Nominations for the Connie Jervis Early Career Teaching Award―January 31, 2026, deadline

Reminder that the deadline for nominations for the Connie Jervis Early Career Teaching Award is on January 31, 2026.

Please send by email to Executive Director Amber Mitchell, [email protected]. Please follow-up with a phone call to ensure the nomination was received, 604-871-2156 or 1-800-663-9163, local 2156.
 See our Opportunities for BCTF Members webpage for further information.

Connie Jervis Early Career Teaching Award criteria is as follows:
That:
1.  the Connie Jervis Early Career Teaching Award be granted to a member who has made an outstanding contribution to public education and is currently in their first 10 years of teaching.
2.  members, local presidents, local representatives, and the provincial specialist association presidents be informed annually of the criteria and process for nomination for the Connie Jervis Early Career Teaching Award.
3.  a call for nominations, with a brief biography of Connie Jervis, be sent to members by November 15 each year and the deadline for nominations be January 31.
4.  nominations consist of a summary of the basis for the nomination as per the criteria, not to exceed two pages in length and be accompanied by no more than three supporting letters.
5.  the major criteria for receipt of the award remain “an outstanding contribution to public education.” Exemplary service to colleagues through activism in the BCTF is a major avenue for making such an outstanding contribution.
6.  no member of the Executive Committee, holding office at the time of selection, be eligible to be nominated for the award.
7.  the award be determined on an annual basis by decision of the Executive Committee at the February Executive Committee meeting.
8.  the award be presented at the Annual General Meeting.