Teachers not legally qualified in Quebec: what is their self-assessment of their level of mastery of professional skills?

Teachers not legally qualified in Quebec: what is their self-assessment of their level of mastery of professional skills?

• Nancy Granger, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

• Manon Beaudoin, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

• Anne Lessard, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

doi : https://dx.doi.org/10.18162/fp.2024.911

Résumé

The teacher shortage is a major issue in Quebec. Few data specific to not legally qualified teachers (NLQ) are currently available. To understand who these people are, an online questionnaire was sent throughout the school network. This article presents the results collected from 295 NLQ teachers from different regions of Quebec who completed a questionnaire assessing their socio-professional profile, their self-assessment, and their wish to remain (or not) within the profession. Findings indicate that the people constituting our sample have varied profiles, feel rather good in employment, and wish to remain in teaching.

Abstract

The teacher shortage is a major issue in Quebec. Few data specific to not legally qualified teachers (NLQ) are currently available. To understand who these people are, an online questionnaire was sent throughout the school network. This article presents the results collected from 295 NLQ teachers from different regions of Quebec who completed a questionnaire assessing their socio-professional profile, their self-assessment, and their wish to remain (or not) within the profession. Findings indicate that the people constituting our sample have varied profiles, feel rather good in employment, and wish to remain in teaching.