The British Columbia Early Career Teachers’ Association is a Provincial Specialist Association of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation.
While our primary role is to nourish Communities of Practice and increase access to professional development, the BCECTA Executive Board also advocates and represents New Teachers & TTOCs' collective interests. We bring new teachers' voices to decision-makers within the BC Teachers' Federation, the BC Teachers' Federation, to university education faculty, and to the larger community. Each Executive Committee member is responsible for undertaking various tasks such as social media, outreach, member recruitment, publicity, conference organizing, event planning, project management, mentor recruitment, blogging, website updates, and more. Your Executive utilizes experience & consultation with other educators around the province to create a comprehensive ecosystem that is inclusive, safe, and enhances your sense of belonging in the profession. We are here for you!
While our primary role is to nourish Communities of Practice and increase access to professional development, the BCECTA Executive Board also advocates and represents New Teachers & TTOCs' collective interests. We bring new teachers' voices to decision-makers within the BC Teachers' Federation, the BC Teachers' Federation, to university education faculty, and to the larger community. Each Executive Committee member is responsible for undertaking various tasks such as social media, outreach, member recruitment, publicity, conference organizing, event planning, project management, mentor recruitment, blogging, website updates, and more. Your Executive utilizes experience & consultation with other educators around the province to create a comprehensive ecosystem that is inclusive, safe, and enhances your sense of belonging in the profession. We are here for you!
- Your BCECTA Executive Committee is made up of TTOCs, Pre-service Teachers, early-career teachers and experienced teachers who care about this important work
- We encourage anyone interested in being on this committee to self-nominate! Email us to apply to the Executive Committee: [email protected]
- We are always seeking ideas, proposals, and submissions for our newsletters from all members.
BCECTA Executive Committee 2022-2023:
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President | Nicole Jarvis
Settler on unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Peoples. Nicole Jarvis is a Surrey Teacher passionate about supporting colleagues. She has volunteered for the BC Teachers' Federation in a number of capacities over the last 11 years; facilitating workshops about Social Media Ethics and Boundaries, researching member engagement on a federation task force, voting in annual general meetings, and as an active member of the BC Modern Languages PSA before co-founding the BC Early-Career Teachers' Association. Nicole can be found on social media at @nico1e / @bcecta (Twitter) and @mme.jarvis / @bcecta (instagram). Email: [email protected] Phone: PENDING Office: Home / School [ École Salish Secondary, Surrey] Office Hours: By appointment, via zoom or in-person Other Roles: 5th year teaching regular & French Immersion Social Studies 8-10, 11th year teaching/TTOCing, Core French & English-trained, Staff Union Rep. Twitter: @bcecta, @nico1e Instagram: @bcecta, @mme.jarvis Je parle le français! Portfolio Includes:
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Co-Vice President of BCECTA | Kristine Canas
Settler on unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Peoples. Office Hours: By appointment Twitter: @mmekc10 Je parle le français! Other Roles: 4th Year Teacher, French Immersion 6/7 Portfolio Includes:
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Co-Vice President | Stéphanie Dodier
Settler on unceded lands of qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen) and q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) First Nations. Stéphanie Dodier is a seasoned francophone secondary science teacher. She is also a sessional instructor at SFU, an education consultant, co-vice-president of BC Early Career Teachers Association (BCECTA), and a teacher leader with Let’s Talk Science. Her mission is to communicate research-based educational practices because she values bridging the gap between academia and practice. Stephanie is passionate about science education, science of learning, experiential learning, and increasing teacher retention. Office Hours: By appointment Twitter: @competencED1 Je suis Francophone! Other Roles: Sessional instructor: S.F.U. PDP program, Educational Consultant, Teacher of 10 years; Francophone Sciences 7-12 Portfolio Includes:
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Secretary | Alicia Moura
Settler on unceded Syilx lands. For over 7,000 years, Penticton has been home to the Syilx First Peoples Penticton, from the Interior Salish word snpintktn, is commonly translated as "a place to stay forever." Other Roles: Local President, Okanagan-Skaha Teachers' Association Click here to learn more about Alicia Portfolio Includes:
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Treasurer | Kara Mitchell
Twitter: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allashishkov/ Portfolio Includes:
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Conference Chair | Missy Caswell
SFU Burnaby Teacher Candidate / Mission Instagram: Portfolio Includes:
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Member-at-large – Public Relations: Braden Lemaire
Settler on unceded lands of the Snuneymuxw Peoples. Snuneymuxw traditional territory and waters span across eastern Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo, Gabriola and Mudge Islands and other islands in the Nanaimo watershed. Other Roles: Student Teacher, English / Humanities Portfolio Includes:
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Member-at-large – Sunny Gill
Settler on unceded lands of the qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qiqéyt (Qayqayt) and sɛmiˈɑːmuː (Semiahmoo) Qayqayt First Nations Other Roles: 4th year Teacher, Secondary English Language Arts Portfolio Includes:
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Member-at-large & Website Assistant | Michael Hughes Settler on unceded Halkomelem Halq'eméylem speaking peoples; Kwantlen Qw'? ntl'en, Katzie q̓ic̓əy̓, Qayqayt qiqéyt and Semiahmoo SEMYOME. Other Roles: Secondary Teacher - Social Studies, Ethics Bowl Coach, Inclusive Education Portfolio Includes:
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Member-at-large | Dr. Poh Tan
Greater Vancouver LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pohtanphd/ Other Roles: Entrepreneur. Scientist. Researcher. Polynesian dancer, STEAM Educational Consultant, Scientist, 2x TEDx speaker, 2023 Mantella Corp BIPOC entrepreneur award winner, 2023 YWCA Woman of Distinction Nominee, Scholar, A Disruptor for Change Portfolio Includes:
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Alana Douglas Home Ec, Math/Science, Health & Safety
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Member-at-large | Robyn Bizuk
Chilliwack, Elementary Portfolio Includes:
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*Note, February 2023:
We are currently considering adding equity positions to our Executive Committee via Constitutional change, and working towards doing an Equity Scan of our Association's policies, procedures, structures, and ways of being, and learning more about Anti-Oppression. Please know that we are considering changing our constitution so as to reserve some seats for marginalized communities such as Disabled Teachers, Racialized / BIPOC Teachers, Queer Teachers, in order to establish minimum quotas for participatory representation of equity-seeking groups.
