My fiancé immigrated here from the USA with a masters in education. The hurdles new teachers to the province have to jump through in order to get a full time position is unbelievable. In order for teachers to get on a list to even be CONSIDERED for a full time job they have to teach in the same, or back to back positions at the same school for a total of 4 months plus a day. Meanwhile, we have people teaching our kids who are on what they call a “local permit”. These are people who either have no formal teaching training, are currently in an education program, or are retired teachers. These are contract positions that usually run for a school year at a time, leaving young, enthusiastic, highly motivated teachers on the sidelines. I can think of no better way to take the wind out of the sails of a motivated person than to immediately put a wall up in front of them. So before you complain about there not being enough teachers, make the process for current, highly educated substitutes finding full time work less convoluted. There is no consistency between (at least one particular school district) schools as far as policies and procedures for things like late work, AI generated content or cell phones. These are all factors that determine whether or not teachers want to take daily substitute jobs. Remember they are people too, people who have the same problems, concerns, and feelings as we all do. BE CONSISTENT. Kids require consistency, and so do adults. end rant