Following up from Jay Chalke’s presentation on the Public Interest Disclosure Act at the All Superintendents Meeting last Thursday, the BC Public School Employers’ Association will be sending out updated documents with additional information. Look for further communications from BCPSEA coming soon. The Office of the Ombudsperson has also published an updated resource, titled Fairness by …
WorkBC.ca has been refreshed. The technical platform expired, and stakeholder feedback revealed that WorkBC.ca resources can be difficult to find, so it was time for a redesign and rebuild. Besides a new technical platform and enhanced security, the website continues to provide career and labour market tools and resources to support British Columbians with education …
The Digital Services Board presents the first edition of their newsletter for superintendents and secretary-treasurers. The Digital Services Board Connections Newsletter provides updates and information as to the work being done by the Digital Services Board regarding the Digital Services Recovery Fee.
Following the ratification of the majority of Support Staff collective agreements, labour settlement funding for Support Staff, Learning Improvement Fund, CommunityLINK and Classroom Enhancement Funding has been added to the Summary of Grants to Date tables for 2022/23. Provincial Resource Programs will also receive additional funding. Please contact Tim.Jah@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
An important new resource, Anti-Racism: A Guide for Teachers, is now available. Developed by a team of B.C. IBPoC educators, this guide will give B.C. teachers additional tools and strategies for including anti-racism education in their teaching practices to help foster learning through an anti-racist lens to address discrimination and celebrate diversity.
In yesterday’s Throne Speech, Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin outlined the NDP government’s plan to tackle a number of significant challenges facing our province, such as rising costs of living, the housing crisis, access to public health care, public safety, violent crime, and mental health supports. Specific to the K-12 education and childcare sectors, the Throne Speech …
Following the recent ratification of the BCTF collective agreement BCTF labour settlement funding and funding for Excluded and Exempt staff wage increases has been added to the Summary of Grants to Date tables for 2022/23. Labour settlement funding for support staff, Classroom Enhancement Fund, and CommunityLINK will be announced later. Please contact Tim.Jah@gov.bc.ca if you …
The First Nations Education Steering Committee, the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and Indigenous Services Canada encourage registrants to review the participant package, and to remind those interested to register for the B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement’s AMT, Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 10:00 am ‑ 12:00 pm PT. Important details can be found in this backgrounder.
As announced on February 2, 2023, seven new school district communities will begin implementation of ICY teams in 2023. Please visit B.C.’s Integrated Child & Youth Teams web page for details about team composition, service settings, access, Indigenous services, and other resources.
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 Brent Alexander Daniel, whose certificate was suspended for four weeks.
