What expectations are there for a High School French Teacher (Ontario, Canada)?

Question

I am applying to Teacher's College (Intermediate/Senior level), with English (my major) as my first teachable, and French (my minor) as my second teachable.
While I understand spoken french and can read it quite well, I am less confident in my ability to fluently speak the language. I can get by, obviously, having taken French through University.

I'm wondering, is it expected that High School french teachers be completely fluent in the language? Or need they only be able to teach the concepts and vocab required for high-school level french?

I'm slightly paranoid to use french as one of my teachables, only to find out that I am not skilled enough in that area to get hired as a teacher.

Does anyone have any insight as to what level of French is acceptable when it comes to Teacher's College acceptance, and later, hiring for teacher's positions?

Answer 1

French sentences, grammar, phrases, vocabulary like

Bonjour, est-ce que, ils, elles, oui, non

Hope you get the job!

Answer 2

If your French isn't up to par you should find out during the application process for Teacher's College. It would be addressed long before you ever applied for a job, so don't worry about that. However, I think you need to be fluent (or EXTREMELY close to fluent) because you will always have questions from students about things that are not in the curriculum. You'll always get the one random student who comes up to you and says, "Madamoiselle, comment dit-on 'He had already been on strike for a week when the anteater bit off his right pectoral muscle.'?"

If you get screwed over for not having two teachable areas, look into other universities. I only have one teachable area (Language Arts) but that's not a problem at my university.

Answer 3

You really should talk to your counselor at Sheridan or a counselor at a college you're thinking of transferring to. But, here in the US, you need a Bachelor's degree (4 years) as well as a teaching credential (1 extra year). Just major in Buisness. Most likely you can get some classes exempted because of Sheridan courses you took.