BCPVPA's Super Vision for Learning

Cohorts in Surrey, Metro & Fort St. John

eNews from the BCPVPA September 9, 2016

Leadership Opportunities

In this BCPVPA retirement seminars issue TPP changes update Kevin Reimer welcomes SD39 elementary

Serving members by supporting effective leadership in education through representation, advocacy and leadership development.

BCPVPA’s Super Vision for Learning

Limited space in the Surrey, Metro, and Fort St. John cohorts — September start for all cohorts

Super Vision for Learning is the BCPVPA’s eight-month learning experience in which supervision for learning, school improvement, and professional development are the key outcomes. Based on a peer coaching model, there are five days of program development over the course of eight months and ongoing joint practice development with colleagues. The five days of program development will take place between September and May 2017. Registration fees are $840 ($800 + $40 GST) for BCPVPA members and $1207.50 ($1,150 + 57.50 GST) for non-members. Register: http://bit.ly/1Tl9NdN

Leadership Opportunities Coquitlam invites applications for Principal and Vice-Principals. Applications are due by September 15 at 4 pm. http://bit.ly/1TEGx6y

Surrey invites applications for District Principal, Student Services, with a primary focus on supporting all learners though a universal design model. Applications are due by 12 noon, Sept 26. http://bit.ly/2cwnBFi Peace River North invites applications for Principal, Bert Ambrose Elementary School or for any subsequent elementary vacancies. Applications are due by October 24 at 11:30 pm. http://bit.ly/2c3Mclz

BCPVPA awards up to 20 $1000 scholarships Deadline is September 16

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he BCPVPA annually awards up to 20 $1000 scholarships to students who are graduating from the BC public school system and will proceed to a post-secondary institution. Up to 10 scholarships are reserved for the sons and daughters of BCPVPA members; up to 10 are reserved to other graduating students; and, up to two will be awarded to Aboriginal students. All applicants will be judged on academic excellence and demonstrated leadership within the school and community. The deadline for applications is September 16. In addition, the BC Retired PVPA is accepting applications for four Bursary/ Scholarship Awards of $1000 each. Visit http://bit.ly/2bDwxsB for information about both scholarship programs.

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BCPVPA pension update

BCPVPA retirement seminars in Victoria & Vancouver If you are interested in hosting a retirement seminar in your region contact Don Boyd at 604-689-3399 or [email protected]

The BCPVPA will offer retirement seminars in Vancouver and Victoria this fall. Recommended for everyone who is considering retirement, or is within their last five years of employment, the seminars will walk attendees through pre-retirement package and retirement checklist. Pension options will be discussed, case studies presented, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Seminars are scheduled from 9 am to 12 noon as follows: October 22, Victoria, Rockheights Middle School; November 26, Vancouver, BCPVPA office; and December 3, Vancouver, BCPVPA office. Spouses are welcome. To register contact Corina Somerville at 604689-3399 or [email protected]

BCPVPA update on Pension Plan Design status

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he Government and the BCTF, the two Partner groups in the Teacher’s Pension Plan (TPP), have directed the TPP Board to proceed with preparations for implementation of a series of Pension Plan design changes. The specific changes that have been targeted for implementation for all Plan members as of January 1, 2018 include: • delinking from the Canada Pension Plan’s Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE) • a single accrual rate of 1.85% be applied to Pensionable Service • an early-retirement Reduction Factor of 4.5% at age 61 (penalty per year for retiring prior to age 61) • removal of the 35-year Pensionable Service cap • an unreduced pension for those with 35 years of Contributory Service. While the new pension rules come into effect as of January 1, 2018 all service prior to that date will still be administered under the old rules. Pensionable service after that date will be based upon the new rules. In effect there will be a pro-rata application based upon the percentage of service time under each set of Plan rules. For example, if 95% of your service take place under the old rules, you would still have access to 95% of the bridge benefit in your pension up to age 65. The penalties for early retirement would be applied in a similar pro-rated fashion and the 90 Factor is also slated to be pro-rated. Efforts are underway to create an online pension calculator – available for the end of this calendar year, or early in the new year – reflecting pension implications for those who will have pensionable service under both sets of rules. Most individuals retiring in the first few years after the implementation of the new rules will see little change with respect to their pensions from representations on earlier Member Benefit Statements issued by the TPP via employers. The number of variables associated with the changes necessitates confidence in 100% accuracy of any calculations and specific information on an individual pension situation. The legal liabilities are potentially significant in terms of providing inaccurate info and thus our Association is currently in a position of waiting for the TPP to carry out the analytical work to ensure confidence in such a calculator. The BCTF is the legal Plan Partner and has responsibilities for all Plan members. Any member (whether VP, Principal, Director, Superintendent, or teacher) can contact the Federation for pension information, especially during this interim period before the TPP has launched the new calculator. The BCTF contact is Victor Choy (Income Security Division) who can be reached at [email protected], 604-871-1949 or 1-800-663-9163 local 1949. We advise members to wait for the TPP to launch its Pension Calculator.

