Grants of $25,000, plus per course funding comparable to current rates, are available to help school districts administer early childhood education dual credit programs with post-secondary partners in the 2024 and 2025 calendar years. Districts are invited to review and submit an expression of interest questionnaire by May 5 to be considered as a potential …
The DM Bulletin noted Budget 2023 investments in dual credit expansion and pledged further clarification from the Ministry on dual credit course funding eligibility, as set by B.C.’s current policies. Please see this question-and-answer document for more information. Further questions about dual credit can be sent to dualcredit@gov.bc.ca.
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 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 …
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 …
As part of a WorkBC website redesign, the Blueprint Builder tool will retire in February, as the technology is no longer supported. If you have a Blueprint Builder account, it will no longer be available, but you can find the same resources on the new website when it launches in February.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care and SkilledTradesBC (previously the Industry Training Authority of British Columbia) invite those working directly with the WRK Award to join them at the 2022 Career Education Society Conference on Monday, November 21, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. This is your opportunity to learn more about proposed updates to …
As part of recent changes to the Employment Standards Act, the Ministry of Labour has created a School Recommendation form for schools to share any concerns about a student’s ability to do the work. This form is not required for students on Work Experience or Youth Work in Trades placements, and there are no associated …
The Ministry of Labour recently amended the Employment Standards Regulation identifying age restrictions and hazardous work. The amendments come into force on January 1, 2023. School and school district staff are advised that under Section 32(1)(b) of the Regulation, students in a secondary school work study, work experience or occupational study class are exempt from …
