The BC Rural & Small Schools Teachers' Association was formed in 1982 by teachers across the province. Recognizing unique circumstances and practices of teaching in small, and often remote, schools, our association exists to provide support to teachers of multi-grade classrooms who work and often live within small communities. We recognize both the demands and joys of such teaching and know first-hand the diverse and important roles of teachers and small schools in providing quality teaching to rural children.
Our Current Executive...
President:
Virginia Ivey
SD # 73 Kamloops/Thompson
vcivey@xplornet.com
Treasurer/Membership:
Christina McDonald
SD #85 Vancouver Island North
cgmac@cablerocket.com
Secretary/Rural Root editor:
Erika Momeyer
SD # 10 Arrow Lakes
erikamomeyer@yahoo.com
President:
Virginia Ivey
SD # 73 Kamloops/Thompson
vcivey@xplornet.com
Treasurer/Membership:
Christina McDonald
SD #85 Vancouver Island North
cgmac@cablerocket.com
Secretary/Rural Root editor:
Erika Momeyer
SD # 10 Arrow Lakes
erikamomeyer@yahoo.com
Lottie Bowron Memorial Bursary
The BCRSSTA is awarding two bursaries in the amount of $400 each for Teacher Candidates who aim to become rural teachers in BC. The bursary, entitled The Lottie Bursary, is intended to be a living-out allowance for a practicum placement that takes her or him out of the usual residence while in school (or out of one’s home community) and to a rural or remote area of the Province. Individuals can only win this bursary once and should apply for it prior to the completion of their teacher education program.
The bursary is a competitive scholarship that will be awarded at the successful completion of the long practicum.
The deadline for applications was January 15, 2010. The adjudication committee will be reviewing all essays submitted and will post the two selected essays by the end of January.
The BCRSSTA is awarding two bursaries in the amount of $400 each for Teacher Candidates who aim to become rural teachers in BC. The bursary, entitled The Lottie Bursary, is intended to be a living-out allowance for a practicum placement that takes her or him out of the usual residence while in school (or out of one’s home community) and to a rural or remote area of the Province. Individuals can only win this bursary once and should apply for it prior to the completion of their teacher education program.
The bursary is a competitive scholarship that will be awarded at the successful completion of the long practicum.
The deadline for applications was January 15, 2010. The adjudication committee will be reviewing all essays submitted and will post the two selected essays by the end of January.
TEACHER RESOURCES...
BC K-7 Language Arts Learning Outcomes in Multigrade Format. Prepared by Heather Johnson on behalf of the BC Rural & Small Schools Teachers' Association, available in 4 downloads:
Title Page,
Oral Language
Reading & Viewing
Writing & Presenting
Multigrade Math
From the Campbell River school district, this site links teachers to documents from WNCP BC Mathematics at a Glance for multigrade downloadable documents.
www.matza.sd72.bc.ca/at_a_glance_multi-grade.html
StatCan Newsletter:
Everything from Statistics Canada that’s most relevant to your students!
www.statcan.gc.ca/learningresources
Join more than 7,000 teachers who receive Statistics Canada’s free monthly Learning Resources Bulletin
by e-mail. Click on Subscribe on the Teachers’ page.
Sharing the Dream. A Ministry 2010 Education Program housed at http://www.sharingthedream.gov.bc.ca/ Teachers can find there a variety of downloadable documents, programs, lesson starters, video clips, etc., as well as links to selected resources developed by various organizations and downloadable for free.
BCRSSTA's "Lottie Blog" page
Our "Lottie Blog" can help us overcome the challenges of high travel costs and time constraints to share professional and social support. So click on today and share your thoughts!
View Cris Rowan's Zone'n, Move'n, and Unplug'n at www.zonein.ca
For more information on The BC Teacher's Federation and PSA's (Provincial Specialist Associations): bctf.ca
BC K-7 Language Arts Learning Outcomes in Multigrade Format. Prepared by Heather Johnson on behalf of the BC Rural & Small Schools Teachers' Association, available in 4 downloads:
Title Page,
Oral Language
Reading & Viewing
Writing & Presenting
Multigrade Math
From the Campbell River school district, this site links teachers to documents from WNCP BC Mathematics at a Glance for multigrade downloadable documents.
www.matza.sd72.bc.ca/at_a_glance_multi-grade.html
StatCan Newsletter:
Everything from Statistics Canada that’s most relevant to your students!
www.statcan.gc.ca/learningresources
Join more than 7,000 teachers who receive Statistics Canada’s free monthly Learning Resources Bulletin
by e-mail. Click on Subscribe on the Teachers’ page.
Sharing the Dream. A Ministry 2010 Education Program housed at http://www.sharingthedream.gov.bc.ca/ Teachers can find there a variety of downloadable documents, programs, lesson starters, video clips, etc., as well as links to selected resources developed by various organizations and downloadable for free.
BCRSSTA's "Lottie Blog" page
Our "Lottie Blog" can help us overcome the challenges of high travel costs and time constraints to share professional and social support. So click on today and share your thoughts!
View Cris Rowan's Zone'n, Move'n, and Unplug'n at www.zonein.ca
For more information on The BC Teacher's Federation and PSA's (Provincial Specialist Associations): bctf.ca