New teachers who are marginalized / racialized face additional barriers to wellness such as racism in the workplace when you're already new and vulnerable. They have valuable insights, perspectives, skills and ideas key to the improvement of our association and to our ability to achieve our purpose of systemic change.
If any of this resonates with you, know that you are welcome on our committee. We greatly appreciate the value that diversity in leadership brings to the association.
We are currently considering adding equity positions to our Executive Committee via Constitutional change, and working towards doing an Equity Scan of our Association's policies, procedures, structures, and ways of being, and learning more about Anti-Oppression. Please know that we are considering changing our constitution so as to reserve some seats for marginalized communities such as Disabled Teachers, Racialized / BIPOC Teachers, Queer Teachers, in order to establish minimum quotas for participatory representation of equity-seeking groups.
New teachers who are marginalized / racialized face additional barriers to wellness such as racism in the workplace when you're already new and vulnerable. They have valuable insights, perspectives, skills and ideas key to the improvement of our association and to our ability to achieve our purpose of systemic change.
If any of this resonates with you, know that you are welcome on our committee. We greatly appreciate the value that diversity in leadership brings to the association.
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Welcome to the British Columbia Early Career Teachers’ Association!
We are the newest Professional Specialist Association of the BCTF. Did you know that there hasn’t been a new PSA in British Columbia in over 15 years? We are pleased to be supporting Teachers-Teaching-on-Call and early career teachers in their first years of teaching. We welcome all teachers, no matter your age, experience or teaching area. We are expanding our communications to include Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, while expanding this website as our main resource for providing members with support. We at BCECTA are updating the PSA’s projects on a daily basis. Check back often; there’s more to come!
The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), established in 1917, is the union of professionals representing roughly 41,000 public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. All public school teachers belong to the BCTF and their local teachers’ association (local unions of the BCTF). All members of the BCTF can join Provincial Specialist Associations, such as BCECTA, in order to network, receive support, and contribute to professional development on a larger scale. Fees are subsidized for TTOC’s and student teachers. Independent school teachers may join PSA’s also, for a slightly higher membership fee.
Our Policy:
To support the work of early career teachers and teachers-teaching-on-call by means of special services, resources, networking, and advocacy while working toward appropriate and accessible professional development opportunities to meet the unique and diverse needs of new teachers and build a culture of belong to a PSA (Provincial Specialist Association) early in a teacher’s career.
Our Mission:
To serve as a dedicated resource for new and early career teachers in British Columbia.
We believe that high quality, beginning teacher professional learning should be:
Welcome to the British Columbia Early Career Teachers’ Association!
We are the newest Professional Specialist Association of the BCTF. Did you know that there hasn’t been a new PSA in British Columbia in over 15 years? We are pleased to be supporting Teachers-Teaching-on-Call and early career teachers in their first years of teaching. We welcome all teachers, no matter your age, experience or teaching area. We are expanding our communications to include Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, while expanding this website as our main resource for providing members with support. We at BCECTA are updating the PSA’s projects on a daily basis. Check back often; there’s more to come!
The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), established in 1917, is the union of professionals representing roughly 41,000 public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. All public school teachers belong to the BCTF and their local teachers’ association (local unions of the BCTF). All members of the BCTF can join Provincial Specialist Associations, such as BCECTA, in order to network, receive support, and contribute to professional development on a larger scale. Fees are subsidized for TTOC’s and student teachers. Independent school teachers may join PSA’s also, for a slightly higher membership fee.
Our Policy:
To support the work of early career teachers and teachers-teaching-on-call by means of special services, resources, networking, and advocacy while working toward appropriate and accessible professional development opportunities to meet the unique and diverse needs of new teachers and build a culture of belong to a PSA (Provincial Specialist Association) early in a teacher’s career.
Our Mission:
To serve as a dedicated resource for new and early career teachers in British Columbia.
We believe that high quality, beginning teacher professional learning should be:
- Pragmatic and classroom-oriented
- Accessible in terms of proximity and cost
- Easy to implement
- Relevant to the teacher, school, and classroom environment
- Proven effective based on research, best practices, and program evaluation
- Based on students’ and teachers’ needs
- Continuously based in a growth mindset
- Pavandeep (Pav) Dhadwal - Vancouver (Member at Large)
- Alicia Moura – Okanagan Skaha (Member at Large)
- Laura Syms – Kamloops (Member at Large)
- Cassia Drozdik - Surrey (Member at Large)
- Jennifer McDonald – Greater Victoria (Secretary)
- Lisa Herten – Coquitlam (Member at Large)
- Victoria Grandy, Coquitlam (Editor)
- Alexandra Adhikary – Peace River North (President 2020-2022)
- Amanda Long, Coquitlam (President 2015-2020)
- Samantha Hill – Peace River South (Member at Large)
- Aimee Blow – Nanaimo (Member at Large)
- Mark Morrison – Victoria (Member at Large)
- Kendra Jesske – Nanaimo / Ladysmith (Webmaster)
- Kelly MacLean – Editor (Member at Large)
- Melanie Sedergreen – Coquitlam (Member at Large)
- Colin Bailey - Alberni (Member at Large)