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Kathy Rice has been an educator for 28 years, with experience ranging from teaching in a rural two-room school to working in high-needs urban schools. Although she spent many years teaching primary grades, particularly Grade One, her work has increasingly focused on literacy intervention and supporting students who experience difficulty learning to read. Kathy currently…

Alexis Rekdal has been an educator for 15 years, with experience as a classroom teacher from K–7 and as a District Literacy Teacher. After years in the classroom, she became increasingly interested in understanding why some students struggled to learn to read and what she could do differently to support her most high-need students. With…

The British Columbia Systems Change Collaborative is a brand-new professional learning network launching in fall 2026, created for district central teams leading and supporting literacy improvement across B.C. Building on the success of a similar collaborative in Ontario, this new network has been designed specifically for the B.C. context. At a time of change to…

The Ministry of Education and Child Care have provided two documents to guide resource selection. They can be found under “Resource Selection” on the BC curriculum website: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

The Ministry of Education and Child Care has created a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet for the 2026-2027 school year. It can be found here and under the “Resources for Schools and Districts” on the Literacy Screening website: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/literacy-screening

The Ministry of Education and Child Care has created an information sheet for parents for the 2026-2027 school year. It can be found here and under the “Resources for Parents and Caregivers” on the Literacy Screening website: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/literacy-screening

October is officially recognized as Dyslexia Awareness Month worldwide, featuring campaigns like Dyslexia Canada‘s annual “Mark It Read” initiative. You can find the the recorded information session here And the slides are available here

Calico Clark has had the good fortune to teach a range of grades both in BC and overseas. She is now the Literacy Coordinator for the qathet School District (School District 47). One of her favourite parts of the job is working alongside teachers—whether they’re planning together or she is jumping into classrooms to teach…

BC’s Ministry K-12 Literacy Supports Community of Practice (CoP): Promotes knowledge sharing among school districts and provides a forum to discuss activities, challenges, best practices, and opportunities related to K–12 literacy development. Presentations from past meetings have been shared on the Literacy Screening website, under “Resources for Schools and Districts”: here May 14, 2026 –…

October’s Provincial Specialist Association (PSA) day is October 23, 2026. Here is a spot to find out more: https://www.psaday.ca