Five years ago, my colleague Amelia Dare and I posed ourselves a question: if reconciliation is to become an ordinary part of school life, what kind of changes take place when we start with our relationship to the land?

The school library at Carson Graham Secondary allows for student engagement by offering an intentional, alternate setting to the classroom.

Local 70 stretches from Port Alberni to Bamfield, Ucluelet, and Tofino; the Alberni District Teachers’ Union (ADTU) and Ucluelet-Tofino Teachers’ Association (UTTA) serve communities ...

We asked BCTF Provincial Bargaining Team members to tell us about their favourite wins from the last round of bargaining. Here’s what they said the newly bargained language means for you.

We asked BCTF members to tell us about a colleague who inspires them, and we received lots of submissions! Watch for more...

For more than a quarter century, starting with its 1999 Task Force on First Nations Education, the BCTF has been working to end the systemic discrimination facing Indigenous teachers, students, and their families...

This article is not another overview of UDL guidelines. Instead, it is a step-by-step guide to the mindset shifts that helped me move from understanding UDL in theory to applying it meaningfully in the classroom.

I’m a high school English teacher, and that — along with being one of a handful of people who can operate my school theatre’s sound board — affords me the pleasure and privilege of attending school and district-wide English events with relative frequency.

A new school year always brings with it a sense of possibility: new students, new relationships, new challenges, and new opportunities to make a difference.

Two decades ago, I became a classroom teacher. During my practicum I observed many different types of classroom environments with different styles of teaching.

The early years of teaching can be both intimidating and exciting. Most new teachers start with solid training and plenty of enthusiasm, but they quickly see that classroom realities...

When I started in the role of Literacy Consultant at the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism Related Disorders (POPARD) in the fall of 2024, I promptly came down with a serious case of impostor syndrome.

“Imagine the year is 2030. Full justice, equity, diversity, decolonization, and inclusion have been achieved in the BC public education system. What does that look like for you?”

Our Comparative Cultures 12 class in the 2026–27 school year, while studying linguistics, set out to...

What to do when you arrive at a job, in the classroom, and at the end of the day.

BC is uniquely weird and wonderful! Jessica Cordeiro is a talented artist who has used her artistic lens to focus on the beauty that hides in plain sight in this province.