Supply Teachers

I'm a teacher in Australia (years 1-3) and I am considering living and working in Canada in 2007 with my partner who is in IT. We are probably looking at Toronto to live. Are supply teachers high in demand? How much do they get paid a day? I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks

I've never heard of a supply teacher. What do you do?

Hi there,
I live in Ontario. I live about four hours away from Toronto. I'm a french teacher but I was a supply teacher a year ago. We have different boards of education. French Public, French Catholic, English Catholic and English Public. I believe the English Public pays the best. When I supplied for the French Catholic board, I made about $125.00 a day. French teachers are in high demand here. I believe that the supply list for english teachers is pretty long. I hear that math, music and computer teachers are in demand. However, experience plays a big role in where they place you and how often you will be called.
Good Luck!

Hi there,

I am a supply(substitute) teacher in Richmond Hill(1/2 hour north of Toronto) I work for the York Region District School Board as a supply teacher for k-6. I make about 186.00 per day, half that for a half day. I graduated 3 years ago, it took me a year to get on the supply list, and I still cant get a permanent position. As the previous poster noted, there is a need for french teachers. It is very hard to get a job, unless you have "connection" or perhaps you have previous experience. Im about to give up. Im hearing that principals are getting well over 70 resumes per position...at least.

C.

all this hoopla,
nothing concrete is coming through
how actually you can get on supply list of toronto, peel, york and durham board

any one out there ,who knows how to become a substitute teacher any where in ontario

To get on the supply list, you need to apply to each school board separately. I work for the Halton Catholic District School Board. I went to their website and followed the instructions. I would recommend visiting the websites of each school board you are interested in. Most boards do mass hiring in October and February. Often they are looking for supply teachers to start but they could also be looking for permanent teachers - you just never really know. I know several people who were hired on a permanent, full-time basis right out of teacher's college.
If you're coming from out of province or country, make sure you look at the Ontario College of Teachers website ([url]www.oct.ca[/url]) as you must register with them before you can teach in Ontario. You can also look at the Ontario Ministry of Education website ([url]http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng[/url]) for info on school boards, curriculum, etc.
I hope this helps. Good luck.

[QUOTE=Unregistered]I'm a teacher in Australia (years 1-3) and I am considering living and working in Canada in 2007 with my partner who is in IT. We are probably looking at Toronto to live. Are supply teachers high in demand? How much do they get paid a day? I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
I live in T.O and yes there is a demand for supply teachers-150 per day

If you want to get on the Occasional/Long Term Occasional (LTO) Roster in the Toronto District School Board you have to apply to the board to get onto the Eligible to Hire List (pool hiring is done usually in the beginning of the year...janueary, feb) and then once on that list you can apply to get onto the Occasional /LTO list. Here is the TDSB website...
[url]www.tdsb.on.ca...click[/url] on the Recruitment link and you can get all of the info there.

[QUOTE=Unregistered]Hi there,
I live in Ontario. I live about four hours away from Toronto. I'm a french teacher but I was a supply teacher a year ago. We have different boards of education. French Public, French Catholic, English Catholic and English Public. I believe the English Public pays the best. When I supplied for the French Catholic board, I made about $125.00 a day. French teachers are in high demand here. I believe that the supply list for english teachers is pretty long. I hear that math, music and computer teachers are in demand. However, experience plays a big role in where they place you and how often you will be called.
Good Luck![/QUOTE]

Hi there,

I am just wondering if you have to be catholic in order to be accepted as a supply French teacher for the Catholic School Board?