Job prospects Special Education Teacher - Primary School in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Most employees within these occupations work at one of the Yukon's three school authorities: Yukon Education, the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon, and the First Nation School Board.
• This occupation is expected to be in strong demand throughout the forecast period because of ongoing staffing shortages, steady population growth and continued spending by the Government of Yukon on education infrastructure.
• Staffing shortages in the Yukon's education sector were present in fall 2024, especially within rural communities. Both full-time and teacher on-call vacancies were available (Government of Yukon, 2024).
• A housing shortage is also affecting the Territory's ability to recruit and retain qualified teachers.
• Looking beyond the forecast period, the Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that elementary and kindergarten teachers will have the second most openings of all occupations in the Yukon from 2024 to 2045.

Here are some key facts about Elementary school and kindergarten teachers in Yukon:

• Approximately 450 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Elementary school and kindergarten teachers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Educational services (NAICS 61): 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 86% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 14% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 86% of elementary school and kindergarten teachers work all year, while 14% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 17% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 83% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 5% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 65% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 28% compared to 11% for all occupations

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