The realities of unemployed Ontario teachers

By University Affairs. This is a guest post from Rod Missaghian, an Ontario Certified Teacher and academic coach in the greater Toronto area. Check out his coaching website.
I graduated in 2010 with a Master of Teaching degree, which at the time represented a rare two-year pre-service degree. I initially chose my program and the extra year of instruction, with the hopes that it would make me a more informed and marketable teacher upon graduation. In addition, I relished the opportunity to take graduate level classes and contribute a major research paper that would help pre-service teachers as they prepared to enter the profession. More...