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e-Digest Archive

e-Digests from 2005 to 2010 can be found in the archive
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March 12, 2010

• Rick Hansen knows how important public education is – read his story in the Leader
• Updated! Forging Our Future resources to help you prepare for our landmark forum
• Advocacy update: Ministry responds to 17 October Provincial Council resolutions
• The latest from the Legislature
• National Task Force on Financial Literacy would like to add in your participation
• Make reading a magical experience: learn how to engage students in books

March 4, 2010

• AFG grants, sports funding among "encouraging moves" in provincial budget
• Needed! Deputy chairs and readers for BCSTA's upcoming annual general meeting
• Hot topic, hot resources: these will help prepare you for our public education forum
• Weld your awareness to the latest news and trends on high-demand trades training
• Legislative Monitoring as of March 4/10

February 25, 2010

• Auditor General's Office discusses report on boards of education, corporate boards
• Highlights of our February 19-20 PC
• Nominations call for BCSTA Board officers
• Be sure we received your AGM motions!
• Conference will explore how to nurture active social skill development in children

February 18, 2010

• Watch and listen to Saturday's Provincial Council, broadcast live
• 2010-11 Board of Directors nominations
• Early learning can nurture healthy growth
• To Datebook or not to Datebook: let us know if this publication is useful to you!
• Log into productivity: with Wi-Fi
• School bus travel turns from jungle to study hall
• On the plate at Breakfast TV: this year's Be There for School contest to win funds 

February 11, 2010

• Throne Speech includes a commitment to focus on individual needs of children
• Call for Board of Directors nominations; you'll find forms and other resources here
• Motions deadlines loom for BCSTA's seminal annual general meeting in Victoria
• Now available to you as a resource: an online library of BCSTA's e-Learn sessions
• Introducing a more efficient way to access BC's district policies online
• Additional Languages draft now available
• Here's this week's Legislative Monitoring

February 4, 2010

• Your input is important: help BCSTA respond to the Local Elections Task Force
• Last call for applications to BCSTA's 2010 Student Citizenship Awards
• Join BCSTA's 106th AGM in Forging Our Future, including a landmark forum event
• BCSTA's Datebook–is it of value to you? Take our survey and
• let us know!
• Government releases its fifth annual Overview of Class Size and Composition
• BCELC offers informative webcasts

January 27, 2010

• Forging Our Future will be the theme of BCSTA's seminal forum and 106th AGM
• Speaking of BCSTA's AGM, the deadlines for submitting motions are approaching
• Graduating students can apply for our Student Citizenship Awards – but hurry!
• Conference brings the latest on "Brain Development and Learning" to educators
• Celebrations will honour the lives of two former Coquitlam, Surrey superintendents

January 21, 2010

• Government announces boards will get Harmonized Sales Tax rebates
• SD 8 students safely home from Haiti; here's how you can help those left behind
• Only one day left to PC motions deadline; AGM deadlines are coming up next month
• Join BCSTA's public education forum – and reach out to our students' future
• Learn school crime-prevention strategies
• Check out these new, invaluable resources on early childhood development
• Turpel-Lafond, Carter urge child-friendly complaint process for children, youth in care
• Remembering Southeast Kootenay's "strong and tireless" advocate, Pat Casey

January 14, 2010

• Landmark BCSTA forum will identify key initiatives for public education's future
• Alert your schools: deadline for our 2010 Student Citizenship Awards is approaching
• Also approaching: deadlines to submit motions for Provincial Council, AGM
• FSA information packages now available
• Arbitrator Dorsey hands down awards

January 7, 2010

• Latest Leader: how to stop cyber-bullying
• Public education forum scheduled for BCSTA's AGM 2010 in Victoria
• PC, AGM motions deadlines coming up
• e-Learn: new schedule – and new feature: you can now join in by phone
• For the (photo) record, BCSTA, UBCM sign Protocol of Consultation and Cooperation
• Newly revised, and more timely than ever: BCSTA's Key Work Resources manual

December 17, 2009

• Ring in the New Year – and the deadlines for Provincial Council and AGM motions
• Latest update on BCSTA's continuing advocacy in area of student assessment
• BCSTA requests HST rebates
• We wish you the merriest!

December 10, 2009

• Report on budget estimates and update on holdback funds highlight latest news
• Catch the in-demand "Facilitating Community Consultations" – via e-Learn
• Innovative way to grab students' interest in the too-often fearful subject of science

November 26, 2009

• Building community connections: how boards, partners work together through SCC grants
• Your weekly Legislative Monitoring
• No e-Digest next week, but we'll be back the following one; see you at Academy!

November 19, 2009

• Record number of board submissions to Report on Budget 2010 Consultations
• BC Representative for Children and Youth will be just one of Academy's highlights
• Let's learn more about Canada, eh?
• Your weekly Legislative Monitoring

November 12, 2009

• Special Review Committee calls for submissions on FOIPOP Act
• By popular demand, a part two of BCSTA's session on Board Self-Evaluation
• An inspiring finish to 2009, a great way to launch 2010: BCSTA's Ability Academy
• Lights, camera, action: announcing the national "Racism: Stop It!" competition

November 5, 2009

• Boards' and BCSTA's funding advocacy efforts are having a positive ripple effect
• Stay up to date on advocacy: check out BCSTA's Strategic Priorities Status Report
• Auditor General details key findings in Planning for School Seismic Safety
• BCASBO sends letter about HST impact to Ministers of Finance and Education
• How to make Remembrance more than just a Day our communities observe
• On November 20, celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Child Day
• Introducing: Legislative Monitoring