1. Rockridge PAC Meeting
January 24th, 2018

2. Who Am I? Grew up in West Vancouver (Irwin Park, Hillside)
UBC for BEd and Masters; SFU for ELL Diploma
Educator for 24 years
Mother of 3 children
Love running, hiking, and sports
Love working with students
Passionate about learning

3. Highlights Leadership 11/12 Retreat Grade 12 Grad Committee
Art and Photo Classes
Visiting the LS room
Music Class
Paper Airplanes in Player’s Hall
Woodworking
Meeting new parents, staff and students

4. Events Vancouver Model United Nations (Jan. 18-21)
IMPROV Team Competition tonight at Carson Graham 7:30pm
Physics Olympics January 30th
Career Expo February 1st
“Best of the West” Feb.
WVSS, 4:00pm
Theatre Company, Next Stop:
The Pursuit of Happiness
International Lunch – Feb. 16th
“Grey Matter” - March 15th
Debate world issues

5. Curriculum Implementation timelines Why change? New curriculum model
What are the key changes?
Exams

6. New Curriculum Implementation
K-9
First year of implementing the new, redesigned curriculum /17 10
All BC schools will be implementing the new curriculum in 2018/2019
11-12
All BC schools will be implementing the new curriculum in
2019/2020

7. Why?
District Pillars

8. Why?
BC’s curriculum is being modernized to respond to a changing world
Curriculum must be student-centred and flexible, and maintain focus on literacy and numeracy
Deep understanding and application of knowledge is at the centre of the new model

9. Curriculum Model Content (Know) Curricular Competencies (Do)
Big Ideas (Understand)
Concept-based
Competency-driven

10. New Curriculum 10-12 New curriculum is intended to:
support both disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning
encourage locally-developed curriculum
enable a variety of learning environments
Mirrors MYP

11. Grad Program 10 -12 80 credits Minimum 4 Grade 12 courses to graduate
48 required
4 grad transitions
28 electives
Minimum 4 Grade 12 courses to graduate

12. What’s Changing? English Language Arts Gr. 10 (2018-19):
All students must take ‘Focused Literary Studies 10’ (2 credits)
All students must choose ONE of the following 2-credit courses:
New Media Studies 10 (This course will meet the needs of most students)
Creative Writing 10 (Recommended for Advanced Placement (AP) focused students who have high academic standing, good work habits and the recommendation of their teacher)
Composition 10 (Recommended for students who require support for foundational English skills)

13. What’s Changing? Career Planning
Retirement of 2 career courses – Planning 10 and Graduation Transitions
Planning 10 will be retired as of June 30, 2018
Grad Transitions will be retired as of June 30, 2019

14. What’s Changing? Career Planning
The following career education courses will be used in all BC schools in 2018/19:
Career Life Education
Graduation Transitions
The following career education courses will be used in all BC schools in 2019/20:
Career Life Connections + Capstone

15. Career Planning
Current Grades 10 and 11 students will be able to meet the graduation requirement with any of the following combinations:
Planning 10/Grad Transitions
Planning 10/Career Life Connections + Capstone
Career Life Education/Grad Transitions
Career Life Education/Career Life Connections + Capstone

16. New Courses at Rockridge
Global Partnerships (Grades 10-12)
Grade 11 Engineering Cohort
Social Justice 12

17. Course Selection
Gr. 8-10s – Presentations by counsellors on January 18th during Collaboration Block
Students given sheets with requirements and options outlined
Parent presentations January 18th
Courses should be selected by
February 2nd

18. Exams for Grade 10s & 11s
Students in Grade 10 this year will write the Numeracy and Literacy Assessments before graduation (Literacy Assessment introduced in 2019/20)
Students currently in Grade 11 will write the Numeracy Exam on June 26th and write the associated provincial exam for Language Arts 12

19. Exams for Grade 12s Students currently in Grade 12 will:
Finish all 2004 Graduation Program requirements
Have completed a Math 10, a Language Arts 10, a Science 10 and have written associated provincial exams
Take a Language Arts 12 course and write the associated provincial exam
NOT write the new Numeracy or Literacy Assessments