Make a Future has been a leader over the past four years in the area of labour market analysis of the K-12 Public Education Sector. This slideshow provides an overview of these efforts.

1. Affecting Change in
the BC’s Educational
Workforce

2. Established in April 2008 as a joint
venture with
• BC’s 60 public Boards of
Education
• Ministry of Education
• BC Public School Employers’
Association
Facilitate Public
Facilitate
District Education
District HR
Recruitment & Labour
Best Practice
Selection Market Issues

3. Public Education Labour Market Issues
1. Gather information
2. Identify challenges & define the problem
3. Increase dialogue
4. Define strategies

4. Roadmap to Today & Beyond
Services established
Employment Data Analysis System
Teacher Supply & Demand Consortium K-12 Public Education Labour Market expert
STRATEGY DEEPENING
KNOWLEDGE
2009 2011
Makeafuture.ca 2008 2010
Site Launch
Apr 28, 2008
NEEDS STRATEGIC
ASSESSMENT PARTNERSHIPS
Focused on District Relationships Long-term Solution & Strategies
Steering Committee established Partner Group Alliances
Services expanded

5. Districts have immediate needs…
…that stem from systemic
labour supply issues…
…requiring long term problem solving

6. Short-Term
• Running out of TOC’s
• Math jobs remain unfilled
• Psychologist services unavailable
• Speech/language services modified

7. Long Term
• Marketing employment and
practicum placements in
northern districts
• Employment advertising
• Financial aid & loan forgiveness
• Targeted career fairs
• NOC code changes
• Others…

8. Increased dialogue =
data needed

9. Data from www.makeafuture.ca for
workforce planning
• Hiring and recruitment trends
• Job posting data
• Post and fill challenges
Data from districts for bargaining,
planning, modelling, and funding
• Employment trends
• Workforce demographics

10. What we know as a sector
Labour Market Challenges
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Education Assistants
• Rural and Remote
• Leadership
• Teaching Specialties

11. Teaching
• Special education
• French immersion
• Secondary science (chemistry & physics)
• Math
• Montessori
• Others...

12. What are districts posting?
(Job Postings by Subject Area)
Special Education/Resource 93 325 433
French Immersion 80 179 266
Secondary Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) 13 116 221 2008-2009
2009-2010
Math 37 126 218
2010-2011
Tech Ed 16 59 180
Arts (Dance, Drama, Musical, Visual, etc) 32 109 191
English 48 128 206
Home Economics 2 104 172
FSL 16 106 182
Social Studies 10 107 180
Physical Education 14 110 178
Montessori 2 94 159
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Job Posting Report, 2008-2011. Make a Future. Retrieved April 13, 2012.

13. Positions posted & reposted
Special Education/Resource
French Immersion
Secondary Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
Math
Tech Ed
Arts (Dance, Drama, Musical, Visual, etc)
Jobs
English
Repostings
Home Economics
FSL
Social Studies
Physical Education
Montessori
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Job Posting Report, 2010-2011. Make a Future. Retrieved April 13, 2012

14. Demand vs. Supply
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2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Montessori
FSL
Arts
Math
English
Social Studies
Physical Education
Secondary Sciences
French Immersion
Home Economics
Tech Ed
Special Education
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Applicant Qualications Job Postings Repostings
Applicant Report. Make a Future. Created April 13, 2012

16. Vancouver Island /
Okanagan Sunshine Coast
4% 2%
Central BC
22%
Fraser Valley
7%
Northern BC Kootenay
55% Metro Vancouver 3%
7%
Who’s experiencing recruitment challenges
(Percentage of On-Going Job Postings by Region)

17. Who is applying?
Special Education 3000
French Immersion 1519
Secondary Sciences 11768
Math 3177
Tech Ed 3969
Arts 9835
English 5860
Home Economics 1514
FSL 2944
Social Studies 19217
Physical Education 3827
Montessori 256
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
Applicants
Applicant Report. Make a Future. Retrieved April 13, 2012

18. We need more
information
Surveys…
• Difficult to fill
• Montessori
• Rural and Remote

19. National interest

20. What data do we have?
What is missing?
What does the data tell us?
Do school districts agree?
We want to know

21. Our vision
• To forecast labour supply and demand trends
in BC education sector
• To use data to inform workforce planning at
provincial, regional, and district levels
• To address labour supply and demand
disparities through data-driven discussions
and strategies

22. Contact Us
visit www.makeafuture.ca
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email contactus@makeafuture.ca