On August 19, the Ministry of Education and Child Care published Design Guidelines for Child Care Centres as a resource to help organizations with child care space creation projects achieve a balance between consistent, quality and functional child care centre designs. These guidelines build on the health and safety standards in the Community Care and …
The results for the 2023/24 SLS are now available in the District SharePoint folders and Data BC Catalogue. The SharePoint folders contain both unmasked data files and printable summary reports (HTML) at district and school levels. The Data BC Catalogue contains masked data files at provincial and district levels. The SLS dashboard will be updated …
This week, B.C.’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, issued a statement to ensure children in B.C. are up to date on all their vaccines as part of back-to-school. In preparation, school staff are encouraged to review the Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 Settings. These guidelines are intended to reduce the risk of transmission …
Provincial Scholarships Program awards for recent graduates (2023/24) will be processed in the coming weeks so that paper vouchers can be mailed to confirmed recipients this fall. To be confirmed, students must have completed all requirements, including graduation and coursework, by August 31, 2024. Those not on record as meeting requirements are ineligible for scholarships.
School districts interested in onboarding to the provincial Learning Management System (D2L’s Brightspace) are invited to attend upcoming information sessions. On October 9, the ministry-led session will provide an overview of how to onboard to Brightspace (K–12). On October 17, the D2L-led session will provide training details and a Brightspace demonstration. To register, please have …
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 Tania Christine Jacobsen, whose certificate was suspended for two days.
An updated version of Secondary Education in the Provinces and Territories of Canada: A Student Transfer Guide 2023-24 is now available on the Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) website. The guide assists schools across Canada in placing secondary students who have recently moved from one province or territory to another, with the goal …
The 2024/25 BC Graduation Program Policy Guide and the companion Handbook of Procedures for the Graduation Program are now available on the Graduation Information for Administrators web page. Please see the “What’s New” sections and review both documents for updates to procedures and policies. French versions of both the Handbook and the Policy Guide will …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, a summary of an outcome was posted about a teacher whose certificate was suspended for one day. The outcome has been anonymized to protect the identity of students who were harmed, abused, …
The general solicitation for Francophone Child Care Resource and Referral Centres (CCRR) support services is now complete. Fédération des parents francophones de Colombie-Britannique will begin providing Francophone Child Care Resource and Referral services on September 1, 2024. B.C.’s first dedicated Francophone CCRR service provider will provide services in French to support Francophone families, child care …
