Some recent news articles on the budgeting process in School District 83. http://cfjctoday.com/article/522153/advisor-review-north-okanagan-shuswap-school-board-activities http://infotel.ca/newsitem/north-okanagan-shuswap-teachers-association-president-declares-loss-of-confidence-in-school-board/it29894 UPDATED: Third North Okanagan – Shuswap trustee resigns http://www.saobserver.net/news/376763091.html
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NOSTA’s Budget Speech and President’s Address
For those of you who were unable to make it to the Employee budget meeting on Tuesday April 19th, attached is both the Powerpoint that was presented and the President’s Speech. Brenda-speech re-Employee Budget Consultation Meeting(1) NOSTA-SD83 2016-17 Employee Budget Read More …
Seeds of Social Justice – Great Links and Information on LGBTQ
Check out the BCTF Seeds of Social Justice Newsletter. It’s a great resource for information on LGBTQ and upcoming social justice events.
BC Budget 2016 won’t help most British Columbians
Yesterday senior economist Iglika Ivanova and I were at the BC budget lockup — where journalists, community organizations, the official opposition and others examined the budget before it was released to the public. After the lockup, Iglika did a whirlwind round Read More …
New Teacher Induction Ceremony
We had a wonderful evening on February 15th, welcoming our new teachers to the district, the local and to the BCTF. Special guest Glen Hansman (1st Vice President of BCTF) was here to help Local President Brenda O’Dell present the Read More …
Some great links to the BCTF’s Social Justice Program
The BCTF’s province-wide social justice network includes six social justice action groups. Each action group is composed of four members from the provincial Committee for Action on Social Justice (CASJ), and they are all classroom teachers. The purpose of the action groups is Read More …
LGBTQ Lesson Plans
Looking for ways to integrate LGBTQ into your classroom? The BCTF supplies some great lesson plans for this! http://www.bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=21521&libID=21511
LGBTQ Links
Gender Creative Kids: http://gendercreativekids.ca PFLAG Canada ( parents families and friends of lesbians and gays ): http://www.pflagcanada.ca/en/index.html Pride Education Network: http://pridenet.ca Egale Canada: http://egale.ca Smart Sex Resource: http://smartsexresource.com We could add something like: LGBTQ Workshops The BCTF offers a Read More …
BC Child Poverty Report
Check out http://still1in5.ca for information about the 2015 BC Child Poverty Report.
BCTF Inquiry Project
Once again, we have received the BCTF PQT Inquiry grant. This grant consists of $3500 from the BCTF, $1750 from the school district and $1750 from NOSTA and allows us to release 10 teachers for one full day and three Read More …