A Third of VSB Teachers Say They Plan to Leave in the Next Five Years – The Tyee

The district superintendent notes the number of teachers leaving has declined sharply over the last five years.

As teachers in the Vancouver school district help 52,000 students settle in to a new school year, about a third of them say they are planning to leave the district.

This spring, a survey of unionized district employees, including teachers, education assistants and other support staff, revealed 33 per cent of teachers said they were planning to leave the Vancouver district in the next five years. Of those, only 60 per cent planned to seek work in other districts.

A press release issued by their unions revealed 75 per cent of teachers felt “undervalued and unrecognized by their employer.”

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