Children’s Healthcare Canada

Children’s Healthcare Canada will be hosting a pop-up event focused on climate change and kids. They invite healthcare professionals to join them as they explore the child health issues related to the environment and climate change and how the system can be better prepared to meet the unique needs of this vulnerable population. They will have three inspiring sessions with guest speakers Dr. Anna Gunz, Dr. Mary McCaskill and Catherine McKenna and the closing plenary session will be moderated by Catherine Clark.

Tuesday May 24 

2:30-5:00pm ET 

Registration

2022 Canadian Outdoor Learning Free Spring Virtual Workshop Series

The spring series from Take Me Outside, and our Canadian Outdoor Learning Partners, brings a list of new workshops and resources. Check out the 'top ten tools for spring' here and their upcoming workshops:

Activating School Communities to Reduce Food Waste
Thursday, May 26 at 4pm for 1 hour with EcoSchools Canada and Food Cycle Science

Join representatives from EcoSchools Canada and Food Cycle Science for this 60 minute virtual workshop complete with ideas, inspiration, prizes and a certificate of attendance. This team will share resources and ideas about sustainable solutions and other innovative approaches to schools becoming more environmentally friendly.

Register

Patients across Canada need blood donors more than ever!

In times of need, your team shows up. We make sacrifices. To help people we know, and people we don’t. Right now, patients need blood, plasma, stem cell, organ and tissue donors more than ever. They need us. So give today at blood.ca.

Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Strategic Leadership and Psychological Safety Survey 2022

BCPVPA members received an invitation from Qualtrics to the UBC The Art of War, Strategic School Leadership and Psychological Safety Survey on Tuesday April 19.

Find out more

LAST CHANCE to respond: closes May 22

It's Time to Jean Up!

We are excited to see schools 'jean up' this month in support of the BC Children's Hospital Foundation campaign. Engage your school community while helping BC’s sick and injured kids to get out of their hospital gowns … and back into their own jeans.

Register now!

Until May 31, 2022, Odlum Brown Limited are matching all donations made through your school fundraising pages up to a cumulative total of $30,000.

BC Ministry of Education & Child Care News

School Critical Incident Support and Ministry Notifications: Recent events have brought safety planning and response to the forefront. Schools can contact Safer Schools Together to access 24/7 incident response and support, and are reminded to notify the Ministry as soon as possible for incidents involving media or that may result in a high profile police investigation at studentsafety@gov.bc.ca or 778-974-6388. There are also VTRA and DTA training offerings available this month for new staff or those seeking a refresher.

2022 International Assessments: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is being administered between April 18 and May 27. Administrators are reminded that student participation rates are particularly important. For students to be counted as participating, they must complete all components of the assessment - Part 1 and Part 2 of the cognitive test as well as the student questionnaire. If you have questions, please email NatIntQuestions@gov.bc.ca.

Read the Deputy Minister's Bulletins

Teacher Collective Bargaining

Public updates on 2022 Teacher Collective Bargaining are available from the BCPSEA website.

The Provincial Collective Agreement between BCPSEA and the BCTF expires on June 30, 2022.

Transformative Educational Leadership Program

Applications are now open for the 8th cohort of Transformative Educational Leadership Program at UBC. Become a part of a professional network focused on building leadership capacity and contributing to system change within the K-12 system. Application deadline is June 15 with the program set to start in October 2022. For more information please go to telp.educ.ubc.ca.

BCPVPA Connects

Join the Platform!

BCPVPA's BetterEducate platform is now BCPVPA Connects: powered by BetterEducate. 

Visit bcpvpaconnects.com and sign up for your free membership with the promo code BCPVPA123.

Early Intervention Program

The Early Intervention Program (EIP) is a province wide professional support service provided by the BCPVPA at no cost to you and is completely voluntary and confidential. The program supports BCPVPA Benefits Plan members experiencing health-related personal and/or professional challenges. Find out more

BC Retired Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association (BCRPVPA)

Are you or a colleague thinking of retirement soon? Please check the BC Retired Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association for benefits offered to retired members, such as affinity, health & travel insurance, prestige coverage, pensions & other topics of interest, and you will also find a mail-in application form on the site. The BCRPVPA looks forward to hearing from you if retirement is in your near future! Contact the BCRPVPA