TPP stats

The Teachers’ Pension Plan serves more than 92,000 active, inactive and retired members and their employers in British Columbia. Members include vice-principals, principals, teachers, and superintendents. Plan membership is broken down as follows: • more than 44,900 active members contributing to the plan; • more than 12,000 inactive members (members who are no longer with a plan employer but have contributions with the plan); • more than 35,000 retired members. The plan holds assets of more than $24 billion. The Teachers’ Pension Plan is the 9th largest defined benefit pension plan in Canada, according to data collected by Benefits Canada magazine. eNews 2

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September 9, 2016

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President Kevin Reimer on welcoming Vancouver elementary

llow me to begin by congratulating you on making it through the first week of school. As I wrote last week, summer holidays can seem like a distant memory even at this early point in the school year. What keeps us going is the knowledge that the year ahead has such great potential.

and boxing to a strategic plan Follow on Twitter

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Also, my thanks to those of you who downloaded the resource I attached last week. I appreciated hearing from members who http://bcpvpa.bc.ca/president/ told me that they were planning to use it at the next staff development opportunity. Please let me know how successful, or not, the process was for your school when you implemented the Hall of Fame activity.

Read the President’s blog

2016 — 2017 Board of Directors President Kevin Reimer (Comox Valley) [email protected] Directors Brad Baker (North Vancouver) [email protected] Susan Clough (Surrey) [email protected] Steve Dalla Lana (Prince George) [email protected] Darren Danyluk (Rocky Mountain) [email protected] David DeRosa (Kootenay-Columbia) [email protected] Tracy Godfrey (Vernon) [email protected] Heidi Grant (Nechako Lakes) [email protected] Brett Johnson (Greater Victoria) [email protected] Lee Karpenko (Prince George) [email protected] Carol-Ann Leidloff (Kootenay Lake) [email protected] Brian Leonard (Coquitlam) [email protected]

This past week, we had the great pleasure of hosting an afternoon social event for the members of the Vancouver Elementary Principals’ and VicePrincipals’ Association (VEPVPA). My thanks to its President Susan Nicol (Principal, General Wolfe Elementary), the VEPVPA Executive and all of their members for joining us for the event to celebrate VEPVPA members joining the BCPVPA (memberships take effect October 1). This is an historic moment for the BCPVPA as we take the Association one step closer to speaking with a voice that represents all districts in the province. In addition to the exciting news about Vancouver, I wanted to share with you the work of your Board of Directors and another resource that you may find helpful. For three days every August the Board of Directors holds an annual retreat. During that time we invite representatives from the Ministry, government, and other partners to hear of their work and to help them better understand the context of the work that principals and vice-principals do every day. One of other significant activities this year, was that the Board of Directors began the process to develop the Association’s strategic plan for the next three years. I share this work with you because I want to illustrate the importance of the work that the Board undertakes on behalf of the Association and its members. I know that all of our Directors understand the privilege and honour that it means to sit at the Board table and represent our more than 2200 members. This is an essential process and one that we do not rush. Both the Directors and the managers participate in this process together. While the managers participate they also listen carefully to the conversations and the themes that emerge as the Directors work through the process. The managers, under the leadership of Carol Powell and Kit Krieger, take those foundational pieces and start to draft our strategic plan. Much of our conversation and work was guided by Simon Sinek’s book, Start with Why. Sinek contends that organizational purpose is often misunderstood within organizations. People inside the organization understand the what and the how of what they do, but eNews 3

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often lack clarity around the purpose of the work. As an introductory activity, which I have used with school staffs before, I divided the Directors and managers into four teams. The teams were given seven boxes with each box having a label (governance, membership, influence, representation, advocacy, leadership development, and a 7th unnamed box that teams were able to name and use if they believed there was a missing component). Teams arrange their boxes in order of priority with the only rules being that the boxes can not lay flat (in that all of these pieces are of equal importance) and that all of the boxes must be touching or connected in some way. A box or group of boxes could not be separate from the structure or arrangement. For those of you with Destination Imagination experience you can imagine the rich conversations, at times good-natured tensions, and creative responses that came from activating their thinking. As an organization, when we look carefully at our previous plan and filter it down to its most essential elements there are three key pieces that emerge that form the foundation of the Association’s work: advocacy, representation, and leadership development. In the coming months the Board and staff will continue to fine tune our strategic plan, develop plans and programs that support our members, and establish the indicators to assess our progress. Enjoy the weekend, everyone, Kevin

The BCPVPA Board of Directors (see the next two pages)

