The monthly progress report for major capital projects (new schools, seismic upgrades, etc.) in the web-based Capital Asset Planning System (MyCAPS) is being updated to improve functionality for users. Please refer to the for additional information or reach out to your Planning Officer.
Thursday June 29, 2023
Deputy Minister of Education and Child Care
Hi, everyone. We’re here – the final week of school! A few quick updates this week on capital project progress changes, a survey coming in the fall around school-aged care demand in your districts, and awareness of a publicly available survey from government on the recent Anti-Racism legislation. Thanks also to everyone again for supporting, at the district level, the roll out of the new Reporting Policy for the 2023/24 school year.
Have a great weekend,
Christina
For Information
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Public Questionnaire and Community Grants for the Anti-Racism Legislation
As part of the development of Anti-Racism Legislation, the Ministry of Attorney General has launched a public questionnaire and community engagement grant program to better understand experiences of systemic racism in B.C. The questionnaire is open until September 30, 2023 and will be available in 15 languages. Applications for the community grants will be reviewed on an ongoing-basis until June 23, 2023, or until funds are fully allocated.
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Copyright Obligations in the Education Sector
A reminder that copying must fall within the scope of the fair dealing exception under s. 29 of the Copyright Act. For more information, please refer to the Council of Ministers of Education’s (CMEC’s) Fair Dealing Guidelines.
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Fall 2023 School-Aged Child Care Demand Parent Survey
In Fall 2023, the Ministry is conducting a parent survey to better understand the regional and provincial demand for school-aged child care. Schools with Kindergarten to Grade 7 students will be asked to distribute the survey to parents to help inform the Province of the demand. Schools will be contacted in September with further information. If you have any questions, please contact ChildCareBC.Engagement@gov.bc.ca.
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Recent Discipline Outcomes
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 who agreed to the cancellation of their teaching certificate. The outcome has been anonymized to protect the identity of a student who was harmed, abused or exploited by the teacher.
