Due to BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) job action, any requests for FSA materials received after September 22, 2025, will not be immediately processed and sent to schools. Requests for materials after that date are being tracked and will be sent to schools as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please direct them to …
Mental Illness Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day Mental Health Awareness Week (October 5-11) and World Mental Health Day (October 10) offer a meaningful opportunity to reflect on how we foster mental health in our schools, workplaces, and communities. This year’s World Mental Health Day theme — “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes …
The Holocaust Educational Theatre is embarking on a province-wide initiative to bring live Holocaust education programming to middle and high schools across British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and Interior regions. Their programming is based on the true, often verbatim stories of young survivors, and it is designed to combat antisemitism, foster empathy …
As part of the K–12 Workforce Plan, the ministry has developed an Education Assistant (EA) Competency Framework that outlines the core knowledge and skills needed to be successful in an EA role. Designed to support future EAs to be job-ready upon graduation, this framework aims to promote consistency across education programs for EAs in the …
Career Trek videos are a fun and easy way to explore different careers throughout BC. The videos feature interviews with people at their worksites describing their job responsibilities and work environments. Discover the newly redesigned Career Trek that allows for easier searching, filtering and navigation of over 190 Career Trek videos, including 10 new additions.
With the start of the 2025–26 school year, the Ministry of Education and Child Care has worked with community organizations and education partners to develop supporting elaborations for the expanded learning standard requiring CPR and AED learning in the Physical and Health Education (PHE) 10 curriculum. While not mandated, these elaborations support teachers by providing …
The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) has released a new, bilingual, online teaching resource that may be useful for Social Studies 10 teachers as they prepare to implement the new learning standard about the Holocaust. Fragments in Focus: A History of the Holocaust features over 160 original items from the VHEC collection that once belonged …
Make a Future has launched the Internationally Educated Teachers website to support the recruitment of international teachers wanting to work in British Columbia. Funded by the Ministry of Education and Child Care as part of the K–12 Workforce Plan and developed in collaboration with experts in teacher certification and immigration, this site offers clear guidance …
Finalized K-4 English Language Arts (ELA) and Math Foundational Learning Progressions are now available for teachers to use to help students develop the key foundational skills in the curriculum. The grade-specific descriptors describe what proficiency in foundational reading, writing, oral language and math skills should look like at the end of the school year from …
A TRAX Data Submission Guide for Summer Course Marks is available on the TRAX Information website. The Summer Course Marks reporting process is applicable from the end of July through September for students who are not returning in the fall (e.g., graduating students).
