In partnership with the BC School Trustees Association, the ministry struck an advisory committee composed of members from FNESC, BCSSA, and BCASBO to: This Roles and Responsibilities for Boards of Education infographic was co-created by the committee and incorporates feedback from the May 2024 All Superintendents meeting. BCSTA will begin the development of trustee training …
An exciting new challenge is here for B.C. teachers and K-12 students! Running until March 1, 2025, the Great B.C. School Food Cook-Off invites classrooms to showcase their creativity in the kitchen by developing recipes that feature local ingredients from B.C.’s producers and processors. Participating classes will have the chance to see their recipes featured …
School districts are invited to join the SD41 (Burnaby) and the Ninandotoo Society to celebrate Black Excellence Day, a virtual event on Wednesday, January 15, from 10:30 am-12 pm PST. Black Excellence Day is a day to stand in solidarity with Black Canadians and honour the rich history, contributions, achievements, resilience and joy of Black people. This live online …
The Expect Respect and a Safe Education (erase) website is now available fully translated into French. In addition, two animated erase videos have been translated into the 10 most commonly spoken languages in BC, including Cantonese, Filipino, French, German, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Punjabi and Spanish. Downloadable versions of the updated erase poster and decal are …
Safer Schools Together and the Ministry of Education and Child Care are hosting a Community of Practice session on January 29, 2025, from 8:30 – 9:45 am. This session will explore how Safe School Coordinators can leverage the erase Report It tool to increase student and community engagement in continuing efforts to maintain school safety. …
Together, Government and child care providers are reducing fees for families and sustaining child care services in communities throughout British Columbia. Child Care Operating Funding assists providers with the day-to-day costs of running a licensed child care facility. Child care providers can apply for 2025/26 Child Care Operating Funding through My ChildCareBC Services. To ensure providers …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, an outcome was posted about a teacher whose certificate was suspended for five days, and another outcome was posted about a teacher who agreed to a reprimand. The outcomes have been anonymized to …
The 2024/25 Student Learning Survey (SLS) will be open from January 6, 2025, to May 2, 2025. In addition to Grades 4, 7, 10 and 12, the SLS will now include Grade 11 students. This will help provide a more comprehensive understanding of the student experience in secondary schools. Grade 11 results will be included …
Recordings from the virtual day of professional learning curated and delivered by the Provincial Outreach Programs (POPs) on October 25, 2024, are now available on the POP Conference website. Additional information about the day was shared in the October 18, 2024, DM Bulletin.
As part of the K-12 Literacy Supports Initiative, professional learning grants will be distributed to all school districts over the next few weeks. School districts are expected to use these grants to provide professional learning opportunities for classroom teachers and support staff on evidence-based approaches to literacy instruction; screening for K-3 students; interventions for K-12 …
