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Lawton, Stephen B. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Summarizes the status of teacher pension plans in Canada's 10 provinces and considers their current role in renewing and downsizing educational systems in some provinces. Discusses pensions' use as economic instruments for provincial and national development and questions assumptions underlying the rhetoric celebrating their contribution to the…
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Retirement Benefits
Atherton, Peter J. – 1978
The rapid expansion of Ontario's educational system in the 1960s serves as a base for this study of the current decline in enrollment and its consequences. This paper examines two results of the concentration of manpower in teaching: the need for reduction in force and the potential burden on the retirement system. The author makes several…
Descriptors: Age, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Atherton, P. J.; Chalcraft, J. – 1978
Data on public sector superannuation plans in Ontario provide the basis for this examination of the current situation regarding the pension funds for public employees and teachers. The report describes and compares the employee/employer contributions, basic benefits, rates of return, and ratio of beneficiaries to contributors in various public…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKompf, Michael – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1991
Uses construct and developmental theories and findings from a survey of retired teachers to examine experiences surrounding teacher retirement. The paper structures a model of career-span development focusing on retirement dynamics; discusses the benefits of life review upon career completion; suggests continuing educational roles for retired…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, Career Development, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkGoddard, J. Tim; Habermann, Sharon Reimer – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2001
A program in rural Alberta (Canada) used retired teachers to mentor beginning teachers. Surveys and interviews with 24 proteges and 21 mentors indicated that the recruitment of experienced mentors, the provision of money, the establishment of a sense of community, and the provision of time for reflection all contributed to the program's success.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
Download full textLawton, Stephen B.; Boodoo, Gwyneth M. – 1978
Based on a sample of 12 representative school boards in Ontario, a normative method of analysis was utilized in addressing the major concerns of the study: the appropriate number of noncertified staff for a given school board, future demand for and supply of noncertified staff, and the resultant implications of such information. The study…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Laverne – 1989
This study is intended to provide for the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities information, conclusions, and recommendations which bear on key questions, issues, and directions relevant to teacher supply and demand in Ontario from the present to the turn of the century and beyond. Analysis is also provided of school…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
The mandate of the Manitoba Teacher Supply and Demand Task Force was to investigate the magnitude of a possible teacher shortage in the province, examine possible strategies to deal with it, and recommend an action plan. The final report of the task force is presented here. Following an executive summary, the report is organized into eight…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections, Foreign Countries
Commission on Declining School Enrolments in Ontario, Toronto. – 1978
Analysis of demographic data is utilized in this report to trace the relationship between public expenditure and school enrollment in Ontario and to predict the direction of educational expenditure in light of projected enrollment trends. The report shows that inflation, changes in educational policy, and increases in teacher salaries, rather than…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Demography
Thompson, Joy; Yakimishyn, M. P. – 1979
With teacher entries into the work force declining and current low rates of teacher transfers and retirements and older age groups, the teaching force in the province of Manitoba is getting older. To study these trends, the age distribution of teachers was noted for the years 1970 and 1975. A discussion is presented in this report on trends in age…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Chronological Age, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRalph, Edwin G. – Action in Teacher Education, 1994
Retired Canadian educators' gave advice to beginning teachers and offered specific suggestions to a university regarding enhancement of its preservice program. The educators stressed the importance of teachers mastering a basic set of generic skills for classroom management and instructional dimensions of teaching, emphasizing the importance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Boberg, A. L.; And Others – 1993
This document reports the results of a survey conducted to determine the employment status of the 1989-90 cohort of graduates from the Faculties of Education of the Province of Alberta. Also under investigation was the proportion of graduates who entered the teaching profession in Alberta immediately upon graduation. Recent projections of teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1901
Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History, Greek, Legislators
