Accessible British Columbia Act Government has provided funding to Disability Alliance BC (DABC) to develop resources that will support school districts and independent school authorities to meet the legal requirements of the Accessible BC Regulation. DABC has created the BC Accessibility Hub website and an Accessibility Toolkit to support all prescribed organizations through the process …
Budget 2023 confirmed over $1.4B in investments in Future Ready and B.C.’s Health Human Resources Strategy, which commits to implementing new career development initiatives and expanding dual credit programming. This work will complement and build on the Early Childhood Education Dual Credit project, under the ChildCareBC plan, which currently includes 30 participating school districts and …
The January 2023 assessment session results are now available for the Grade 12 Literacy Assessment (LTE12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12e année – Français langue première (LTP12), Évaluation de littératie de la 12ᵉ année – Français langue seconde – immersion (LTF12), and Grade 10 numeracy and literacy assessments (NME10, NMF10, LTE10, and LTP10).
On March 6, the B.C. government introduced legislation to protect people whose intimate images are shared online without their consent. To support this legislation and to reflect feedback from educators, students, and the broader community, the Ministry of Education and Childcare, in consultation with BCTF teachers and partner Ministries, has updated the PHE curriculum and …
You are invited to be part of the Canada-wide Great Big Crunch (GBC) on March 9 at 10:00 am PT. GBC is a moment of “anti-silence” where participants bite into crunchy local produce in unison. Invite your classroom, your whole school, or colleagues to crunch together in celebration of healthy, B.C. grown, school food.
The Ministry of Health and Nursing Support Services (NSS) have made changes to the Diabetes Medication Administration form (completed by physicians), which is part of the student’s NSS delegated diabetes care plan. This change only applies to new NSS care plans; schools do not need to update existing NSS care plans. The updated Diabetes Support …
Information on today’s provincial budget announcement, including priorities and investments specific to K–12 education and child care, are available on the Budget 2023 website. Additional details are also available in this news release. Please note that the Budget 2023 announcement included dedicated new funding to support sustainable school food programs across British Columbia. Government has …
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 David Wesley St. Clair Reid, whose certificate was suspended for one week.
Easter Seals invites students in grades 6-8 and 9-12 across B.C. and the Yukon to enter its AccessAbility Flag Design Contest. The contest is designed to bring out the creativity of students and spark a discussion in the classroom around INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ACCESS, leading up to National AccessAbility Week, May 28-June 3, 2023. Students …
The WRK Award, which is co-administered by the Ministry of Education and Child Care and SkilledTradesBC, will be transitioning to a scholarship program in Spring 2025 to better support student transitions to further trades training after high school. Read more about how the program is changing, and additional opportunities for sector input, in this Youth …
