The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that it starting to hire for up to 90 new teaching positions in the province in order to staff the new provincial online school.

The Saskatchewan Distance Learning Corporation will reportedly employ approximately 150 educators.  Sixty of those teachers will be transferred from the Sun West School Division and the remainder are direct hires.

The government says there are staffing opportunities will be available for work at the main office in Kenaston as well as at the other nine regional campuses in the communities of Estevan, La Ronge, Moose Jaw, Neilburg, Nipawin, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Swift Current and Yorkton.  There are also a number of non-teaching roles vacant, such as for human resources and corporate services support.

Each regional campus will have a principal, teachers, and a number of support positions. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) confirming that teachers employed by the Sask DLC will be STF members, providing all teachers access to a pension, supports and benefits. Student registration for the 2023-24 school year is expected to open in this month.