Membership
We currently serve 45 schools across the province, located on Vancouver Island, in Greater Vancouver, in the Fraser Valley, in the Okanagan, and along the Yellowhead route from Prince George to Terrace. Our member schools are operated by locally autonomous school associations (a few member schools are parochial schools operated by churches).
The SCSBC serves and advises its member schools. However, our association is a "grass-roots" one; decisions about policies and their implementation are made at the local level.
We promote distinctive Christian education in BC by providing the following services to its members:
- Deepening the insight into Christian education among teachers, the
supporting community and society at large:
- SCSBC Newsletter ‘The LINK’
- For the Love of Your Child booklet on Christian education
- Workshops and consultation
- Partnership with the Christian Teachers Association of BC &
the Christian Principals Association of BC
conventions and conferences
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Coordinating and evaluating the schools' educational programs and
developing curriculum outlines and units:
- 18 resource handbooks published by SCSBC on a variety of topics
- Online resource library
- Providing advice on organizational and educational matters to school boards
and staffs:
- Administrative Handbook – online access to policies, guidelines, contracts, etc.
- Annual Compensation Report
- Ombudsperson
- Assisting local communities in beginning new Christian schools and
expanding existing ones:
- Development & Capital Campaigns
- Public Relations, Marketing & Recruitment
- Finance, Fundraising & Budgets
- Monitoring government policies and regulations as they affect Christian
schools, representing schools with the government, and advising schools
regarding government relations:
- Member of the Federal Independent School Associations (FISA)
- Liaison with the BC College of Teachers
- Funding new Initiatives to support Digital Learning:
- ERAC (Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium)
- EBSCO Bundle (On-line Resources: World Book, Encyclopedia of BC, and more)
- Follett’s new web-based program Destiny Manager
- Providing Policy Development regarding Student Safety.
- YouthSafe Outdoors: Offsite Experience Safety for BC Schools
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