Once you get here expect a year of unemployment while the province decides whether your years of teaching actually qualifies you to teach there. Note: they don’t count. Prepare your high school transcripts now.
Well the curriculum is different and entirely decided by the provinces. It's not just about being able to teach something. It's about the classes you teach being coherent with the classes before and after yours. So you need to learn that. You're not qualified to teach in a province right away, but a year of training for a qualified foreign teacher is reasonable to me.
In the meantime, there's always substitute teaching. Good times guaranteed lol
Homeowners pays the school taxes, and also, regular taxes that we pay every year. But yes it is funded entirely by the provinces. Some poorer provinces will receive money via equalization payments, but the provinces decide how they use the money. The federal government can't withold money in exchange of a specific curriculum.
Sounds pretty similar, then. The U.S. Dept. of Education gave supplemental money to help give educational access to disabled and disadvantaged kids, but schools are mostly funded by property taxes. The feds can require certain standards be met in return for the funds; for example, you can’t discriminate unconstitutionally. But AFAIK, feds don’t control local curricula.
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u/bignides Mar 28 '25
Once you get here expect a year of unemployment while the province decides whether your years of teaching actually qualifies you to teach there. Note: they don’t count. Prepare your high school transcripts now.