Planning Ahead

the Association’s guide to upcoming professional learning events begins on page (published in the 1st issue of the month hereafter) eNews 4

The BCPVPA Board of Directors 2016-2017 For a list of Chapter responsibilities, see the back page

President Kevin Reimer Comox Valley [email protected]

Brad Baker North Vancouver [email protected] Susan Clough Surrey [email protected] Steve Dalla Lana Prince George [email protected]

Darren Danyluk Rocky Mountain [email protected] David DeRosa Kootenay-Columbia [email protected] Tracy Godfrey Vernon [email protected] Heidi Grant Nechako Lakes [email protected] Brett Johnson Greater Victoria [email protected] Lee Karpenko Prince George [email protected] Carol-Ann Leidloff Kootenay Lake [email protected] Brian Leonard Coquitlam [email protected]

Local Chapter responsibilities for BCPVPA’s Board of Directors Kevin Reimer 39 – Vancouver

Brad Baker 05 – Southeast Kootenay 44 – North Vancouver 50 – Haida Gwaii 52 – Prince Rupert 62 – Sooke 93 – CSF

Susan Clough 36 – Surrey 49 – Central Coast 74 – Gold Trail 81 – Fort Nelson 87 – Stikine

Steve Dalla Lana 10 – Arrow Lakes 23 – Central Okanagan 40 – New Westminster 59 – Peace River South 68 – Nanaimo/Ladysmith

Darren Danyluk 06 – Rocky Mountain 35 – Langley 47 – Powell River 63 – Saanich 83 – North Okanagan/Shuswap 92 – Nisga’a

David DeRosa 20 – Kootenay Columbia 51 – Boundary 71 – Comox Valley 73 – Kamloops/Thompson 85 – Vancouver Island North

Tracy Godfrey 22 – Vernon 33 – Chilliwack 45 – West Vancouver 60 – Peace River North 72 – Campbell River

Heidi Grant 19 – Revelstoke 41 – Burnaby 78 – Fraser-Cascade 79 – Cowichan Valley 91 – Nechako Lakes

Brett Johnson 28 – Quesnel 34 – Abbotsford 54 – Bulkley Valley 61 – Greater Victoria 84 – Vancouver Island West

Lee Karpenko 27 – Cariboo-Chilcotin 38 – Richmond 52 – Prince Rupert 57 – Prince George 64 – Gulf Islands 69 – Qualicum

Carol-Ann Leidloff 08 – Kootenay Lakes 37 – Delta 58 – Nicola-Similkameen 67 – Okanagan Skaha 70 – Alberni 75 – Mission

Brian Leonard 42 – Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows 43 – Coquitlam 46 – Sunshine Coast 48 – Sea to Sky 53 – Okanagan Similkameen

BCPVPA staff Kit Krieger • Executive Director [email protected] Executive Assistant: Linsea OShea, [email protected] Harold Krische • Legal and Contract Services [email protected] Don Boyd • Legal and Contract Services, Student Voice [email protected] Warren Hicks • Legal and Contract Services [email protected] Senior Administrative Assistant: Corina Somerville, [email protected] Jessica Antosz • Professional Learning [email protected] Elizabeth Bell • Professional Learning [email protected] Senior Administrative Assistant: Kim Maxwell, [email protected] Carol Powell • Finance [email protected] Accounts Payables: Helen Tseng, [email protected] Accounts Receivables and Membership: Jennifer Harfield, [email protected] Richard Williams • Communications [email protected] The BCPVPA office is open Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 5 pm. The receptionist is Diane Kokotilo, [email protected]

September

Planning Ahead BCPVPA dates 2016-2017 All meetings are held at the Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond

(except Short Course)

• November 18 Presidents’ meeting • November 18-19 Chapter Council • November 19 AGM • January 19-21 Contract seminar • February 24-25 Chapter Council • May 12 Friday Forum • May 12-13 Chapter Council (Partnership Awards presentation, election speeches) • July 3-7 Short Course at UBC

BCPVPA’s Super Vision for Learning

Limited space in the Surrey, Metro, and Fort St. John cohorts — September start for all cohorts

Super Vision for Learning is the BCPVPA’s eight-month learning experience in which supervision for learning, school improvement, and professional development are the key outcomes. Based on a peer coaching model, there are five days of program development over the course of eight months and ongoing joint practice development with colleagues. The five days of program development will take place between September and May 2017. Registration fees are $840 ($800 + $40 GST) for BCPVPA members and $1207.50 ($1,150 + 57.50 GST) for non-members. Register: http://bit.ly/1Tl9NdN

