Meeting Labour Market Needs for French as a Second Language Instruction in Ontario

David Jack^1, and Judith Nyman²

¹FSL-Labour Market Partnership Project, Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, Toronto, Canada

²Labour Market Partnership Project, Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, Toronto, Canada

Cite this paper:
David Jack and Judith Nyman. Meeting Labour Market Needs for French as a Second Language Instruction in Ontario. American Journal of Educational Research. 2019; 7(7):428-438. doi: 10.12691/education-7-7-1

Abstract

Satisfying the demand for qualified French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers has been a persistent challenge in Ontario schools for many years. This article reports on research conducted with all publicly funded English-language school boards and hundreds of FSL teachers to better understand the recruitment, hiring and retention of such teachers. This research is part of a three-year project that involves multiple stakeholders in the FSL teacher supply pipeline collaborating to implement workable solutions to this long-standing issue.

Keywords:
French as a Second Language teachers recruitment hiring retention

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