Supply teachers and demand: How staffing shortages are affecting TDSB
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Show Notes
Guest: Isabel Teotonio, education reporter
The Toronto District School Board has been experiencing a staffing shortage that is leaving administrations scrambling for teachers and some parents and students worried about time missed learning. To help, the board has redeployed nearly 100 of its learning coaches and hired more than 200 additional occasional teachers but there is a domino affect to all of the shuffling and other areas are impacted. Unions are calling it a crisis and there's no quick fix.
This episode was produced by Brian Bradley, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.