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By Sam Bennison

rural school districts

50 new teachers hired to support rural B.C. classrooms

Oct 27, 2023 | 12:09 PM

NORTHERN B.C.— The Province has recruited 50 new teachers to work in rural and remote communities through their new hiring initiative.

Our government’s support for hiring more teachers means that students, no matter where they live, can have access to the best education possible.

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care.

The teaching-recruitment initiative was launched last spring with $400,000 in funding to initiative the immediate need for teachers in the North. Part of the funding was used to provide hiring incentives of $4,000 up to 10,000 per teacher. Of the 50 new teachers, 41 are located in northern B.C., seven on vancouver island and two in Thompson-Okanagan.

“Recruiting and retaining teachers in rural and remote areas of B.C. is an important piece of our StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. “These incentives are one of the ways our government is supporting communities to attract more teachers and contribute to B.C.’s growing economy.”

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With the success of the initial initiatives, The Ministry of education and Childcare is providing an additional $1.5 million over three years to provide more incentive to rural school districts.

The Province is also working with partners, including the BC Public School Employers’ Association, Indigenous stakeholders, school districts, unions, post-secondary institutions and the BC Teachers’ Council on a broader K-12 workforce strategy to support a sustainable, qualified and engaged workforce. A total investment of $12.5 million and key learnings from these first two recruitment initiatives will be used to expand recruitment and retention initiatives where teachers are needed the most in B.C.