{"id":30567,"date":"2023-10-12T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=30567"},"modified":"2023-10-13T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:24:18","slug":"reminder-indigenous-focused-graduation-requirement-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/reminder-indigenous-focused-graduation-requirement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Indigenous-Focused Graduation Requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2023-10-13\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday October 13 2023<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Reminder: Indigenous-Focused Graduation Requirement<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indigenous-focused graduation requirement has come into effect for the 2023\/24 school year. All students working towards the B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) \u2013 in English or French \u2013 are now required to complete the new graduation requirement, including students at B.C. certified offshore schools. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content?id=48A6AA61EAF84C85802092E5DA16B23F\" target=\"_blank\">Updated resources<\/a>, including an Implementation Handbook, Parent Brochure (available in 8 languages), Q&amp;A, and Board\/Authority Authorized (BAA) Guidebook are available for schools, districts, students and parents. Teachers leading Indigenous-focused courses are encouraged to access the First Nations Education Steering Committee\u2019s Teacher Resources Guides for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnesc.ca\/learningfirstpeoples\/efp\/\" target=\"_blank\">English First Peoples 10-12<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnesc.ca\/bc-first-peoples-12-teacher-resource-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">B.C. First Peoples 12<\/a>. Questions from district administrators can be directed to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:GradRequirements@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\">GradRequirements@gov.bc.ca<\/a>. More information will be shared in the coming weeks regarding additional professional development support.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indigenous-focused graduation requirement has come into effect for the 2023\/24 school year. All students working towards the B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) \u2013 in English or French \u2013 are now required to complete the new graduation requirement, including students at B.C. certified offshore schools. Updated resources, including an Implementation Handbook, Parent Brochure (available &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/reminder-indigenous-focused-graduation-requirement-2\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[946],"division":[368],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-30567","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2023-10-13","division-epd","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/30567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/30567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30828,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/30567\/revisions\/30828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=30567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}