a teacher and graduate shake handsWorkforce Planning Framework

Create a workforce planning framework focused on recruitment/retention of school staff in rural and northern communities and increasing French, Indigenous and Indigenous-language educators.


What's New

A jurisdictional scan and analysis, along with the conceptualization and first draft of a French language teacher recruitment and retention strategy document, have been completed. The first engagement activity with French language stakeholders in the education sector took place in June 2022.


The Commitment

To create a workforce planning framework focused on recruitment and retention of school staff in rural and northern communities, and on increasing the number of French, Indigenous, and Indigenous-language educators.

This body of work aims to create a provincial comprehensive, long-term recruitment, and retention strategy to address the shortage of teachers in these areas.


What This Means for Manitobans

The project is initially focusing on French language teachers and will

  • increase capacity for Manitoba to fully implement the Français Program and French Immersion Program
  • ensure Manitoba meets its constitutional obligation to provide equitable access for the Français Program and French Immersion Program
  • increase course selection for high school students in immersion programs
  • increase Manitoba’s internal capacity to address teacher shortages
  • deepen the pool of qualified candidates for the Français Program and French Immersion Program
  • increase the rate of student retention in immersion, and therefore increase the bilingualism rate

Next Steps

  • A second draft of a French language teacher recruitment and retention strategy document in fall 2022
  • A second round of consultation with key French language education sector partners in fall 2022
  • The development of an implementation and evaluation plan in winter 2023 regarding the French language teacher strategy
  • Final draft of French language teacher recruitment and retention strategy document in winter 2023
  • Begin scoping and consultation regarding rural, northern, Indigenous and Indigenous-language teachers in spring 2023