When do BCCPAC proxies need to be in?

May 16, 2012 12:52 PM Leave a Comment

In order to allow for the efficient operation of the Annual General Meeting, members are encouraged to mail, fax, or scan and email completed proxy forms to the BCCPAC office in advance. Proxy forms received in this manner no later than May 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm, will be verified and registered by BCCPAC in advance of the AGM. Voting cards for these proxies may be picked up by the authorized delegate at the Proxy Room with proof of identity. Confirmation of proxy forms that are submitted in advance will be sent within three days of receipt and registration to the Executive officers who signed the form. If you do not receive confirmation please contact the office.

Proxy forms not received by May 18, 2012 are required to be delivered to the Proxy Room at the venue (which will be open during the Spring Conference) in order to receive a voting card to participate at the AGM. Please note that as proxy forms need to be validated and processed before they can be exchanged for voting cards, BCCPAC cannot guarantee that proxy forms received after 5:00 pm on May 25, 2012 will be processed and exchanged for voting cards in time for the start of the AGM.

Note: the DPAC delegates would need to have a copy of the proxy in order to deliver it after May 18th.

Please either scan/email the form to info@bccpac.bc.ca and info@sd57dpac.ca, or fax it to 604-687-4488 and 250-614-1316 (attention Sarah Holland).

At this point, we have received 8 valid proxy forms for the BCCPAC AGM, and one proxy form for a school that is not listed as being a BCCPAC member (we have let this school PAC know, and they are following up).

PACs listed as BCCPAC members who we have not received proxies for are:

  • Aboriginal Choice School
  • Buckhorn Elementary
  • College Heights Secondary
  • D P Todd Secondary
  • Edgewood Elementary
  • Giscome Elementary School
  • Heritage Elementary
  • Highglen Montessori Elementary
  • Spruceland Traditional Elementary
  • Valemount Elementary
  • Van Bien Elementary
  • Vanway Elementary School

How to submit your proxy form in order to refund half of your BCCPAC membership fee: http://sd57dpac.ca/2012/04/proxy-votes-requested-bccpac-members/

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Curriculum and Assessment Framework – Regional Working Session

May 11, 2012 3:11 PM Leave a Comment
The following presentation was given at the Regional Working Session for the Curriculum and Assessment Framework, and represents a DRAFT discussion document from the Ministry of Education.
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DPAC in the News

May 11, 2012 3:06 PM Leave a Comment

Back by popular demand for his fourth term as chair of the School District 57 District Parent Advisory Council, Don Sabo knows he won’t serve in that position for a fifth year.

“It’s in our constitution and bylaws that our chairperson is only a chairperson for four consecutive years,” said Sabo, who was re-elected on Monday. “I’ve put in four years and we’ve got a good vice-chairperson [Sarah Holland] and I will be mentoring her for the coming year.”

Holland served as DPAC’s district associate last year and in Monday’s election she replaced Michelle Rolfes, who stepped down as vice-chair. In other DPAC election results, Gillian Burnett is the new treasurer, replacing Chris Finke. Darlene Campbell is the new district association and Steve Shannon was re-elected to as a director-at-large.

The DPAC serves on the school board working with trustees and school administrators to serve as a liaison with each individual school’s parent advisory councils. It represents parent interests at public school board meetings held each month throughout the school year. The next public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 29.

“It’s going to be another interesting year,” said Sabo.

http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/article/20120510/PRINCEGEORGE0101/305109969/-1/princegeorge/sabo-elected-dpac-chair-for-fourth-term

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BCCPAC Proxy Forms

May 10, 2012 10:58 AM Leave a Comment

We have received 7 valid proxy forms for the BCCPAC AGM, and one proxy form for a school that is not listed as being a BCCPAC member.

PACs listed as BCCPAC members who we have not received proxies for are:

  • Aboriginal Choice School
  • Buckhorn Elementary
  • College Heights Secondary
  • D P Todd Secondary
  • Edgewood Elementary
  • Giscome Elementary School
  • Heather Park Elementary
  • Heritage Elementary
  • Highglen Montessori Elementary
  • Spruceland Traditional Elementary
  • Valemount Elementary
  • Van Bien Elementary
  • Vanway Elementary School

How to submit your proxy form in order to refund half of your BCCPAC membership fee: http://sd57dpac.ca/2012/04/proxy-votes-requested-bccpac-members/

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Election Results

May 10, 2012 10:35 AM Leave a Comment

Please be advised of the following results of your DPAC Executive Elections from the May 7, 2012 AGM:

Chair: Don Sabo
Vice-Chair: Sarah Holland
District Associate: Darlene Campbell
Treasurer: Gillian Burnett
Secretary: vacant
Director at Large: Steve Shannon

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More information on BCPSEA application to LRB

May 10, 2012 10:33 AM Leave a Comment

Those activities include many that are described as extracurricular — coaching, leading school clubs and supervising camping trips. But the protest has also seen teachers refuse tasks such as filing reports, talking to principals, meeting parents, tutoring students and performing administrative duties, said Hugh Finlayson, chief executive officer of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association.

The BCTF insists teachers have the right to quit all voluntary work, which it describes as anything that occurs outside of school bells. The employers say they’re not trying to force individual teachers to continue with work that is truly voluntary, but they insist the union has described extracurricular activities too broadly, in a way that encompasses work that is expected of teachers.

