The erase (expect respect and a safe education) website has been updated to ensure trusted information and resources are available for students, parents/caregivers and educators on consent and the prevention of gender-based violence. The information complements the recent updates to the Supporting Student Health guides and PHE curriculum elaborations. Please share updated resources with students, …
Starting on January 9, 2023, school districts are required to provide workforce absence reporting for Monday of each week. The Ministry is collecting this data to better understand workforce absence trends, particularly during the winter cold and flu season, to inform on going work and supports related to sector workforce planning initiatives. Districts can report using …
School districts can now add their French contact to the Ministry’s BC K-12 School and District Contact Information web page. To add your French contact, visit the page and submit a request by selecting “Send an update of district information”. Only one French contact per district can be included. Please contact EDUC.French.Education@gov.bc.ca if you have any …
In line with Section 34 of the Teachers Act, employers are being notified that teaching certificates were cancelled on November 1, 2022, because certificate holders did not pay the 2022/2023 annual practice fee by October 31, 2022. Please review the notice posted in the Employers’ Area to ensure that the certificate holders you employ remain certified. If …
Due February 15 Applications for the BC Excellence and Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships are now available; visit the website for what’s new. Applicants must graduate and meet core eligibility and scholarship-specific requirements by August 31, 2023. Recipients are awarded a scholarship voucher of $5,000 for tuition reimbursement at a designated post-secondary institution or B.C.-authorized …
Due January 30 Districts are required to complete the interim reporting interim reporting survey for the Student and Family Affordability Fund and return it to SDFR@gov.bc.ca by January 20, 2023. This survey is an interim report of estimated spending of your district’s allocation of the funding up to December 31, 2022, and an estimated budget …
Due January 6 Schools should submit registrations for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 January Graduation Assessments through a TRAX data transfer and confirm them on the Online Graduation Assessment Register that is open November 21, 2022–January 6, 2023.
Due November 30 A reminder to school districts that reports on how the Federal Safe Return to Class Fund allocations were used to enhance ventilation and filtration in schools are due on or before November 30. Please complete the FRTCF reporting template and submit it to Ravnit.Aujla@gov.bc.ca.
The video recording of this month’s Analytics, Outreach and Information Sharing Session from November 24 is now available. The next session is Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 3:10 pm PST; see this poster for details. Please contact EDUC.ReportingUnit@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
School districts interested in onboarding to the new provincial LMS (D2L’s Brightspace) are invited to attend a Ministry information session on January 17, 2023. This session will provide an overview of how to onboard to Brightspace for K–12 use cases and Brightspace for professional development. To receive the Zoom links and further information, please have …
