The Ministry of Education and Child Care and SkilledTradesBC are redesigning the Youth Work in Trades Award to support students continuing in post-secondary trades training programs. The transition from the existing Youth Work in Trades Award to a redesigned Youth Work in Trades Scholarship will commence on July 1, 2024.
Beginning October 2024, school districts interested in onboarding to the provincial Learning Management System (D2L’s Brightspace) will have a new opportunity to join our upcoming cohort. A ministry-led information session will provide an overview of how to onboard to Brightspace (K–12). A D2L-led session will provide training details and a Brightspace demo. Interested schools can …
Climate events can impact not only our physical environments and health but also our mental health. Virtual wildfire recovery resources and mental health supports are available for children, youth, and families affected by wildfires. Additional mental health resources for those affected by wildfires and climate-related events can be found on the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions’ Help Starts …
Thank you for the thoughtful discussions and feedback at the Framework’s wall stations on May 10. Sector input is appreciated and continues to inform the Ministry’s continuous improvement cycle. The Framework team is collating the information received and will report on the feedback and proposed actions at the BCSSA Summer Academy in August. For those …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, a summary of an outcome was posted about a teacher whose certificate was cancelled. The outcome has been anonymized to protect the identity of students who were harmed, abused, or exploited by …
A reminder that copying of educational materials must fall within the scope of the fair dealing exception under s. 29 of the Copyright Act. For more information, please refer to the Council of Ministers of Education’s Fair Dealing Guidelines.
The April 2024 assessment session results are now available for the Grade 12 Literacy Assessment (LTE12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12e année – Français langue première (LTP12), and Grade 10 numeracy and literacy assessments (NME10, NMF10, LTE10, and LTP10).
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 regarding Brian John Carmichael, who agreed to a reprimand.
The 2024/25 ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund intake is now open. Applications will be accepted until August 2.
A B.C. Certificate and Transcript School Distribution Guide for the 2023/2024 school year is now available. The guide also introduces a change to the non-graduate transcript distribution schedule and provides new information on obtaining digital copies of transcript updates for withdrawn students.
