The Ministry is planning three Equity Regional Sessions (Northern Vancouver Island/Sunshine Coast, Northern BC, and Fraser Valley) for the 2022/23 school year. The purpose of these gatherings is to assess the outcomes and effectiveness of ongoing Equity Action plans. Each school district in the participating regions will be invited to one in-person session, with dates …
Due October 28 International Education Mobility Programs (IEMPs) support international exchange opportunities for B.C. students and teachers. Grants for 2022/23 are available to school districts with small or developing international programs (i.e., programs with fewer than 400 students). See the IEMP website for information on eligibility criteria, program goals, and how to apply.
Co-constructed with educators across the province, the redesigned Performance Standards will be available for province-wide trialing in winter 2022. The revised standards highlight literacy and numeracy thinking and communication skills essential to all learning areas. They are intended to serve as a planning, teaching and assessment resource that promotes cross-curricular Literacy and Numeracy while continuing …
The K-12 Student Reporting Policy remains on track for implementation on July 1, 2023. In the meantime, a team of district and school administrators and teachers have completed work on implementation support documents for release in December 2022. The MyEducation BC team is also working on updates to ensure the technical supports are in place …
Further to the announcement in the August 26 DM Bulletin regarding implementation supports for the new graduation requirement, the Ministry is continuing to work with FNESC, BCSSA and FISA to schedule regional FNESC workshops for educators. The Ministry and FNESC are also co-developing a brochure for parents/caregivers, and video resources to support school/district planning and …
To streamline ministry data collections and reduce the administrative burden for schools, the ministry is introducing a modified SADE collection for October 2022 and will be working to decommission the SADE process by end of the 2022-23 school year. The quarterly SADE collection has been modified to only include schools with Graduated Adult course completions. If …
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 Austin Osazuwa Uzama, whose certificate is suspended for two weeks.
The Ministry will meet with the new Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Leads on Thursday, October 13, 2022, from 10-11 am PT to welcome them to the role and establish a provincial network. Please join via Zoom. Questions can be directed to EDUC.EarlyLearning@gov.bc.ca.
School districts will receive their second payment of federal funding for 2021/2022 in early October. The second payment includes the 15% FSL additional funding on top of the overall base funding for year 2021/2022. Please review the Federal Funding by School District allocations table for more details on the payment distribution. Please contact Smyrna.Chuttoo@gov.bc.ca with …
The Professional Standards for BC Educators guide the work of educators who hold a certificate of qualification. Standard 9 requires educators to honour the history, practices, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Check out and share the new Professional Standard 9 video that encourages educators to examine their own biases, incorporate Indigenous perspectives into …
