Our regular Chapter Council meetings provide the opportunity for members from across the province to connect and share ideas, and a setting is also established for dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Child Care and other important partners. To open Saturday’s meeting, we welcomed Jennifer McCrea, Assistant Deputy Minister System Liaison and Supports Division, and Danielle Carter-Sullivan, Executive Director, Early Learning, Mental Health, and Student Safety, who each provided a number of updates and invited feedback from attendees.
Jennifer talked about student success in the BC context, and the impact of different factors in the system including workforce strategies for recruitment and retention, affordability challenges for families, and networks promoting mental health. Jennifer also highlighted the status of the plan for addressing student cell phone use in school, and invited the ideas of our members to help with the development of an implementation guide.
Danielle spoke about the revision of the BC erase site, and noted its evolution from a site focused on strategies to eliminate bullying, to a site with extensive information about building safe and caring school communities. We were pleased that Jack MacNeill, Founder and President of humanworks, could join us to close out Saturday’s session. Jack left attendees with words that encouraged a proactive approach to managing our health and well-being, with a focus on resiliency, wellness, and balance as an ongoing process of care.
The Friday and Saturday meetings offered a great blend of information and conversation; I encourage you to read Tuesday’s Member Update, and I hope that the dialogue can continue in your own local Chapter meetings.
I look forward to connecting with you next week.
Have a great weekend,