Nominations for the 2023 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education (PAEE) are now being accepted until Friday, May 5. The PAEE were created to recognize the enormous contributions of B.C.’s exceptional teachers, administrators and support staff that are vital to the cultural, economic and social well-being of the province. These awards provide students, parents, teachers …
In alignment with the Feeding Futures funding announced this week, this new website provides information and resources to help guide districts and schools in creating or enhancing their school food programs. Visit the Build a School Food Program website to learn more
Grants of $25,000, plus per course funding comparable to current rates, are available to help school districts administer early childhood education dual credit programs with post-secondary partners in the 2024 and 2025 calendar years. Districts are invited to review and submit an expression of interest questionnaire by May 5 to be considered as a potential …
School districts may apply for additional federal funding to increase access to French Immersion programs in 2023-24. Instructions and application forms are available on the French Programs website. Applications are due by April 28, 2023.
The Youth Empowered Speakers Program (YES) is for B.C. First Nations youth ages 18-30 living on or off-reserve who want to become fluent in their own First Nations language while pursuing a career as an Indigenous language teacher. Proof of post-secondary program acceptance must be provided by June 30, 2023 to be eligible for program …
April 21 is the target date for reporting interim marks to TRAX. Most B.C. public post-secondary institutions, many Alberta universities and colleges, and the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre can retrieve ongoing transcript updates as soon as authorized by the student through the StudentTranscripts Service. Interim data for six B.C. post-secondary institutions and the University of Alberta …
The BC Government, the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills (PSFS), and the Ministry of Children and Family Development recently announced the expansion of financial supports for former youth in care seeking to seeking to further their education and training. Please see Minister Selina Robinson’s statement and this news release for more information.
The DM Bulletin noted Budget 2023 investments in dual credit expansion and pledged further clarification from the Ministry on dual credit course funding eligibility, as set by B.C.’s current policies. Please see this question-and-answer document for more information. Further questions about dual credit can be sent to dualcredit@gov.bc.ca.
To implement the new Indigenous-focused graduation requirement, the ministry is introducing a new 2023 graduation program code. More details on data specifications and transition timelines are available in this Grad 2023 information document.
In order to cover future costs of teacher regulation operations, the annual practice fee will increase by $15 effective December 1, 2023. This means that the annual practice fee will be $80 for the 2023/24 school year and increase to $95 for the 2024/25 school year. Read more under News & Notices in the Employers’ …
