The first hot, hot days of early July brought 60 educators and 30 school districts together for the second Mentorship Institute at UBC. The Institute was sponsored by the New Teacher Mentoring Project, the provincial initiative of the BCTF, UBC and the BCSSA and funded through the Ministry of Education. Arriving mostly in teams of two, educators made the journey from all regions of the province to learn about educative […]
There is a new provincial specialist association (PSA) for TTOCs and New Teachers. The BC Early Career Teachers’ Association (BCECTA) has been created for teachers by teachers with the objective of serving as a “dedicated resource for new and early career teachers in British Columbia.” To learn more, click here. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCECTA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCECTA Website: https://bcecta.wordpress.com/
Do educators eat their young? A provoking question made the more disturbing by research suggesting that almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years. Tom Whitby, a teaching veteran of 34 years, directly addresses this international issue in his blog post “Do Educators Eat Their Young?”. A few nuggets from the post include: “When it comes to new teacher hires we should expect less and […]
