British Columbia ASCD
Web site: http://bcascd.org
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Mission Statement
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British Columbia ASCD, identifying and promoting quality educational practices for all learners through leadership, development, and promotion of exemplary practices in curriculum, supervision, and instruction
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Contact Information
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British Columbia Context
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Sixty school districts serving the needs of 550,000 students and 40,000 teachers and administrators
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A diverse population of students from more than 70 countries with 12 languages taught in schools
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Provincial focus on literacy
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Shift from student achievement to student learning
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Reading, writing, social responsibility, and numeracy performance standards used for criterion-based assessment
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Formative assessment of learning, for learning, and as learning
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Focus on critical literacy and metacognition while differentiating instruction
Goals
- Develop an active network of talented and dedicated professionals who will promote high standards in supervision and curriculum development.
- Encourage leadership that will communicate the views of our membership on important issues that affect supervision, curriculum, and instruction.
- Foster collaborative efforts of educators to seek and achieve excellence through educational leadership and to renew spirit and commitment.
Member Benefits
- Zonal involvement: quality professional inservice training and sharing of ideas and experiences
- Low-cost, high-quality dinner meetings
- Annual fall conference
- Provincial and worldwide networking opportunities
- Access to worldwide resources
- Regular newsletters and updates
- Access to ASCD curriculum and instruction trainers
- Opportunity to provide leadership at a local and provincial level
ASCD Student Chapters in British Columbia
Simon Fraser University ASCD
Trudy Baggett, Faculty Advisor; E-mail: trudyb@sfu.ca
University College of the Fraser Valley ASCD
Sandy Hill, Faculty Advisor; E-mail: sandy.hill@ucfv.ca
Learn more about the ASCD Student Chapter Program.