Spring 2023 – This document is currently under review and being updated by the BCTEA Executive and BCTF.
Technology education in BC schools has changed in recent years as a result of funding cuts and the removal of maximum class size numbers by government. There are fewer technology education teachers, and those remaining are teaching larger classes with less supplies, equipment, and maintenance than ever before. In an attempt to address the resultant problems in program quality and teaching and learning conditions, the BC Technology Education Association (BCTEA), a provincial specialist association of the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), has compiled a comprehensive document outlining recognized best practices. Health and safety is an underlying theme in all sections.
To download the Executive Summary or the Complete Guide, click on the following links:
Executive Summary Best Practices Guide FINAL June 2023
Best Practices Guide Media Archive
Here are links for media coverage on the BPG:
http://www.theprogress.com/news/132740613.html
http://www.cfjctv.com/story.php?id=5094
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/10/27/BC-Tech-Education/
Consider contacting your local media and tell your story and promote the BPG in the best interest of our students and programs.