Agendas for the Feb. 9 All Superintendents Meeting and the Feb. 10 Partner Liaison Meeting are now available. Please review these agendas in advance of the meetings at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver to help ensure meaningful dialogue.
Please join us on February 13 for a presentation by Victor Glickman and Todd Milford on data literacy. They will explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities involved in constructing and using student-level data and information to tell data stories. Register now to save your spot.
Beginning Sept. 1, 2023, the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative will be expanded to include children enrolled in half-day preschool programs and children in Grade 1 and older enrolled in school-aged care programs. More information on the expansion of this initiative will be shared in next week’s DM Bulletin and on the ChildCareBC Website.
The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) invite you to register by January 31, 2023, for this year’s B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement (BCTEA) Annual (Virtual) Meeting on Transportation to Public Schools. This year’s meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 10:00 am ‑ 12:00 pm PT and will include …
Accelerating the adoption of mass timber in public infrastructure construction continues to be a provincial priority. As such, new capital projects, including schools, will be required to consider mass timber in their design. Visit Planning and designing wood schools in British Columbia for helpful resources. The Office of Mass Timber Implementation was created by the …
Please read the Summary Financial Statements letter for important information regarding the Office of the Auditor General‘s audit of the SFS and a list of school districts included in the Core and Extended audit samples. Please direct any questions you may have to Ian.Aaron@gov.bc.ca.
Registration is now open for the All Superintendents, BCSTA, and BCASBO association meetings (Feb. 9) and the annual Partner Liaison Meeting (Feb. 10). Details have also been sent to district EAs to register all district attendees (Superintendents, Secretary-Treasurers, and Board Chairs) on your behalf. This year’s event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver, with …
The 2022/23 First Nation Student Rates have been posted. Please contact SDFR@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
School districts are required to enter their enrolment estimates for the 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 school years on this spreadsheet and submit it to the Ministry before February 15. Further information and instructions are provided in this Enrolment Estimates for 2023/24 document. Please contact Michael.Lebrun@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.
Please join us on January 25 for a presentation by Gwen Philips on the importance of measuring the quality of the environments that are central to educational success. She will share her experience of data and governance in education and health and human development, gained from working for the Ktunaxa Nation, and with the federal and …
