Ontario's New Teacher Training: One Year, Longer Practicums

0:00Ontario's government is shaking up teacher training, cutting it down to one full year starting in 2027. That's 12 straight months from May to May, packed into three back-to-back semesters at every university offering education degrees. The big push, longer hands-on, practical placements and elementary and secondary schools to get new teachers classroom ready faster. This move hits right at the teacher shortage that's got schools hunting for occasional teachers, especially French ones. A decade back, they stretched it to two years during a surplus of grads struggling for jobs, but now it's flipped. Demand is sky high after pandemic. Follow. Minister Paul Kalandra says teachers keep stressing they need more real classroom time before jumping into full gigs and this set of aims to keep them. In the profession, longer, unions back shorter programs if practice comes beef up and it'll appeal to career changers like mechanics or early childhood educators getting advanced, standing for past experience. They

1:03funded 6,700 extra seats since 2018 and students stand to save about $3,000 by ditching that. Extra semester. Universities lose some tuition but consultations are coming to standardize practicum days. Ontario wants the longest in Canada. Current two-year students get a smooth shift even with two cohorts graduating in 2028. Legislation drops soon alongside school board tweaks and lures for returning teachers, finally tackling a shorter set to worsen without this catch up. Play. I'm Cory with the story. That's your Calgary News today update. AI powered and always on.