BC and ON are two provinces that also cost you nearly a months pay cheque to get situated in.
When applying for any police cheque you need to have a reason for it, if applying for vulnerable sectors you need to provide a letter of request. When applying for BC verification, you would think you need VSC but you don't, stop wasting your time trying to get a letter from them because you don't need it. Just get a regular one and suck up the cost if they turn around after and tell you otherwise. OCT will also ask the same thing.
BC curriculum and ON are very similar, don't worry so much, when switching between the two, the biggest difference is vocabulary of technical documental terminology and the format of the strands or PLOs.
BC and ON have a high standard of English and knowledge in terms of Canadian identity and proficient English learners. The other provinces are obviously at a standard however due to regional differences and cultural needs, some provinces have a stronger focus on the acquisition of basic English language and post secondary preparation knowledge. All high schools and schools obviously are trying to scaffold and prepare you for what comes next, some aspects of culture thouj have made it harder for students to consistently scaffold from year to year. Places that are more rural or built around hands on communities, will need to breakout students from the intergenerational trend and move away or be educated elsewhere. This means students need a little more of a chance to develop their ambitions as well as their skills.
ON and BC use a lot of each orher's materials to build on skills and teaching strategies, assessment and evaluation are the big words up for discussion with teachers and boards, the reason for this is because they are trying to find a way to prove that students who require differentiated learning are getting it so they are not left behind.
It's very much like the standardized test theory; the animals school story? Don't remember?
So, there is a school all animals go to in order to learn how to live in the wild, each animal had to perform in flying, swimming, climbing and running. An animal who can do one thing really well, like a duck swimming, may not be good at running and instead of being told to use their strengths to get better marks in other ways or just specialize, they are told to focus less on swimming and practice more running.
BC and ON certainly try to adhere to a level of differentiation but still heavily rely on a "non-invasive" standardized test, but really, it is super invasive and needs to be reworked a lot. Just like different parts of canada have different standards of education, each province needs to understand there is different needs between schools, every year.
Sometimes I wondering how long it will be till our reading circles are consistently outside around the fire, and more vocally reiterated/demonstrated between teachers and students.
I don't know I what else I could say about BC curriculum that I couldn't say about ON other than the fact that I was trained in ON curriculum.
Maybe I'll have more information after talking to a professor I had in University.
Ciao for now folks :)
CB
