The Revised Curriculum
Curriculum Implementation Days:
Day 1: Friday, January 15, 2016 Teachers will have the opportunity to meet in their Family of Schools along with two facilitators. Part of the morning will be spent on reviewing the revised curriculum and comparing what has changed and what has stayed the same. In the afternoon teachers will have the opportunity to engage in individual and collaborative time working with the curriculum. Day 2: Friday, April 22, 2016 Plans have not yet been finalized as to the structure of this day. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. 
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Important DatesNDTA Meeting Dates 2017-18
All Executive Meetings are held at LVR in the Library at 4:15 on Mondays: BCTF member cardsThe BCTF is offering members a card if they apply for one on the BCTF portal. Login and then click on the BCTF Member Card Request Form. Review the information and update if necessary. Click on submit and a card will be sent to your home address.
Over the decades, the BCTF has had membership cards or certificates. This card is being issued to commemorate the BCTF’s 100th anniversary. The card will serve as a quick reminder of your BCTF ID number that will allow you access to the BCTF portal. It may be used at some retail outlets where discounts are provided to teachers. 
Pension Plan UpdateAt the 2016 BCTF AGM the resolution to make changes to the Teacher Pension Plan passed. That the Teachers’ Pension Plan design change of the pension formula include:
1. delinking from the Canada Pension Plan’s Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE). 2. a single accrual rate of 1.85% be applied to Pensionable Service. 3. an Early-retirement Reduction Factor of 4.5% at age 61. 4 removal of the 35-year Pensionable Service cap. 5. an unreduced pension for those with 35 years of Contributory Service. The Plan Member Partner (BCTF) and the Plan Employer Partner (BC Government) will draft language that will implement this decision. This will be presented to the Teachers’ Pension Board of Trustees to direct Teachers’ Pension Plan (TPP) in its implementation. Along the way, there will be several levels of checking compliance to pension regulations and tax rules. There will be no changes in pension calculations for current service up to and including December 31, 2017. The annual Member’s Benefit Statements (MBS) from TPP, sent to members in May–June will not show any change of service until a full year of service in the new plan has occurred. That is, the new service will be reflected in the MBS issued in May of 2019 for the first full year in the new plan, 2018. The BCTF will continue to provide support to plan members who are in need of pension information. You may contact the BCTF Income Security Division for assistance: BCTF, Income Security Division 100 – 550 West 6th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2 604-871-1949, toll free 1-800-663-9163, Local 1949, fax 604-871-2287 E-mail: vchoy@bctf.ca 2016 BCTF AGM pension presentations Executive Committee recommendation on pension plan change
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