Schools are asked to complete the School Food Survey to provide an update on the establishment and expansion of school food programs through Feeding Futures funding. This survey will collect information about the delivery of school food programs to inform Feeding Futures, including: The survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and will be …
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 two weeks. The outcome has been anonymized to protect the identity of students who were harmed, abused, …
A French Immersion Program Reporting Guide is now available to support school TRAX data submissions. Please review this guide to ensure French Immersion students seeking to earn both a B.C. Certificate of Graduation and a Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires en Colombie-Britannique are on track with their course enrolments.
There is a lot of misinformation and disinformation about SOGI-inclusive education. With that in mind, the ministry has created a new resource to help parents understand the non-truths and truths when it comes to SOGI in B.C. schools. Visit the Resources section of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) web page for a copy of …
On January 22, federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced an intake cap on international student permit applications for a period of two years. K–12, graduate, and post-graduate study permits are excluded from the cap, and study permit renewals will also not be impacted. Ministry staff are working with partner ministries and federal government colleagues to …
School districts are reminded of two funding opportunities with application deadlines of February 1: Health Career Experiential Learning Opportunities for Grades 6-9 and the Work Experience Enhancement.
This morning Premier David Eby announced that he has asked the ministry to work with school districts to address the use of cell phones in schools. The ministry is aware that many districts already address cell phone use in schools through their codes of conduct and will work towards all districts addressing cell phone use …
Elections for membership on the BC Teachers’ Council (BCTC) will be held in March 2024 and a call for nominations for certificate holders to run in the elections has been made. This call applies to all five electoral zones. More information about eligibility to be nominated and related materials is available on the BCTC’s Elections …
The Ministry is exploring updates to the policy guiding dual credit programming in B.C. Changes being contemplated, informed by consultations with sector partners over the past year, include: permitting exploratory courses rather than requiring students to declare a future occupation; allowing for September and February funding access rather than September only; and, permitting eligibility for …
Staff from SD 93 Le Conseil scolaire francophone and school districts offering French Immersion programs are invited to participate in Destination Canada Education, a free, virtual recruiting forum specific to K-12 education, on March 1-2, 2024. Registration for this event is open until February 4. For those who are interested, the ministry and provincial immigration staff …
