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Attendees at this year’s Trustee Academy were provided an overview of BCSTA’s great new learning resource for boards, individual trustees, senior district staff and partners – The Learning Guide. This
BCSTA’s new members-only area of our website, the BCSTA HUB, is now open for business. The HUB will provide a number of new features and services aimed at providing improved
Trustee Academy 2017 is just around the corner, featuring a variety of concurrent session that are set to inspire trustees as they assemble under the theme of “Education Evolution: Student-Centred
In the spring of 2016, I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Tom Child recount the story of a Kwakiutl elder, Ms. Sara Sampare, who described her experience during the
Continue Reading “Raising the Valuation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
On September 18, 2015, the culture of the Squamish People came to life at Eastview Elementary School in North Vancouver. Our year long journey of awareness and understanding of Aboriginal
Continue Reading “Our Journey of Awareness and Understanding of Aboriginal Culture”
[Vancouver – October 24, 2017] Please see below a statement from BCSTA President Gordon Swan on Barry Neufeld’s Facebook post regarding SOGI policies and initiatives: “BCSTA does not support, nor agree
Continue Reading “Media Release: BCSTA Statement on Barry Neufeld’s Comments About SOGI Policies”
[Vancouver, B.C, – September 22, 2017] – The British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA) would like to express its full support for boards of education, the Ministry of Education and the
Continue Reading “Message of Support for SOGI Policies and Initiatives”
Surrey Schools has designed a creative, innovative and interactive online tool called Our Data Story as part of the Our Learning Story webpage established to share facts and stories with parents and the public
Continue Reading “Surrey School District Takes Their Data to a New Digital Level”
Gordon Swan will never forget the pressures of being an novice trustee in the newly merged Nicola-Similkameen School District. With hard decisions to be made around school closures, Swan and
Continue Reading “New Learning Guide Sets Trustees on Path to Success”
BCSTA’s Winter Trustee Academy is set to inspire trustees as they assemble under the theme of “Education Evolution: Student-Centred Governance” this November. This year’s winter academy will serve to highlight
Continue Reading “Student-Centred Governance Takes the Spot at This Year’s Trustee Academy”
