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Electrical Technology Teacher

Aabuthnott Gallimore Secondary High
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Ebony Grove High
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Teacher of English Language and Reading

Edith Dalton James Secondary High
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Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the 2023/24 Academic Year

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The Ministry of Education has sought and received approval from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for teachers on approved vacation leave (four months or eight months) to be employed as their own locum tenen/replacement for the 2023/24 academic year. Schools boards are advised that teachers can be engaged under this facility in their school of tenure (where they are permanently employed) or any other public school. In this instance, the teacher will be paid for the period of leave and will be paid for the period of engagement (four months or eight months or part thereof) guided by their current remuneration. Special approval must be sought before the teacher is engaged. Approximately 2300 teachers may be accessed through this facility.
School boards may request the extension of teachers who are scheduled to proceed on retirement effective September 1, 2023 and beyond and have performed well (based on their last performance appraisal report) to fill areas of specialization in the infant, primary and secondary schools for which there is a short supply of teachers (determined by the response to advertisements or reported lack of suitability of respondents by the school boards). Special approval must be sought with justification before the teacher is retained.
Approval is granted for school boards to employ teachers using the Part-Time Facility to engage trained individuals who may not be able to commit to a full time work schedule. These persons should be employed for no more than 20 hours of work per week to fill areas of specialization, especially those areas for which we have a short supply of teachers (determined by the response to advertisements or reported lack of suitability of respondents by the school boards). Special approval must be sought with justification before the teacher is engaged.
Teachers who have retired since January 2018 and beyond and have performed well (based on their last performance appraisal report) prior to their retirement, may be recruited to fill temporary positions, especially those areas for which we have a short supply of teachers (determined by the response to advertisements or reported lack of suitability of respondents by the school boards). Special approval must be sought with justification before the teacher is engaged.
The Ministry will continue to allow schools to recruit pre-trained graduates, that is, individuals with at least a first degree in areas of expertise that are short in supply or in the specialization/subject area that the teacher will be required to teach. These teachers should be offered the opportunity to undergo pedagogical training on the job by internal or external stakeholders as part of the professional development portfolio at the school level.
The Ministry will again allow the engagement of final year student-teachers in accredited institutions/programmes to fill areas of specialization for which we have a short supply of teachers (determined by the response to advertisements or reported lack of suitability of respondents reported by the school boards). These teachers are normally engaged on a temporary basis and paid in the category of a pre-trained teacher. Special approval must be sought with justification at the Regional level and the teacher’s deployment schedule, as best as possible, should not compete with the training institution’s programme of study as this may lead to frequent absence from the job or a delay in the completion of the student-teacher’s programme of study.
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