Standards for educators
Last updated on January 29, 2024The standards for educators were developed by the BC Teachers' Council and the Independent School Teaching Certificate Standards Committee to:
- Establish commonly held standards of practice and conduct that help to guide teacher education, practice and ongoing professional growth
- Communicate to the public the standards that educators hold
- Establish a regulatory framework that guides the Ministry of Education and Child Care and other decision makers in decisions related to teacher education programs, certification, fitness to practice and discipline of certified teachers
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Standards
Standards guide the practice, conduct and competence of B.C. teachers
For educators with a Certificate of Qualification
- Professional Standards for BC Educators (PDF)
- Normes d'exercice de la profession enseignante en Colombie-Britannique (PDF)
- Professional Standards for BC Educators – FAQs (PDF)
- Professional Standards for BC Educators – handout (PDF)
- Normes d'exercice de la profession enseignante en Colombie-Britannique – document d'information (PDF)
- Professional Standards for BC Educators – poster (PDF)
- Normes d'exercice de la profession enseignante en Colombie-Britannique – affiche (PDF)
For educators with an independent school teaching certificate
Independent schools and their communities may have developed specific codes and standards of conduct that serve their educational philosophy or community standards. Breach of these standards may not also be a breach of the regulatory standards for conduct and competence.
Resources
View the short video about Professional Standard 9 and the important role of educators:
Reporting an educator’s conduct or competence
If a teacher does not follow the standards:
- Find out how to report a teacher to the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation as a teacher, school or school board
- Learn how anyone can make a complaint about a teacher to the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation
- See what's involved in the discipline process
- Learn about the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation