From November 16 to 20, we’re celebrating Education Professionals Week!

Indispensable

From November 16 to 20, 2026, Professional Personnel Week in Education shines a spotlight on the people whose expertise helps keep the school system running every day.

In a school or centre, education is not limited to what happens in a classroom.

There are those who support students in their learning, career planning, and educational journey. There are those who advise teams, develop practices, organize services, analyze needs, and ensure organizations operate effectively.

These are the professionals in education. And their work is indispensable.

Why indispensable?

Because much of their work takes place behind the scenes.

A service is often only noticed when it is no longer there. What is less visible is the prevention, planning, support, and expertise that make those services possible every day.

The FPPE represents 37 professional job classifications working in direct student services, educational services, and administrative services.

Different professions, but one shared contribution: providing the public education system with the means to fulfill its mission.

For Students

Learning. Finding a path. Overcoming challenges. Integrating. Growing.

Professional personnel work directly with students, but their influence extends far beyond individual interventions. Advising a team, adapting a practice, or establishing a service also creates the conditions that enable students to succeed.

Indispensable for students.

For Education

A school is also a complex organization that must be planned, supported, managed, and continually adapted.

Information technology, school organization, finance, communications, material resources, and educational services: much of the work performed by professional personnel is less visible, yet it enables the system to function every day.

Indispensable for education.

For the Future

Education must respond to today's needs while preparing for tomorrow's challenges.

Anticipating change, analyzing needs, developing new practices, and adapting services are also part of the work of professional personnel. The future of public education depends on its ability to recognize, listen to, and retain this expertise.

Indispensable for the future.

More Than a Word

During Professional Personnel Week, discover the faces, career paths, and expertise of those who work every day within the public education system.

Because "Indispensable" is more than just a word.

It is their work.
It is their expertise.
It is their contribution to public education.

For students. For education. For the future.