as the school year is set to begin.
Ian 19:27 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
Hm I can’t imagine why people aren’t just leaping at the opportunity to become a primary or secondary school teacher. Even under non-pandemic conditions at entry level it is a job with high qualifications, lowish pay, high stress, and little respect. You don’t even get a specific school to work at until enough people retire that you are eligible for one of the limited number of permanent postings. Imagine working at several schools each week in a school district as big as the CSSDM without even the promise of a job next school year.
Kate 19:29 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
That’s a good point. They just said they wouldn’t allow CHSLD workers to split their shifts between different locations, because it was likely one of the factors that caused such a surge of covid contagions in those places early on. But mightn’t shuffling substitute teachers around different schools risk a similar effect?
Ian 19:32 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
The thought also crossed my mind. If you sub 2 classes a week it’s not just inconvenient, it’s an exponential exposure risk.
walkerp 20:11 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
Actually, I think a ton of people got let go from the CSDM and the new “service centre” is significantly less staffed.
Kate 22:22 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
Well, that’s something.