1. TEACHING By: Mrs. Lobaton

2. JOB DESCRIPTION • A teacher’s first job is to educate his or her students in a specific subject matter. • Other tasks are to prepare course material, correct assignments and report a students’ grades to the students and parents or legal guardians. • Teachers are responsible for a single subject matter or sometimes several of them; such as; English, French, Math, Science, Ethics, History, and many complementary courses also known as “Options”.

3. A TYPICAL DAY • The day might start off with a staff meeting of some sort, where staff members as a whole or in departments meet to share information about any problems, new courses materials, changed to courses, etc. • On average, a teacher teaches for 4 periods a day, but sometimes only 2 or as much as 5, depending on the way the schedule tumbles. • The remainder of the day is spent on correcting, planning for future classes, photocopying materials and being on duty in a specified area of the school to prevent shananigans!

4. SCHOOLING • A Bachelor’s of Education is required in the Province of Quebec to teach Kindergarten through grade 11. • This is a 4 year program that can be obtained through many universities found across the province. • For a teaching certificate in English you would attend either McGill or Concordia University, for French you would attend Université de Montreal or Quebec. • There are no specific courses required to enter these programs but they are competitive and a certain grade point average must be had in order to be considered.

5. Salary • A teachers’ salary is based on the number of years spent in school, the number of degrees obtained and the number of years worked which is called seniority.

7. Hours • This was discussed in the previous slide titled a Typical Day. • The actual hours that a teacher should be present is from 9:00 am until 3:35 pm. • Different start and end times vary by school. • Many teachers work extra hours, putting in time with extra curricular activities. These are voluntary and not paid for.

9. Companies that Exist that Might Hire >There are several ways a teacher can be hired to teach. >One is for the Private sector, so teaching in a Private School. We have several in Montreal, like WIC, LCC, Loyala, Q of A, etc. >The second is to be a private tutor. >The third way is to work for the public sector. Working for school boards like the EMSB, and LBPSB in the English sector. Marguerite Bougeois for the French sector.