{"id":58837,"date":"2025-08-22T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=58837"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:48:38","slug":"k-12-literacy-supports-frequently-asked-questions-faqs-now-available","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/k-12-literacy-supports-frequently-asked-questions-faqs-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u201312 Literacy Supports Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Now Available"},"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\/2025-08-22\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday August 22 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">K\u201312 Literacy Supports Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Now Available<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/support\/diverse-student-needs\/learning-supports\/early-literacy-screening-faq.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/a> document is now available in both English and French to provide school districts with additional guidance on evidence-based early literacy screening and early literacy screening tools, as well as considerations for how school districts should use their professional learning grants to best support mandatory screening, professional learning and capacity building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAQs will also provide school districts with a central source of information that addresses common inquiries regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/literacy-supports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">K\u201312 Literacy Supports Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry is releasing the FAQs ahead of the 2025-26 school year to support school districts with their local literacy planning and preparation to enable the successful implementation of mandatory screening in kindergarten (as a minimum) starting this fall. School districts can reach out to the K\u201312 Literacy Supports Initiative Team at <a href=\"mailto:mailtoliteracy.supports@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">literacy.supports@gov.bc.ca<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document is now available in both English and French to provide school districts with additional guidance on evidence-based early literacy screening and early literacy screening tools, as well as considerations for how school districts should use their professional learning grants to best support mandatory screening, professional learning and capacity building. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/k-12-literacy-supports-frequently-asked-questions-faqs-now-available\/\" 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":[1462],"division":[1398],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[443,593,298,323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-58837","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2025-08-22","division-epp","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-directors-of-instruction","audiences-french-language-leads","audiences-principals-vice-principals","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/58837","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\/58837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59237,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/58837\/revisions\/59237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58837"}],"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=58837"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=58837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}