The governance structure of the BCSTA includes several standing committees established to consider the organization’s business in specific areas and to provide recommendations to the BCSTA Board of Directors.
Continue Reading “Get to Know the Finance and Audit Committee”
A group of Indigenous students from Burnaby spent five days together to create and record an original song. In a project created by the Burnaby School District’s Indigenous Education Department, the students found their voice and shared a powerful experience.
Continue Reading “Spotlight on Students – Indigenous Students and Hip Hop”
Every child deserves the right to be able to read, yet many get left behind in spite of the hard work of their teachers. Research consistently demonstrates that when children fall behind in reading, they rarely catch up to their peers.
Continue Reading “One to One Literacy Program: Volunteer Literacy Tutors in Schools”
The 2019 Annual General Meeting Report of Proceedings is now available online. The report includes the disposition of motions, reports from branches and committees, and a summary of our meeting.
The Jean Ciriani Scholarship for Communications recognizes a graduating student who has excelled at communication studies and who has expressed an interest in using their communications skills in the support of public policy and education. This year, the family of Jean Ciriani and the BCSTA are pleased to announce the winner of the $1,500 bursary:
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[Sent May 30, 2019]
President Higginson to Minister Fleming:
“Please find attached to this letter a complete listing of the resolutions passed by the British Columbia School Trustees Association’s membership during our 2019 Annual General Meeting, which occurred within the final week of April. For your convenience, the resolutions have been grouped by themes (i.e., areas of commonality) in order to help facilitate further discussion and follow-up with the Ministry of Education.”
[Ottawa, O.N. – May 8, 2019] Over the past two days, the Canadian School Boards Association board of directors has met with Members of Parliament and Senators to discuss the importance of democratic community voice in public education.
[Richmond, B.C. – April 30, 2019] The BCSTA held their 115th Annual General Meeting at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, B.C. this past weekend. During the meeting, the Association’s membership voted for the 2019-20 BCSTA Board of Directors.
Continue Reading “Media Release: BCSTA Installs New Board of Directors at Annual General Meeting”
Gabrielle Scrimshaw is a Dene woman from Hatchet Lake, a small community in northern Saskatchewan. She grew up in a family with two sisters and her father, a single parent. She knows the challenges that Indigenous people face in Canada and said in her TEDx talk in Toronto, that by all statistics, she should not have been standing on that stage. But Gabrielle has been on many stages and will be presenting the keynote address onstage at the BCSTA AGM on April 26, 2019.
In February of this year, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages released a study it had commissioned on supply and demand of French Second Language (FSL) teachers in Canada. The study was led by the Canadian Parents for French and conducted by researchers from across Canada, including Mimi Masson, Elizabeth Larson, Paule Desgroseilliers, Wendy Carr and Sharon Lapkin. The researchers were studying a persistent problem that is experienced across the country, and certainly in British Columbia: a high demand for French Second Language programs, and a short supply of qualified teachers.
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