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Working together

to advocate for

public education

and better schools

for BC

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• To engage individual members and schools.

• To demonstrate provincial unity.

• To get earned media across the province.

• To highlight the various themes in the Better Schools for BC plan.

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• Presentations from the BCTF executive and locals to the Legislature’s Select Standing Committee on Finance.

Investing in public education

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• Informing MLAs and provincial decision-makers of the cutbacks that have hurt public education in BC.

Investing in public education

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Investing in public education

• Lobbying for more funding to reduce class sizes, improve the student-educator ratio, increase support for children with special needs, and restore learning specialist positions.

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• Teachers across BC can wear “End Child Poverty” stickers.

• The band-aid sticker was designed to invite discussion about finding long-term solutions, not just quick fixes.

Child poverty

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• A petition drive will call on local and provincial governments to launch a comprehensive and accountable poverty reduction plan.

Child poverty

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• Mark December 10, the United Nations’ Human Rights Day, by shining a light on every child.

Valuing diversity

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• Light candles, or otherlights, to represent eachunique student at a schooland celebrate diversity, promote antibullying, and show the value of inclusivity.

Valuing diversity

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Large “mark-ins” at malls, or other public spaces, to give teachers the opportunity to connect with parents and the public.

Authentic assessment

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Teachers will be able to talk about the authentic assessment they do every day in BC’s classrooms.

Authentic assessment

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Wear black on “Black Monday” to mark the 11th anniversary of Bills 27 and 28 and the damage done over the decade since.

Bargaining rights

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Bargaining rightsLobby MLAs as they return to the Legislature and potentially debate new legislation on teacher bargaining.

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Specialist teachers in every schoolPublic demonstrations with silhouettes of teachers to represent the hundreds of “missing” specialist teachers in BC.

Call on government to restore learning specialist positions like teacher-librarians, counsellors, and special education teachers.

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Class size and composition• Mark the start of the provincial

election campaign with Burma shaves across the province.

• Put focus on education issues at the start of the campaign period by reaching out to local media outlets looking for local angles to the election.

Advocating for public education

Get out the vote activities, including Burma shaves, to encourage members to vote and the public to make education a vote-determining issue.

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Lobby your new MLA• Give teachers the opportunity to

meet their new or re-elected MLA at a local-organized event.

• Let the MLAs hear from teachers and hold them accountable to make improvements to education.

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