Early Hiring Job Fair 2004

Graduating bachelor of education students at Nova Scotia universities will soon be meeting with boards to discuss teaching opportunities in the province.

Nova Scotia's school boards are working with the Department of Education to organize an Early Hiring Job Fair for Nova Scotia bachelor of education students who are graduating in the 2003-04 academic year.

"This is one of the first opportunities for our school boards to hire for the 2004-05 school year," said Education Minster Jamie Muir. "Holding these job fairs early in the new year gives boards the chance to hire new teachers in areas of demand before they are recruited by boards outside Nova Scotia."

The job fairs are meant to help school boards fill positions in teaching areas such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, technology education and French.

Each job fair will allow 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.

The fairs will be held at Acadia University on Jan. 13; St. Francis Xavier University on Jan. 22; Université Sainte-Anne- College de l'Acadie on, Jan. 29; and Mount Saint Vincent on Jan. 30.

Nova Scotia school boards will also be attending the Education Job Fair organized by the University of Prince Edward Island on Feb. 12, and the Université de Moncton Career Fair on Feb. 11.

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.