Lakehead expanding enrolment amid widespread teacher shortage – Innisfil Today

April 2, 2024

To address a province-wide shortfall in qualified teachers, Lakehead’s Orillia campus has developed options to help address the problem

As schools around Simcoe County and beyond contend with qualified teacher shortages, Lakehead University is working towards a fix.

Teacher recruitment has become an issue across Ontario, with education minister Stephen Lecce announcing last month that the province is looking at “every option available” to help ease the shortage of teachers.

On top of recruitment, the shortage is also impacting supply teacher levels, with more unqualified people — some with just a high school diploma — being called upon to substitute teach in Simcoe County and around the province.

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