We invite proposals for workshops and presentations from self-advocates, parents and guardians, and other experts, around some of the themes identified by our membership. We also welcome other ideas fitting to the them of Equitable Access To Education, or to our mission as a whole: … More #AdvoCon2019 – Call for Proposals
We’re most interested in how any changes will improve equitable access, and the quality of educational outcomes for students. Improvements in accountability would also be a huge gift to our families. … More BCEdAccess Reacts to the Recommendations by the Funding Model Review Panel
School trustees do important work in our education system, overseeing the delivery of K-12 public education. In your governance role, you are responsible for a large budget and a large number of employees, and for the strategic direction of the district. Ideally you’ll work as a team to represent your community, and to advocate to the province as necessary for the things your district needs to best serve students. … More A Welcome Letter for New School Trustees
BCEdAccess presented Oct 9th to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services … More BCEdAccess Presentation to Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
I had to share the beautiful work done by Amanda Hillis of our conference brochure – thank you Amanda! To learn more about our 3rd annual Advocacy conference, click here: Advocacy: Strategies and Solutions FAQs Brochure pages with schedule: Schedule page 1 Schedule page 2 Schedule page 3 Schedule page 4
We’re so close now to our third annual conference on October 6th in Surrey! Get your tickets here: Advocacy: Strategies and Solutions This conference would not be possible without our sponsors and we’re so grateful – thank you! #YEM_BC youreducationmatters.ca facebook.com/youreducationmatters @inclusionbc http://inclusionbc.org/ facebook.com/InclusionBC You may also want to check out our pre-conference lightning talk … More #AdvoCon2018 – Full Brochure on Speakers and Workshops
Going to the all candidates forums in your neighborhood, or chatting with a candidate online or over coffee? Need some ideas on what to ask the trustee hopefuls? The team at BCEdAccess has put together a list you can choose from or modify as you see fit!
… More Suggested questions for discussion with School Board Trustee candidates
Exclusion of students with special needs and/or disabilities is a notable problem in BC K-12 schools. *Exclusion is, under the School Act, actually a suspension and the rules that govern this should be laid out in School Board policy in for each District. … More TRACKING EXCLUSION: BCEdAccess’ Exclusion* Incident Report Form
Find out when that first day is – will your child be attending on the first day of school? Often schools will ‘suggest’ that your child may be more comfortable attending a few days or even a few weeks later instead, and sometimes you won’t find this out until very close to the date. And some families choose a later transition because they know that this is what will work best for their child. … More Back to School – 8 things you can do to prepare your child with special needs
It is our hope that redistributing the same amount of money is not the ultimate goal, but instead revising the funding model is merely a step along the path to a truly inclusive and modern K-12 public education system. … More Thoughts on the Funding Model Review
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