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Download full textWhite, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
The BC Ministry of Education announcement about 2012-13 operating grants estimates includes "new" funding to districts of $11.2 million for vulnerable students, $10.7 million for districts to implement elements of the Education Plan, and $21.8 million to address "districts' differing geographic circumstances." This makes for a total of $43.7…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Change, Funding Formulas, Declining Enrollment
Kuehn, Larry – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
Tuition revenue from overseas students increased by over $9 million dollars in 2011-12 over the previous year. It reached a record amount of $138,848,821. The increased revenue reflects an increase of nearly 500 international students, reaching a total of 9,281.1 (FTE). However, the patterns of inequality continue to be reinforced, because most of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Income, Foreign Students, Tuition
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
This paper is an update of research report 2011-TS-02. It presents tables that show the minimum and maximum salaries for BC's Category 5 and Category 6, or equivalent, for provinces and territories. A sample of school districts is included for those provinces/territories with multiple collective agreements.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Reports, Teacher Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
This research report, which is an update of research report 2011-TS-03, shows the salary difference for each step of British Columbia's (BC) Category 5 or comparable qualifications. Salaries for Vancouver public school teachers are compared to teacher salaries in Toronto (elementary), Ottawa (secondary), and Edmonton. Salaries for Prince George…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Public School Teachers, Research Reports
Naylor, Charlie – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2012
There has been little attention paid to the issue of Year-Round Schools (YRS) in British Columbia's public education system since 1996. The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) Research conducted extensive research into the issue of year-round schooling in the mid 1990s, when the growth in student enrolment was significant. At that time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Research Reports, Year Round Schools
Kuehn, Larry – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
After two years of decline, the tuition from international students increased in 2010-11 and reached more than $129 million. The revenue from international students has more than doubled in a decade, from $55.5 million in 2001-02. This revenue is the most significant source of funding for K-12 education in BC outside of direct grants from the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Districts, Income, Elementary Secondary Education
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
Each budget year, the Ministry of Education responds to concerns about chronic underfunding of public education by asserting that the ministry is providing its "highest funding ever" during a sustained period of declining student enrolment. This assertion of the "highest funding ever" continues in "Budget 2011," ignoring the evidence of a systemic…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Population Growth, Public Education
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
This brief presents the views of the members of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation on the provincial government's budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. It is a crucial time for public education in British Columbia and they take very seriously the chance to provide information and their perspective on…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Research Reports
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
A news release by the BC Ministry of Education on December 9, 2011 describes upcoming changes to the funding formula for the 2012-13 Operating Grants and announces increases in CommunityLink funding for 2012-13 and 2013-14. This research report analyzes the potential impact of these changes and compares BC's performance in improving education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Funding Formulas, Research Reports
Naylor, Charlie – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2011
This paper is written in response to two BCPSEA (British Columbia Public School Employers' Association) documents: (1) "Teacher professional development: A question of development, growth and currency." From the series of BCPSEA papers "Perspectives in Practice." http://www.bcpsea.bc.ca/documents/publications/03-HJF-Professional%20Development.pdf,…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2010
In March of each year, the ministry publishes the Operating Grants Manual showing estimated funding allocations for school districts for the upcoming school year. These estimates are based on enrolment projections. On September 30 of the new school year, enrolment is counted and the grants are recalculated based on actual enrolment. The ministry…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Educational Finance, Grants, Research Reports
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
Teachers in the public schools of British Columbia have a special responsibility to help ensure that the aesthetic, emotional, intellectual, physical, and social development of children in care is met. Representatives of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) from the Aboriginal Education Advisory Committee, the Committee for Action on…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Foreign Countries, Teacher Associations, Child Care
Naylor, Charlie; Vint, Amber – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
This paper presents British Columbia Teachers' Federation's (BCTF) research report that has produced tables which allow the BCTF and its locals to consider the prevalence of Salary Indemnity Plan (SIP) claims by school district. While the data shown in this report indicate high prevalence of stress in some school districts, they actually…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, School Districts, Stress Variables
