Job prospects Department Head, Secondary School in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Secondary school teachers (NOC 41220) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupation is dependent on high school enrolment and government funding. According to the Ministère de l'Éducation's projections, the number of students in high school is expected to increase in the medium term.

The labour shortage in the job market in general creates an environment conducive to students dropping out of school. Major investments in education are planned over the next few years to encourage graduation, student retention and retraining workers.

Government measures are also aimed at modernizing vocational training and making it more attractive, in order to increase the number of graduates in industries where there is a significant shortage of skilled labour.

The teacher shortage remains a major issue in the school network. Significant investments have been announced to promote the recognition of prior learning and the recruitment and retention of staff. Despite this, there are many vacancies, forcing school service centres to resort more and more to hiring teachers who do not hold a bachelor's degree and certificate in education.

The record rise in immigration is expected to boost demand for secondary school reception classes, as well as French language courses for newcomers, particularly in the Greater Montréal area.

The integration of digital pedagogy should continue to grow, which will change the qualifications required of staff in terms of technical and pedagogical skills.

Here are some key facts about Secondary school teachers in Quebec:

• Approximately 57,400 people work in this occupation.
• Secondary school teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 90% of secondary school teachers work all year, while 10% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 50 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 38% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 62% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 70% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 21% compared to 11% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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