Adminfo
Adminfo is published five times per year by the BC Principals' & Vice-Principals' Association.
Issues are mailed to all BCPVPA active members and archived on the website in October, December, February, April and June.
All issues feature columns by Marilyn Merler, BCPVPA President, and Ted Whiteland, BCPVPA Executive Director.
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on a day in the life of principals and vice-principals
- Articles on how a retired principal faces a health crisis, counsellors on call in Southeast Kootenay, science in the elementary classroom, reflections on being fair to students and working together to create a caring, supportive environment
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on the BCPVPA's role in bringing learning opportunities to life.
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on learning about play-based learning
- Articles on a mid-career move to Rwanda, dilemmas of the principalship, professional development in Richmond and advanced placement for boys
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on validating our mission, vision and values.
Some past issues
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on leadership development programs
- A book review by Elisa Carlson on Positive Leadership plus articles on an extended leave of absence, a gifted program in Comox, keeping your technological relevance and a program in Mission for students with cognitive disabilities
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on engaging members.
Includes a special 8-page insert, You & the BCPVPA
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on ensuring the success of students
- Articles on tools for 21st Century learners, building teamwork and self-esteem in Revelstoke, elementary schools take to soccer, Distributed Learning as a rural school challenge
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on change.
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on early learning initiatives,
- Articles on better student councils, student leadership, a community quilting/reading program, a principal's emotional return to Chile, educational leadership and rural schools, recommended reading for elementary schools
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on our public voice.
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on parent engagement
- Articles on assessment practices, social-emotional development, students make the news, reverse lunch, working together to build results
- Building relationships (with students & teachers), Learning Communities, Reaching Goals
- Honouring our own (a Remembrance Day program), Teacher Induction, Learning Styles, Social Responsibility
- A Case Study (Duty of Care), The Constructivist Approach, Healthy Foods in Schools, An Achievement Bridge, Teaching in Tanzania (and finance by Vince Devries)
- Musings of Digital Immigrant, Remembering Sir Edmund Hillary, StrongStart, Reflections on a Life in Education (and finance by Vince Devries)
- Culturally Responsive Teaching (a Math program in Nisga'a), Separate Classrooms for Boys and Girls, Community in the Classroom, Embracing Multi-Culturalism, Questions on the Value of Homework (and finance by Vince Devries)
- Whole Faculty Study Groups, Trust as a Leadership Element, Learning Partnerships with the Construction Industry, Irlen's Syndrome (and finance by Vince Devries)
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