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BCPVPA

  1. Thornhill Jr Sec gets ready to close & P&VPs Jane Arbuckle & Bill Lenuik reflect on the heart of the school #bcpvpa bit.ly/MO4xQV
  2. Principal Brad Dusseault wins Torchbearer Award for commitment to SD70’s Wickaninnish School & its community #bcpvpa bit.ly/ML1edw
  3. A booming BC school district, Conseil Scolaire Francophone’s # of students tripled in 15 years #bcpvpa @globeandmail bit.ly/MjGt5W
  4. SD61 Willis Ed Centre Principal Judith Reid on distributed learning: a teacher for every home-schooled student #bcpvpa bit.ly/Kc9EY9
  5. Kathleen King-Hunt, Sooke’s District Principal of Aboriginal Ed on helping students not fall through the cracks #bcpvpa bit.ly/JCUuOG
  6. Infographic: The where (Canada 3rd with 15%) & why: ‘studying abroad the norm for wealthy Chinese students’ #bcpvpa bit.ly/KwSl6o
  7. In Ontario principals seek a broader definition of bullying #bcpvpa - Parentcentral.ca: bit.ly/KnXLk7
  8. Tips to motivate teens: believe, harness passion, peer pressure, text, listen & respond. #bcpvpa @alexgoldmark bit.ly/JmuqFs
  9. Family at the heart: 1500+ word excerpt from Burnaby Principal David Starr’s From Bombs to Books #bcpvpa bit.ly/MdfsDz
  10. ‘Social media to supplement what teachers do & make it possible to learn outside the classroom’ @larrymagid #bcpvpa huff.to/Kd6CVD
  11. In Education Week: On exemplary principals, what they do, why they matter & how leadership makes a difference #bcpvpa bit.ly/IJWCOI
  12. Pre-retirement: ex-teacher & principal, SD#63’s Ass’t Sup Marlene Dergousoff reflects on 4 decades in education #bcpvpa bit.ly/IR1yF6
  13. New Vernon Secondary built to high environmental standards. VP Tony Dolinar on adding more green features. #bcpvpa bit.ly/IXrEC1
  14. ‘Let children play & keep it simple, unhurried, unstructured & time for boredom, leaving space for discovery’ #bcpvpa bit.ly/KFcnGD
  15. Congrats to Surrey Principal Edith Guay & Richmond VP Joanne Rooney in @BMOVanMarathon as part of @theprovince #bcpvpa bit.ly/IPZyhl
  16. VanSun biz article on classroom innovation to prep students for the challenges of career hunting @ScottSimpsun #bcpvpa bit.ly/IFd6MO
  17. US study: ‘Clear increases of academic performance from just starting school later.’ #bcpvpa huff.to/IBUiwO
  18. Retired principal June Harrison looks back on the Ootsa Lake flooding of 1952 & reflects on community #bcpvpa bit.ly/J7xu84
  19. Mother Jones blogger @kdrum on the benefits of universal pre-K schooling: increasing completion rates & more #bcpvpa bit.ly/IrRq6R
  20. West Vancouver school policy addresses homophobic bullying #bcpvpa @jsteffenhagen shar.es/2qReT via @sharethis