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 …
Expect Respect and a Safe Education (erase) training sessions for the 2025-2026 school year are now available. Sessions are for school administrators, teachers, counsellors, school support staff, community partners, safe school coordinators, families/caregivers, and students to support school and online safety. Sessions begin late summer. Visit the erase training web page for details and to …
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).
Please share these year-end letters from Minister Beare with your school communities.
Schools must submit June/final course marks to TRAX via the School Secure Web (SSW) by July 18 to ensure students’ transcripts are complete for graduation and post-secondary institution (PSI) selections. The ministry encourages schools to start reporting final June grades as soon as they are available, as early submission helps manage the high volumes of …
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 Ingrid Anne Stengler, who agreed to a one-day suspension, and John Peter Rocca, whose certificate was previously relinquished and who is subject to a one-year ban from reapplying …
Please be advised that Career Education Week will be celebrated in British Columbia from November 24-28, 2025. The Ministry of Education and Child Care, in collaboration with the Career Education Society of BC, invites school districts to include this important week in their 2025-26 school calendars. Further details and planning resources will be shared in the …
To plan for the coming school year, schools and districts are reminded that under the School Act, home educators (families) are required to register homeschoolers with a school by September 30 each year and that public schools are required to enable homeschooler registrations. Schools may wish to remind homeschooling families of the requirement to register …
The Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions, in collaboration with Clean Energy BC and BC Hydro, is hosting a free webinar to inspire and inform Indigenous youth about career opportunities in the clean energy sector. Event Details: This virtual session will feature Indigenous leaders sharing their experiences in clean energy careers, information on training programs, …
As the school year draws to a close, the ministry encourages career education leads to remind students that the online application for the Youth Work in Trades (WRK) Scholarship will be available on the ministry’s Career Programs web page in early September 2025; this fall is the first time students will apply for the WRK …
