Mount Saint Vincent Hosts Job Fair To Recruit New Teachers

EDUCATION--Mount Saint Vincent Hosts Job Fair To Recruit New Teachers

Graduating bachelor of education students at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax begin their job hunt today, Jan. 30.

The people who hire teachers for Nova Scotia's school boards will be at the university for the final event in Nova Scotia's Early Hiring Job Fairs for 2004.

"By holding these job fairs, we've given our school boards the chance to recruit new teachers before boards from outside the province," said Education Minister Jamie Muir.

The Department of Education, along with Nova Scotia school boards and other partners, organized the job fairs so boards can try to fill positions in teaching areas such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, technology education and French.

Each job fair allowed students to meet with representatives from the school boards, the Nova Scotia Registrar of Teacher Certification, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, the Nova Scotia School Boards Association and the Nova Scotia Teachers Credit Union.

Nova Scotia school boards will also be attending the Education Job Fair organized by the University of Prince Edward Island on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Boards will hire only a portion of their entire complement of teachers through the job fairs.

Current term and substitute teachers, teachers who graduated before 2004, or those who graduated from education programs at a university outside Nova Scotia can find out more about employment openings by contacting individual school boards.

Teachers wishing to apply directly to school boards will find a list of boards and their contact information on the Department of Education website at www.ednet.ns.ca .

Those teachers may also attend the University of Prince Edward Island event in February at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel.

This is the second year that the Department of Education, Nova Scotia school boards and other partners have hosted job fair events.

Last year's fairs resulted in 99 graduating students being offered jobs in Nova Scotia.