The BCTF wants you

The BCTF is recruiting teachers who are willing to present packaged workshops to parents at Parent Advisory Council meetings. Topics for the workshops include: Antibullying; Supporting Your Child’s Learning; Raising Confident Boys and Girls; Bugs, Drugs, and Rugs: student health and safety; Born to Buy; and Captive Mind—Captive Market.

These successful and popular workshops are a very important part of BCTF outreach to parents.

These workshops are popular with PACs, but we are often not able to fill all parent requests for the workshops. We need more presenters, especially in the Lower Mainland, East Kootenays, North Central, and Vancouver Island zones.

Workshop facilitators give the workshops in neighbouring districts as well as their own. Teacher presenters report very positive responses from parents, and find the chance to be “BCTF ambassador” and workshop leader personally satisfying and rewarding. Teachers volunteering for this important role have expenses covered by the BCTF.

Workshops are designed and updated regularly by teachers. Training sessions are held, but many teachers feel very comfortable just diving in and giving the workshops their way after reviewing the materials. Resource binders include facilitator notes, overheads, handouts, and background articles. There is also access online for all the materials, overheads, handouts, and a prepared Power Point presentation for downloading.

A signup sheet and details can be accessed at bctf.ca, Teacher page, click on Opportunities for Members in the left column.

If you are interested, contact Geoff Peters in the Communications and Campaigns Division of BCTF, 604-871-1872 or toll free 1-800-663-9163 or gpeters@bctf.ca for more information.

– Geoff Peters