CTS teachers are employed by:
- junior and senior high schools
- colleges and vocational centres with integrated or technical occupational programs.
Experienced CTS teachers may advance to administrative positions or specialist positions in large schools, school districts, departments of education, colleges or universities.
CTS teachers are part of the larger 2011 National Occupational Classification 4031: Secondary school teachers. In Alberta, most people employed in this classification work in the Educational Services (PDF) industry.
The employment outlook (PDF) in this occupation will be influenced by a wide variety of factors including:
- trends and events affecting overall employment (especially in the Educational Services industry)
- location in Alberta
- employment turnover (work opportunities generated by people leaving existing positions)
- occupational growth (work opportunities resulting from the creation of new positions)
- size of the occupation.
In Alberta, the 4031: Secondary school teachers occupational group is expected to have a below-average annual growth of 1.8% from 2019 to 2023. In addition to job openings created by employment turnover, 290 new positions are forecasted to be created within this occupational group each year.
The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) estimates that about 400 teaching positions will become vacant each year due to retirement.