2016 September 24, WestVancouver TEDxWestVancouverED Join other educators who will Rethink Education. Together participants will explore this year’s theme “the forest through the trees”, creating conversation that inspires real change. Speakers include: Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Alan November, Angus Reid, Brooke Moore, Ian Landy, Tracy Cramer, Lisa Domeier de Suarez, Brad Daudlin, and Dean Shareski. The Playground will feature Discovery Education, Microsoft and Natural Pod among others. Information: www.tedxwestvancouvered.com Planning Ahead/a supplement to BCPVPA eNews/7

October 21-22, Delta, BC The annual conference of the Provincial Intermediate and Middle Years Teachers’ Association features Adrienne Gear, Diana Cruchley and more than 50 speakers and 80 workshops Information: http://www.pita.ca/fall-conference.html October 25-28, San Antonio, TX iNacol’s (International Association for K-12 Online Learning) annual conference for K-12 online, blended and competency-based learning Information: http://www.inacol.org/symposium/ November 14-16, Vancouver, BC World Conference on E-Learning Information: http://www.aace.org/conf/ December 3-7, Vancouver Connecting Landscapes for Learning The Learning Forward (National Staff Development Council) annual conference at the Vancouver Convention Center (see box at the bottom of the page) Information: http://learningforward.org/

2017 February 16-17, Vancouver, BC The 30th annual conference of the BC Alternate Education Society Will Richardson is the keynote speaker and additional details will be available soon Information: http://bcaea.com/conference.html February 18, Vancouver, BC Reimagining Public Education Discourse in BC One of the four symposia developed by The Faculty of Education at SFU and its Centre for Educational Leadership and Policy. The final two symposia will be held in October 2017 and February 2018 Information: http://bit.ly/2bctevs

Connecting Landscapes for Learning Learning Forward’s 2016 Annual Conference Vancouver • December 3-7

Learning Forward’s 2016 annual conference in Vancouver, December 3 to 7, provides educators with content and tools to bring powerful forms of professional learning back home. Participants will gain practical solutions to challenges and learn strategies to build school leader capacity. Innovative practitioners will present in more than 350 concurrent sessions on topics including social emotional learning; developing or shifting mindsets; visible learning; teacher leadership; quality feedback; presentation and facilitation skills; program evaluation; Aboriginal education; and more. Among the presenters are Tom Guskey and Joellen Killion; Tom Hierck; Marcia Tate; Jim Knight; Anthony Muhammad; and Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert. A 20% International Group Discount (for 10 or more people) will be offered through October 1. This discount will apply to registrations for one through five days and can be taken on multi-day registrations of three or more days or more, in conjunction with the early discount of $50.

Information http://bit.ly/2bGHLg6 Planning Ahead/a supplement to BCPVPA eNews/8

February 23-24, Richmond, BC Crosscurrents 2017 The annual conferece of the Special Education Association of BC Information: http://www.seaofbc.ca/crosscurrents March 5-9, Austin, TX Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Information: http://www.aace.org/conf/ March 25-27, Anaheim, CA The annual conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Information: http://www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx April 5-6, Toronto, ON The 6th annual summit on education technology strategies Information: http://www.educationtechnologysummit.com/ April 9-12, Banff, AB uLead 2017 Keynote presenters include Alberta’s Minister of Education, the Honourable David Eggen, New South Wales’ Minister of Education, the Honourable Adrian Picolli, Simon Breakspear (Sydney, Australia), Carol Campbell (OISE), Gillian Hamilton (Glasgow) and talented educational leaders from around the world. Several additional Ministers of Education from around the world will also attend and participate in a panel discussion Information: http://www.ulead.ca/uLead.html April 20-May 2, Saskatoon, SK In the Land of Living Skies: Expanding Horizons in Education and the Law The annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education. Call for paper through November 30, 2016. Information: http://capsle.ca/ April 25-27, Toronto, ON Connect 2017 An annual conference to encourage the development of a community of passionate educators, technology experts, and leaders Information: http://www.canconnected.com/ May 12, Richmond, BC BCPVPA Friday Forum Information: eNews and the BCPVPA webite May 4-6, Richmond, BC The annual conference of the Early Childhood Educators of BC Information: http://www.ecebc.ca June 21-23, Washington, DC EDMedia 2017 The world coference on educational media & technology Information: http://www.aace.org/conf/

Planning Ahead/a supplement to BCPVPA eNews/9

July 3-7, Vancouver The BCPVPA’s 40th Annual Short Course at UBC. Leading Learning: Being, Knowing, Doing Gain the knowledge, understanding, and connections you need to enhance your school leadership journey Information: eNews and the BCPVPA webite July 9-11, Philadelphia PA Connecting Great Leaders Across All Levels. The first combined national conference of both the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Seconday School Principals. Registration: https://www.principals.org/professional-learning/conferences/ June 21-23, Washington, DC EDMedia 2017 The world coference on educational media & technology Information: http://www.aace.org/conf/

2018 March 26-30, Washington, DC Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Information: http://www.aace.org/conf/

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