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BCTF Handbook for new teachers and TTOC: The practice of teaching
L’Exercice de l’enseignement - Manuel pour le nouveau personnel enseignant et les enseignant(e)s suppléant(e)s
Who are our new teachers?
A new teacher may be a teacher new to the profession, a beginning teacher and/or a teacher teaching on call (in the first 5 years of their career), a teacher new to a classroom assignment or having a significant change of assignment, a teacher
new to teaching in BC, or a teacher returning to the profession.
Some members choose a career as a teacher teaching on call (TTOC). The Teachers Teaching on Call page provides additional information for career
and transitional TTOCs.
Need information?
- New teachers, please contact Lucie Ferrari at lferrari@bctf.ca, 604-871-1809 or toll-free at 1-800-663-9163 local 1809
- TTOCs, please contact Jenny Garrels at jgarrels@bctf.ca, 604-871-1871 or toll-free at 1-800-663-9163 local 1871
Employment insurance
Seniority for all
Seniority for both contract teachers and TTOCs is the theme of our Seniority for all pamphlet. Contract teachers want post and fill that is
based on seniority and TTOCs want seniority for call-out and to use their TTOC seniority in a meaningful way: that is to use their seniority to get a contract position.
Publications
Health and safety
E-mail list
The BCTF public mailing list page has many e-mail lists that you can join. Join as many as you like. The e-mail list, bctf-beginteach, is a public list for new and experienced teachers.
Provincial Specialist Associations (PSAs)
The BCTF encourages and supports 32 PSAs. As an integral part of the Federation, all BCTF members are encouraged to become members of one or more PSAs to share expertise and to gain information and experience. For information, go to the PSAs Online page.
Other resources
Teaching in British Columbia
See our Teaching in BC page for information on certification and salaries and job search resources.
Teaching resources