Students who begin the B.C. Graduation Program in Grades 11 or 12 are not required to write the Grade 10 Literacy Assessment (LTE10) or Évaluation de littératie de la 10e année – Français langue première (LTP10). The policy applies to Grade 10 Literacy Assessments only. Exemption requests must be submitted to the Ministry of Education and Child Care. …
Please see this letter to Superintendents and K-12 Partners describing additional support resources for the new Indigenous-focused graduation requirement. This includes a video and parent brochure to support conversations with students, parents/caregivers, and staff. For more information, contact GradRequirements@gov.bc.ca.
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, outcomes were posted regarding Russell Stephen Bodnar and Cindy Chi-Ching Tong. Their certificates will be suspended for one day.
The following resources were shared with participants at last week’s BCSTA Trustee Academy and are provided here for your reference: Governance for Continuous Improvement of Student Learning Progress since the Launch of ChildCareBC Indigenous graduation requirement SOGI-Inclusive Education overview
Three implementation support documents for the K-12 Student Reporting Policy have been released. These documents provide educators, school leaders, and district leaders with the key information they need to prepare their classrooms, schools, and districts for implementing the updated K-12 Student Reporting Policy in the 2023/24 school year. K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Communicating Student Learning …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, outcomes were posted regarding Luke Lawson and Douglas Sergei David Ryga.
As announced yesterday, the Province has appointed 30 people to help develop British Columbia’s first two standards for accessibility. These standards will help remove and prevent barriers that restrict people with disabilities from equal participation in their community. Please note the recently established Accessible British Columbia Regulation requires public sector organizations—including school districts—to have their …
The Government of Canada is launching an online survey to inform a national school food policy. This policy will help guide the expansion of school food programs so that more children have access to nutritious food in school. Anyone who has experience with or an interest in school food programming is encouraged to participate in the …
Provincial and district data for 2021/2022 has been added to the Completion Rate Dashboard and can be accessed through the BC K-12 Education Data Portal. Please contact EDUC.ReportingUnit@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
The 2023 administration of PCAP will take place in April/May 2023. 150 English-language schools and 21 Francophone schools have been selected to participate. Further details about this assessment will be sent to superintendents and principals of the selected schools during the week of December 5. Please email NatIntQuestions@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
