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 2025-2026:
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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| Kara Mitchell
Twitter: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allashishkov/ Portfolio Includes:
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Co-Vice President | Vacant
Portfolio Includes:
Portfolio Includes:
- Assist in upholding the mandate of the Association
- Ensure that BCECTA operations, services and programs are managed effectively and efficiently
- Work with a team of Executive Board members so that every decision made is with the collective interests of New Teachers, TTOCs and preservice teachers in mind
- Second signing authorities of the Association;
- Secondary spokespeople of the Association
- Enhance the New Teacher experience throughout the province through events and activities such as Pizza & Pedagogy Parties, Book Clubs, New Teacher Taco Tuesdays, Conferences, Teacher Comedy Nights and stressbusters
- Responsible for the arrangement and allocation of BCECTA resources and budget towards University & Preservice Teacher outreach
- French communications
- Co-Chairing Workshop Committee, Social Media Committee
Secretary | Vacant
Other Roles:
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Other Roles:
Portfolio Includes:
- Preparing documents
- Recording minutes during meetings
- Tracking calendar commitments
- Supporting the President
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Treasurer | Alana Douglas
Local: Surrey Other Roles: Mathematics Teacher, Staff Rep and Health and Safety Rep Portfolio Includes:
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Conference Chair | Vacant
Instagram:
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Instagram:
Portfolio Includes:
- Conference Committee Chair
- Workshop presenter recruitment
- Logistics, Scheduling
- Organizing Conference Registration Website
- Conference Materials (brochures, nametags, thank-you cards etc)
- Event planning
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Member-at-large – Public Relations: Vacant
Other Roles: Portfolio Includes:
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Member-at-large | 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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Member-at-large – Joanna Noakes
Other Roles:
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Other Roles:
Portfolio Includes:
- Team Player - Runs point on tasks that can be shared / delegated
- New Teacher Perspective
- Co-facilitator for BCECTA workshops
- Social Committee
- Swag / Branded Merchandise
Member-at-large & Website Assistant | Dave Mc Cormick
Other Roles:
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Member-at-large & Website Assistant | Dave Mc Cormick
Other Roles:
Portfolio Includes:
- Website updates
- Surrey Teachers Association Executive Committee - TTOC and Early Career Rep
- Social Committee
- Swag / Branded Merchandise
- Co-facilitation of workshops
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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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Member-at-large | Vacant
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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
- Stéphanie Dodier - Coquitlam (Co-Vice President)
- Alicia Moura – Okanagan Skaha (Secretary and Member at Large)
- Missy Caswell - Mission (Conference Chair)
- Sunny Gill - Surrey (Member at Large)
- Michael Hughes - Surrey (Member at Large)
- Braden Lemaire - Nanaimo (Member at Large)
- Pavandeep (Pav) Dhadwal - Vancouver (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)