Welcome to Leadergram!

Welcome to our first edition of “Leadergram”, our new bi-monthy electronic newsletter designed to provide all BCSSA members with more timely and effective communication. With almost 80 new members in the past year and a myriad of issues confronting public education, communication has become a very real challenge for the Association- an opinion shared by many of you who completed the Membership Survey last spring.

Leadergram is but one of a number of new strategies developed by the Executive to enhance our ability to communicate with you about emerging issues, executive activities, or recent appointments. We know that time prevents many of you from visiting the BCSSA website on a regular basis, so instead, we will bring it to you. Look for this e-News to be delivered to your mailbox twice each month, and don’t hesitate to let us know what you would like to see in a future edition.

On behalf of the executive, I wish you great success in the year ahead, and we look forward to seeing everyone at our Annual Fall Conference in Victoria.

Geoff Jopson,
President

Recent news

The BCSSA, along with other education partners, was asked to respond to the consultation paper on Expanding Early Learning in B.C. for Children Aged 3-5, published by the Early Childhood Learning Agency. The paper and additional information is available at: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/ecla/

Updates

New members and members in new positions:
www.bcssa.org/newsroom/membernews.html

Introducing the BCSSA Staff

Wendy Lee wlee@bcssa.org
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Doreen Schieweck dschieweck@bcssa.org
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Colin McDougall cmcdougall@telus.net
PROGRAM MANAGER, MEMBER SERVICES

Kim Young kimyoung@bcssa.org
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Lisa Aspinall laspinall@bcssa.org
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Stephanie Cardwell stephcardwell@bcssa.org
COMMNICATIONS & ADMINISTRATVE ASSISTANT

Thanks for another great year!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who participated in our annual Summer Leadership Conference in Kelowna this year. Below are a few pictures from this two day learning and networking experience. We hope to see you all next year!

All ready to go at the 7th Annual BCSSA Golf Tournament (from left): John Simpson, Superintendent (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows),
Al McTavish, Education Development Executive (Apple Canada), Geoff Jopson, Superintendent (West Vancouver), Bruce Beairsto, Superintendent (Richmond)

A lively discussion captured at the world cafe session on day two

Congratulations to the winning golf team! (from left): Glenn Borthistle, Director of Instruction (North Okanagan-Shuswap), Judy Borthistle, Sherry Bradley, Norm Bradley, Director of Instruction (Central Okanagan)