Nova Scotia Early Hiring Job Fair 2010
Representatives from the Nova Scotia Department of Education and the eight Nova Scotia school boards are organizing an Early Hiring Job Fair for Bachelor of Education students who are graduating from Nova Scotia universities in the 2009–10 academic year.
This is one of the first opportunities for Nova Scotia School Boards to hire for the next school year. School boards will hire teachers for the 2010–11 school year, through September 2010.
Early hiring job fairs will be held at:
- Université Sainte-Anne : January 7, 2010
- Acadia University : January 12-13, 2010
- Mount Saint Vincent: January 14-15, 2010
- Cape Breton University: January 20, 2010
- St. Francis Xavier University : January 21-22, 2010
The job fairs will facilitate the early hiring of teachers for the 2010–11 school year, particularly in areas such as math, French language (Immersion, French First Language and Core French), physics, physical education, fine arts, and family studies.
Application Process
Graduating B.Ed. students at the participating universities will receive an application form (English and French) from their faculty.
The application form asks students to select the school boards where they wish to be considered for employment. A copy of the student’s completed application form and supporting documents will be sent to these school boards.
School boards will review the application forms and select the students they would like to interview. Leading up to the job fair, students will be informed of any interviews that will take place during the early hiring job fair at their university.
Students who are unable to attend the job fair will still find it valuable to submit an application form. School boards will retain these applications for future hiring.
Deadline
The deadline to receive applications is November 13, 2009.
Late applications will not be considered for interviews.
Please return the completed application form with a copy of your résumé, unofficial transcripts, and student teaching field reports (if available) to:
Corporate Policy Branch
Early Hiring Job Fair
Nova Scotia Department of Education
2021 Brunswick Street
PO Box 578
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
Fax (902) 424-0519
What will happen at the Job Fair
Each job fair will comprise of an opening reception and a scheduled set of interviews.
At the reception, Department of Education officials will speak about the importance of the Early Hiring Job Fair to students and school boards.
The reception will also provide a valuable opportunity to meet informally with representatives from the school boards, the Nova Scotia Registrar of Teacher Certification, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, and the Teachers Plus Credit Union.
It is recommended that all students, including those who are not selected for an interview with a school board, attend the reception because school boards will want to meet all graduating Bachelor of Education students, and will provide information on employment opportunities that will occur later in the year.
If you have any questions about the Nova Scotia Early Hiring Job Fair, please e-mail jobfair@gov.ns.ca.
I am a current, term or substitute teacher.
What is available for me?
To be considered for employment, current teachers are encouraged to send a copy of their résumé directly to each of the Nova Scotia School Boards.
Graduating students and recent graduates of Acadia University, St. Francis Xavier University, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Université Sainte-Anne may be eligible to attend a job fair coordinated by Nova Scotia Universities on January 30, 2010, at Mount Saint Vincent University.
Please note, hiring of teachers is the responsibility of the school boards, not the Department of Education.
If you have questions regarding employment opportunities, please contact the school boards directly.