As of January 7, 2026, child care providers can renew their Child Care Operating Funding agreements and opt into the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative and Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement programs for the 2026-2027 funding year. Over 2,000 child care facilities are already pre-approved to participate in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative for 2026-2027. Child …
As part of the BC Learning Pathways project, the K-4 Foundational Français langue seconde – immersion Learning Progressions are available now for provincial field review on the BC Learning Pathways website. This new resource supports French immersion teachers in developing students’ foundational reading, writing, and oral language skills in alignment with the Français langue seconde …
In collaboration with the Career Education Society of BC, the Ministry of Education and Child Care has developed new K–12 Career Development Resource Guides. These resources were created to help parents and caregivers, educators, and employers meaningfully contribute to students’ career education.
On February 11, 2026, teaching certificates were suspended for certificate holders who did not comply with criminal record check requirements in 2025. Certificate holders that you employ may be on the list of suspensions. Please visit News & Notices in the Employers’ Area to check the list. You can also use the Certificate Verification Tool to verify the status …
The April 2026 Graduation Assessment session (April 20-24) includes: Schools should submit registrations for this session by uploading their graduation files (DEM, CRS, XAM) to the new Graduation module on the Education Data Exchange (EDX). Registration management has also moved to the Graduation Assessments section on EDX, which replaces the former Online Assessment Register. For …
Starting Monday, February 23, 2026, graduation records and achievement data collection (often known as “TRAX”) will move to the Education Data Exchange (EDX). EDX replaces the School Secure Web (SSW) for graduation-related activities, further bringing student data collections together into a single platform. For more information and resources, please visit Graduation Records and Achievement Data (GRAD) …
Child Health BC and Perinatal Services BCare working with partners throughout BC to create a new, voluntary family visiting program available to families during pregnancy until their child enters school. In the program, a provider works with each family to build on their strengths, support their child’s health and development, and connect parents/caregivers to helpful …
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 Tasha Dawn Whitney, whose teaching certificate was suspended for five days, and Joel Nathanael Dyck, who agreed to a reprimand.
As part of their eraseOrganized Crime and Exploitation Prevention Information Series, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (PSSG) is hosting a presentation on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 10:30 am-12:00 pm PST. The session will be delivered by the Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (POPFASD) and will introduce the overlapping brain …
RRegistration is now open for the Learning First Peoples Spring Institute taking place from March 16 to 17 in Richmond. Hosted by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association, the institute is designed to support teachers to bring quality, authentic First Peoples teaching and learning into B.C. classrooms. Workshops: Visit the …
