There's a similar projected increase in demand of Latin teachers in Canada because of old teachers retiring, but I don't know how they'll manage to get new Latin teachers with the fact that it's cutthroat to get into the teaching program anyhow... Here, if you want to teach Latin you need to compete with other applicants who are vying to teach all other subjects for the 300 out of 1000 spaces a year for the concurrent program, or the 700 out of 3000 for consecutive.
I didn't get in even with some experience in teaching, and now I know why... I review students' applications this year and they have pages upon pages of experience as teachers' assistants, and they're the same age as me, or even younger.
I digress. :D So! Apparently in Canada it's not that important to get some new Latin teachers with some experience in teaching as it is important to get lots general ed teachers with boatloads of experience.
(I'm convinced that Classics is dead here even though the Ontario Classics website says there's a "great demand". Is the job market actually better there?)
I didn't get in even with some experience in teaching, and now I know why... I review students' applications this year and they have pages upon pages of experience as teachers' assistants, and they're the same age as me, or even younger.
I digress. :D So! Apparently in Canada it's not that important to get some new Latin teachers with some experience in teaching as it is important to get lots general ed teachers with boatloads of experience.
(I'm convinced that Classics is dead here even though the Ontario Classics website says there's a "great demand". Is the job market actually better there?)
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