The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is seeking 10 public school teacher representatives to participate as BCTF representatives to two Ministry of Education and Child Care committees tasked with selecting graduating student provincial scholarship winners for the 2023–24 school year.

BCTF members selected will represent the BCTF on one of two scholarship committees:

In addition to public school teachers, the Ministry may appoint educators from independent schools to this project. These team members will not be appointed by the BCTF.

General information
Members selected to work on these two committees will have the following tasks:

• Part A: Evaluate applications (remotely and independently)
  • Participants will evaluate applicant resume packages.
  • Established criteria and scoring rubrics will be provided.
  • Resume packages will be provided through a secure transfer service.
  • A basic BCeID will be required.
  • This work needs to be completed in April 2024.
    
    
• Part B: Attend adjudication sessions (online, as a committee, and during instructional time)
  • Pathway to Teacher Education: Tuesday May 7, 2024 (full day)
  • BC Excellence: Wednesday May 8 (full day) and Thursday May 9, 2024 (morning only)
  • These sessions will be held remotely as a group virtually.
  • Participants will discuss their independent scoring, the merits of the applications, and choose recipients by consensus.

Term and remuneration
TTOC costs, where required, for committee members will be covered by the Ministry, and any work time required outside of the meetings will be compensated according to government guidelines. Committee members will serve under a Letter of Agreement that will confirm conditions and procedures for remuneration from the Ministry of Education and Child Care.

• Part A (BC Excellence Committee): invoice for up to two and a half days (17.5 hours) of independent work, to a maximum of $1,000
• Part A (Pathway to Teacher Education Committee): invoice for up to one and a half days (10.5 hours) of independent work, to a maximum of $600
• Part B: invoicing to be determined together with release requirements.

Selection criteria

• active BCTF membership status
• awareness of the role and responsibilities of representing the BCTF and the teaching profession
• the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and meet deadlines.
• balance of new members and those with previous experience on the Ministry Scholarship committees
• a variety of educators, from classroom teachers to career program teachers and school counsellors
• experience in scholarship adjudication, administration, or counselling
• balance of diversity—gender, Aboriginal, regional representation, etc., will be sought.

In addition, successful applicants must commit to being available for the following meetings:

To apply
Complete the application form and email it to applications@bctf.ca.

Direct enquiries to:
government-liaison@bctf.ca

Deadline: Friday, December 8, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

(late applications will not be accepted)

An applicant may wish to provide, on a voluntary basis, information as to whether they self-identify as a member of an equity-seeking group.