Ontario schools seeing ‘extreme’ teaching staff shortages: survey [Video]

Staffing shortages at Ontario schools have become an “incipient crisis,” People For Education’s executive director says, as a new report reveals that more than a quarter of all schools in the province now face teaching staff shortages on a daily basis.

In its 2023-2024 Annual Ontario School Survey, People for Education found that 24 per cent of elementary schools and 35 per cent of secondary schools report facing teaching staff shortages every single day.

When it comes to educational support staff, including educational assistants (EAs), 42 per cent of elementary schools and 46 per cent of secondary schools say they face daily shortages.

About 18 per cent of elementary and 28 per cent of secondary schools said they experience office staff shortages daily or weekly, while shortages of administrative staff, including vice-principals, occur at least once a month for 25 per cent of elementary schools and 38 per cent of secondary schools.

Approximately two-thirds of elementary …