The London District Catholic School Board has such a dire need for teachers for some of its elementary classrooms that it is waiving the teachers' college requirement for new hires. Those wanting to teach French must have an undergraduate degree, experience working with children and be fluent in French. Retirements partly to blameAt the beginning of the school year, the Catholic board put out a call for retired teachers to come back temporarily to teach French. It's not been helped by a relatively new two-year teachers college program, which cut the number of graduating teachers in half in Ontario. The Thames Valley District School Board has been employing aggressive tactics to recruit French teachers by going out to faculties of education before graduation, giving out conditional offers of employment.

Source: CBC News November 29, 2018 00:00 UTC