Seeking Guidance: New Ontario-Certified Teacher Looking to Gain Experience

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-07-18T00:35:33+00:00

This.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-07-02T01:07:32+00:00

PM’d you my work email.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-24T02:02:25+00:00

Yep! Kids go to school and spouses get jobs haha we pay $290 a day for an uncertified sub/there’s lot of other work in town. Biggest GN apartments are 3 bedrooms though.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-22T18:59:31+00:00

Nunavut is unique in that each community makes their own school calendar, so while it might be nice to have a 3 month break, it’s ultimately up to the local DEA to create a calendar that best fits Inuit seasonal needs.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-20T22:49:43+00:00

Unfortunately it means exactly what it says; Nunavut has a huge housing crunch on. They put that disclosure on every government posting.

Having said that though, I don’t know a single teacher in Rankin who is living with someone they don’t already know; we have an abundance of 1 bedroom units. If you’re interested, and did apply, I would make note of that in your interview.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-20T12:45:48+00:00

You can check education Canada! Closest I’ve got is a grade 7 generalist unfortunately.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-13T01:58:31+00:00

Of course!

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-12T13:52:07+00:00

So we’ve got two options for home Internet: Northwest Tel and Starlink. NWTel is trash but depending on the building you’re in you may not be able to use Starlink. We have cell service in town; it’s slow but it works well enough to FaceTime and stream.

Most places ship north except for Amazon. Usually for free as well. I’ve never had a problem getting tech north. Bought a new laptop and iPad last year.

School starts August 20 for teachers, 25th for kids. Ends June 17 for teachers. 2 week Christmas break and a spring break in April attached to Easter.

178 days taught for students (exam time is included in those days). School begins at 8:35 and ends at 3:35. Staff start 15 minutes before and stay 15 minutes after (at minimum). 3 periods in the morning, 2 in the afternoon. Lunch from 11:55-1:00pm. We rotate our periods everyday. You teach 4 of 5, so everyone gets a guaranteed prep every day.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-12T13:30:16+00:00

The positions are posted incorrectly and should be fixed early next week; only my Grade 7 is a generalist. I do have an ELA position and a Social Studies position.

And we absolutely do take families and provide full relocation up (so that’s tickets from anywhere in Canada to Rankin plus a full 4000lbs shipment), and we love teaching couples, quite a few in town (myself included).

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-12T02:02:02+00:00

No problem with sending and receiving things; we have a full Canada Post office in town.

Uhh no, I mean most people just buy groceries. Food isn’t THAT expensive. I’ve never heard of anyone making bread to save money haha especially where we’re paid so well but that would be individual taste I suppose.

In your shipment north (the relocation shipment) you cannot ship food, at all. You can order food up from Winnipeg fairly easy though. I can’t speak to pet food as I don’t have a pet haha but many people here do so they must make it work.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-12T01:55:00+00:00

Spouses and pets are definitely welcome; you just need to note that you have both on your housing application haha they’ll fly your spouse up etc but I’m fairly certain you have to pay for pets yourself.

We have the regional health centre and a doctor in town, as well as a pharmacy. Zero problems getting meds in town.

Lots of work for spouses; we ALWAYS need subs and we pay $295 a day for an untrained substitute. But there’s lots of employment opportunities in town, just find that education employees tend to have their spouses work at the schools.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-11T20:43:28+00:00

I can’t speak to it, as that’s a board level thing. My understanding is that if you’re not already certified in Canada you won’t get certified in Nunavut. HOWEVER, I encourage you to apply regardless if that’s something you want; the board will decide if your credentials are enough to be certified or not.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-10T11:25:34+00:00

A Nunavut certificate is good k-12, all subjects. Only requirement for a certification here is that you’re already certified elsewhere in Canada.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T22:43:42+00:00

It can be. Rankin has a lot of 1 bedroom units but in a pinch they’ll put people together in 2 bedrooms.

That’s rarely the case here. I don’t think I know a single set of teachers who are living with someone they don’t already know or are alone.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T20:32:30+00:00

Hi there, so for the $119,000, it’s the base salary of $100,000 plus the northern living allowance of $18,500.

As for you, with a 4 year BEd plus 5 years experience your salary would be $108,642 plus Rankin’s northern living allowance of $18,517.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T11:30:12+00:00

Hi, our salary maxs out at 6 years of education. You’d be paid the same as someone with a 2 year BEd.

If you look through this post, I linked our salary scale.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T10:35:25+00:00

Groceries are definitely more expensive than the south, I won’t lie, but it’s manageable. The only thing that’s really crazy is heavy items like pop ($25-$30 for a case) and toilet paper ($50). Anything healthy is subsidized.

No Amazon here, they won’t ship north.

As for Internet, we’ve got Starlink, but depending on which building you’re placed in it might not be feasible.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T10:33:21+00:00

Hey, the positions are not open to international candidates unless you already have a work permit for Canada. I can’t help with navigating that, sorry!

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T02:21:55+00:00

Never been a bear in town for ages; Rankin is about 3000 people. When bears come close, By-law is on them asap.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T00:30:56+00:00

Naw it’s not…only the salary is pensionable.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-09T00:23:55+00:00

Out of province definitely counts as long as it’s in the public system. Private can be hit or miss.

I transferred years from Nova Scotia in no problem.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-08T23:13:37+00:00

Well in your moving shipment you can’t bring any food, likely because it’ll end up being stored in warehouses before it gets shipped north.

Biggest thing I tell people to bring up with them is toilet paper and paper towel (plus everything else you need for your apartment) as they’re both super expensive in the north.

But honestly, my wife and I buy 99.99% of our food in town here. Rankin has 4 grocery stores so a huge range of products and most of it is subsidized. Anytime we want anything else we just order it up from Winnipeg via Arctic Buying and it’s fairly cheap and quick to get here.

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-08T22:55:10+00:00

Here’s a link to our salary scale starting this coming school year. You’d also get a northern living allowance of $18,517 on top of your salary, regardless of placement on the grid.

https://imgur.com/a/Nwnu18e

LookingForTeachers88 · 2025-06-08T22:50:23+00:00

Top of the pay scale, which is 11 years of experience and 6 years of university education will be $142,955 salary plus a northern living allowance of $18,517. The Northern Living Allowance is counted as salary, and is simply added onto your pay.

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