An official Call for Responses (CFR) was posted on BC Bid on May 31, 2024, for organizations interested in providing provincewide Francophone support services as part of the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) program. CCRR centres make it easier for families to access child care by providing information, support, resources and referral services to parents and child …
A reminder that district Codes of Conduct must be updated to align with the amended Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order by July 1. Please submit updated Codes of Conduct to ecc.strategicpriorities@gov.bc.ca by August 15. Please see the Personal Digital Device (Cell Phone) Restrictions in Schools policy page for the Provincial Standards for Codes of Conduct Order Amendment and …
Please remind your school’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) that funding is available through the Community Gaming Grant program at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Applications are accepted each year, between April 1 – June 30, with funding awarded in the Fall. Late applications are unlikely to be funded. Funding amounts are based on school enrolment …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care has launched Learning to be Anti-Racist: An Introductory Course. Part of the K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan, this free online course is available for all district and school employees and includes seven training modules designed to support and strengthen anti-racism learning environments across schools in B.C.
Online Learning Survey results will be available to all districts with a Provincial Online Learning School and/or a District Online Learning School through a Power BI dashboard in September 2024. Superintendents are requested to provide their Online Learning School Principal contacts by August 31, 2024, for access to the dashboard. Contacts will have access to …
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), and the Ministry of Education and Child Care invite you to mark your calendars for this year’s Nominal Roll Learning Series webinars and Q&A sessions covering the Joint Verification Process (JVP).
Schools are reminded to submit June/final course marks to TRAX by July 12 to ensure students’ transcripts are up to date for their graduation and post-secondary institution selections.
Prior to summer break, please share this letter with families/guardians of students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 to let them know their child may be eligible for a one-time $1,200 B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant for their post-secondary education.
As summer break approaches, Minister Singh would like to thank everyone in the education system for their extraordinary efforts and accomplishments during the 2023/24 school year. Please ask your principals to share this letter from the Minister to students, parents, and caregivers and this letter to K-12 school and district staff.
To plan for the coming school year, schools and districts are reminded that home educators are required to register homeschoolers with a school by September 30 each year and that public schools are required under the School Act to register homeschoolers. Schools may wish to remind homeschooling families of the requirement to register in end-of-year …
