Asked Questions Netwatch Reviews PS News PS Calendar Queen's University researchers look at why teachers work in the private sector and what kinds of jobs they do.
Most people assume teachers working in the private sector have jobs that involve training.
People also assume that the teachers are doing those jobs only because they were unable to get a place in a classroom. A 1999 study done by faculty at Queen's University found both those assumptions to be false. Researchers working on the Educators Working in the Private Sector Project found that private sector employers had misperceptions of the teaching profession and teachers had misperceptions of business. Both, the study concluded, needed to learn about the other as they could both benefit. We knew there were a number of graduates from the education program who were not teachers.