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.
Current Issue
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on the folly of assigning one principal to two schools
- Articles on rebuilding the education system in Rwanda, a collaborative approach to the school growth process, BC's first public Aboriginal education school, a TLC room in Port Alberni, and enhancing learning through technology.
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on how early learning levels the socio-economic playing field.
Previous Issue
- BCPVPA President Marilyn Merler on Short Course (boot camp for principals and vice-principals)
- Articles on full-day kindergarten, the culture of inclusion, teacher professional learning, flexibility at the district level, using a business model of change to initiate a school-wide social responsibility program
- BCPVPA Executive Director Ted Whiteland on neighbourhood learning centers.
Some past issues
- 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.
- 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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