District Instructional Resource People in each district: Responsible for helping teachers
Mentoring Contact People– Go to the new mentoring page
Get Pro D Money– Info on how to apply to District Professional Development Money
District Resource/Library Resources
Networks and contacts: (thanks to Heather Daly, Library and Information Coordinator, School District #43 (Coquitlam))”
Ministry-Sponsored Nings
Community of Expertise in Educational Technology (CEET): http://ceetbc.ning.com/
BC Literacy Forum: http://bcliteracyforum.ning.com/
Fraser Leadership Network: http://interactive-innovations.ning.com/group/leadershipnetwork
Ministry Videos and Online PD (Elluminate)
Rural Professional Development Online (older): http://www.learnnowbc.ca/educators/Rural_Education/Prof_Learning_Login.aspx
LearnNowBC (Distributed Learning): http://www.learnnowbc.ca/educators/pllearningopportunities/default.aspx
Discussion Groups and Forums
Ministry Curriculum Discussions: https://www.itmbforums.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
myBCTF (discussion forum in portal): https://bctf.ca/myBCTF/default.aspx
Discussion forum for the new BC Education Plan http://engage.bcedplan.ca/
PSAs
List of Professional Specialists Assoc. Organized within the BCTF, and operate similar to a ‘non-profit’ advocating and supporting a subject or grade range or emphasis.
http://www.bctf.ca/contacts.cfm?page=psac
PITA-: www.pita.ca
CUEBC Moodle: http://bcedtech.ca/moodle/
BC Teacher-Librarians’ Ning: http://bcteacherlibrarians.ning.com/
BCAMT Math Elluminate sessions (Ministry-sponsored): http://www.bcamt.ca/?page_id=167
BC Universities (Post-Graduate Opportunities)
UBC: http://educ.ubc.ca/admissions/professional-development and http://www.ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/
SFU: http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/fp/wp/index.php
UVic: http://www.educ.uvic.ca/become/career.php
UNBC: http://www.unbc.ca/education/
Royal Roads: http://www.royalroads.ca/programs/
Non-Ministry Groups
TC2 Critical Thinking Consortium: http://www.tc2.ca/wp/pro-d/
ERAC Professional Learning: http://www.bcerac.ca/ProLearning/request-form-professional-learning.aspx
BCTF New Teachers: http://bctf.ca/NewTeachers.aspx
BCTF Teaching to Diversity (Special Education): http://bctf.ca/IssuesInEducation.aspx?id=10564
BC College of Teachers: https://www.bcct.ca/TeacherEducation/Resources.aspx
Learning Resources
LearnNowBC Learning Resource Repository (LRR): http://learnnowbc.ca/LearningResources.aspx
ERAC Services, incl. Professional Development Collection: http://www.learnnowbc.ca/services/homeworkhelp.aspx
SET-BC Learning Centre: http://www.setbc.org/lcindexer/
LearnNowBC Cyberbullying, etc.: http://www.learnnowbc.ca/safetycentre/default.aspx
Need to do some online research? Here’s a guide to open access journals created by Sally Roy of Online Schools.