Due February 15 Applications for the BC Excellence and Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships are now available; visit the website for what’s new. Applicants must graduate and meet core eligibility and scholarship-specific requirements by August 31, 2023. Recipients are awarded a scholarship voucher of $5,000 for tuition reimbursement at a designated post-secondary institution or B.C.-authorized …
Due January 6 Schools should submit registrations for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 January Graduation Assessments through a TRAX data transfer and confirm them on the Online Graduation Assessment Register that is open November 21, 2022–January 6, 2023.
Due November 30 A reminder to school districts that reports on how the Federal Safe Return to Class Fund allocations were used to enhance ventilation and filtration in schools are due on or before November 30. Please complete the FRTCF reporting template and submit it to Ravnit.Aujla@gov.bc.ca.
This Grant Program supports communities to implement road safety improvements and protect vulnerable road users from serious injuries, disability, and deaths. Applications opened November 1, 2022, and provide up to $20,000 in funding per project. Please see the website for full application details and examples of current projects.
The Ministry of Labour recently amended the Employment Standards Regulation identifying age restrictions and hazardous work. The amendments come into force on January 1, 2023. School and school district staff are advised that under Section 32(1)(b) of the Regulation, students in a secondary school work study, work experience or occupational study class are exempt from …
Please see the Communicable Disease Update for information on recent guidance from the Provincial Health Officer as well as reminders regarding functional closures and free personal protective equipment.
School districts interested in onboarding to the new provincial LMS (D2L’s Brightspace) are invited to attend a Ministry information session on January 17, 2023. This session will provide an overview of how to onboard to Brightspace for K–12 use cases and Brightspace for professional development. To receive the Zoom links and further information, please have …
The Implementation Handbook, BAA criteria, Q&A, and PowerPoint presentation for the new Indigenous-focused graduation requirement have now been translated to French. All documents, in both English and French, can be found on the Indigenous-focused Graduation Requirement web page.
BCPVPA members are encouraged to register for one of two sessions of the Student Reporting Policy Webinar hosted by the Ministry and the BC Principals and Vice Principals Association. At these November sessions, we will discuss the changes to the Student Reporting Policy that will take effect on July 1, 2023 and provide time for …
In support of Education Savings Week (November 14-18), please share this letter with families/guardians of students in Kindergarten through Grade 4 to let them know their child may be eligible for a $1,200 BC Training and Education Savings Grant for their post-secondary education.