They say the purpose of their application is not to compel teachers to volunteer, but to stop the B.C. Teachers’ Federation from directing its members to withdraw a broad range of duties performed outside classroom hours.

Here is a description of the tasks in dispute (the B.C. Teachers’ Federation describes them as extracurricular; the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association says they are regular duties):

1. Completion of certain reports as requested by administrators, such as ESL reports, ELL reports, resource teacher reports, school based team submissions, interim reports, ‘I’ reports for failing students, district based student assessments, student articulation reports, IB essays, scholarship selection information, and awards nominations;

2. Completion of certain reports or provision of certain information requested by students and/or parents, such as scholarship or award references or recommendations and private school references;

3. Completion of administrative duties related to report cards, such as putting report cards into envelopes, photocopying report cards for placement into student files, and distributing report cards to students;

4. Attendance at and/or participation in certain meetings, including, but not limited to school based team meetings, safety meetings, student services meetings, and some staff meetings;

5. Attendance at parent-teacher interviews and meet the teacher activities;

6. Attendance at certain field trips and student performances, including some field trips and performances with curricular components and student marks attached;

7. Attendance at certain student activities that are scheduled over recess and/or lunch;

8. Participation in meetings with administrative officers;

9. Communication with administrative officers;

10. Participation in school district and school committees;

11. Performance of department head, teacher-in-charge, or head teacher duties;

12. Performance of after-hours training sessions that teachers are paid to conduct;

13. Collection of money from students or participation in fund-raising;

14. Attendance at or participation in certain student award and/or graduation ceremonies;

15. Attendance at or participation in certain student artistic, dramatic, or musical performances;

16. Participation in the coaching, instruction, or supervision of student teams, clubs, groups, or organizations;

17. Participation in student tutorials, homework clubs, and individual help sessions;

18. Participation in student transition activities, kindergarten orientation, Ready, Set,Learn, and other orientation activities; and

19. Participation in department, school, and district planning activities for the next school year.

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BCPSEA going to Labour Relations Board over BCTF activity

May 9, 2012 3:56 PM Leave a Comment

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications-@Issue/No%202012-12-KJ-LRB%20Illegal%20Strike%20Application.pdf

From the FAQ in the document:

1. What activities are being withdrawn from schools now?
The BCTF and its members are refusing to perform a number of duties and activities on the basis that those duties and activities fall within a definition of “extracurricular/voluntary” that has been adopted by the BCTF Executive. This is a unique definition. The BCTF includes within that category “all activities that occur and/or are organized by teachers outside of instructional hours.” The duties and activities that are being withdrawn are duties/activities regularly and ordinarily performed by teachers as part of their normal work day.
2. Are the activities being withdrawn activities that teachers individually volunteer to do at lunch or after school?
Most teachers’ duties are required to be performed by boards of education, the collective agreement, and/or legislation, regardless of when they are performed (e.g., meetings with principals, parent–teacher conferences, school-based team meetings, student tutorials). Some teachers also perform duties at their individual option, typically outside of the instructional day (e.g., some team coaching or club activities). The BCTF’s direction to withdraw services captures both duties that are clearly and expressly required of all teachers and duties that are performed by some teachers at those teachers’ option.

See also:

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/05/09/teacher-withdrawal-from-extracurriculars-is-illegal-employers-say/

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications-@Issue/No%202012-12-Attachment-Application%20letter%20to%20LRB.pdf

http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/Publications-@Issue/No%202012-12-Application%20Attachments.pdf

 

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Statement from BC Principals and Vice Principals Association

May 7, 2012 8:27 PM Leave a Comment

The 2011-2012 school year has been anything but normal and as we head into its last few months, I have been asked to share the perspectives of members of the BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association. These illustrations, while not representative of all schools, are examples of the real challenges that many schools, students and parents have faced this year.
Schools are typically vibrant communities, with a lot of positive interactions both in classrooms and out of them. School culture has been significantly eroded this year by the continuing dispute between the BC Public School Employers’ Association (the body which negotiates on behalf of school boards with teachers in British Columbia) and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). The routine and critically important communications between teachers and principals and vice-principals about student progress have not occurred in the normal fashion. As a consequence many students have not had their important academic issues addressed in a timely fashion or at all.

This year has seen the cancellation of some Christmas and winter holiday performances and routine student recognition assemblies. Some meetings about students who are having difficulties have not taken place. Meetings with teachers to discuss the direction of school initiatives and goals have not taken place. Parents did not receive first term report cards about their child’s progress. While some parents were able to get information about their child, many did not receive this information. Indeed, some parents reported that they made electronic contact with teachers but received no helpful response. Students have informed us that they have missed out on numerous scholarship opportunities as many of these applications require leadership activities to be considered.

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BCTF handouts from PGDTA at DPAC meeting

May 7, 2012 8:04 PM Leave a Comment

The Prince George District Teachers Association passed out two documents for parents from the BC Teachers’ Federation at the District Parent Advisory Council, as attached to this post.

http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Parents/ParentLetter2012-04-26.pdf

http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/Parents/SL120419-LtrParentsReExtraCurricular.pdf

Prince George teachers had voted to pull extra-curricular activities until June 2013, not just 2012.

In regards to a question on field trips, the advice given by the PGDTA to teachers is that they can go ahead with field trips, as long as they take place within the instructional day.

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Superintendent Report, May 2012

May 7, 2012 7:35 PM Leave a Comment

superintendent report may 2012 in PDF format

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