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Spring2007
- Type:President's Bulletin
BCTELA wants to keep English language arts teachers “in the loop” during the development of this exciting new course. Keep posted for lists of recommended resources and opportunities to get involved with piloting units of study by checking out the BCTELA web site (www.bctf.ca/bctela) and the First Nations Education Steering Committee web site (www.fnesc.bc.ca).
- Type:President's Bulletin
As many of you are aware, the Ministry has been involved for some time now in a wholesale revision to the English language arts curriculum for grades 8-12.
The Ministry ignored long-established protocols whereby the BCTF was involved in the selection of curriculum writing team members, and only after a draft curriculum was available was BCTF input requested.
- Type:President's Bulletin
Each April, the Canadian Bar Association holds events to celebrate Law Week. In past years, these have included short story, essay, photo, video and public speaking competitions.
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The Ministry of Education has reminded school districts that novels used in classrooms must be evaluated and selected through policies and procedures established by the district and approved by the local school board. The Ministry of Education used to carry out these evaluation but stopped running them in 1998.
- Type:President's BulletinThis President’s Bulletin is a bit of a smorgasbord—with an assortment of opportunities for you and your students. For teachers, there is info on the Surrey English Teachers’ Inspiration Day: “You are a reader too, you are a writer too” on Friday, February 16, 2007. This conference is open to out-of-district teachers and will be sure to beat back the winter blahs.There is info on the new list of novels compiled by the Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC). These novels were evaluated by teachers for use at grades 6-8.Type:English Practice
Joanne Panas is a Teacher Consultant (Adolescent Literacy), Richmond School District #38.
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Type:English PracticeJill Kedersha McClay is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.
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Type:English PracticeMarzena Michalowska is a Later Literacy Mentor and Teacher of English at John Oliver Secondary in Vancouver). (Click here to download a PDF version of this article)
Type:English PracticeKrista Ediger
Krista is the English Department Facilitator at McRoberts Secondary School and a member of Richmond's Strengthening Student Literacy Network.
