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Program assessment teams

Last updated on February 26, 2025

The BC Teachers’ Council (BCTC) may appoint a program assessment team (PAT) to support Process A and Process D of the Teacher Education Program Approval and Review Framework.

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Composition of a PAT 

A program assessment team (PAT) is made up of 4 members:  

  • 2 people who are current BCTC members
  • One person who is an external expert with experience in teacher education
  • One person who is a practising teacher (K-12 educator)

Eligibility to be a PAT participant

To appoint the external expert and the practising teacher for a PAT, the BCTC chooses from a list of pre-approved participants. 

To form the list of pre-approved participants who are eligible to join a PAT, the BCTC receives names from education partners in B.C.:

  • The Association of British Columbia Deans of Education (ABCDE) submits a list of 8 external experts with experience in teacher education
  • The Federation of Independent School Associations (FISA) can nominate 5 practising teachers
  • The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) can nominate 5 practising teachers 
  • Each B.C. school district and local union can jointly nominate one practising teacher from their area

To be eligible to serve as a practising teacher, a person must meet the following criteria:

  • Hold a valid B.C. certificate of qualification
  • Have extensive knowledge and recent experience with the summative practica of teacher candidates. This knowledge and experience can be as a classroom sponsor/mentor teacher or as a supervisor for a teacher education program
  • Have experience with working on a committee
  • Must not be a current employee of the Ministry of Education and Child Care or the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
  • Must not be elected to or be declared a candidate for public office in the provincial government or for a board of education
  • Agree to screening for due diligence
  • Be willing and available to take training related to the assessment process

After the BCTC receives the lists of K-12 practising teachers, it confirms whether each person meets the criteria.

Selection of pre-approved PAT participants

Once the BCTC has its confirmed list of K-12 practising teachers, it chooses 12 individuals to join the pre-approved participant list. The BCTC ensures that the list is made up of representatives from each partner group that suggested names:

  • 2 from FISA
  • 2 from FNESC
  • 8 from the district/union list

In selecting the 12 individuals for its final pre-approved list, the BCTC tries to create a diverse list of participants. This list includes participants with teaching experience in different subject areas, varying grade levels, and separate geographic regions. 

The term for the individuals that the BCTC selects for the final pre-approved list is up to three years.

Current PAT participants

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Educators from the K-12 school system

List of practising teachers. Their term expires June 2027.
Name Organization Position/Area of Work Regional Zone
Shelly Striker School District No. 82 (Coast Mountains) Teacher, Elementary North
Franco Marsic School District No. 38 (Richmond)  Vice President, Richmond Teachers' Association Lower Mainland
Janet Barker School District No. 28 (Quesnel)  Teacher, Secondary North Central
Wendy Cook School District No. 35 (Langley) Teacher Teaching On-Call (TTOC) and Langley Teachers' Association Fraser
Phoenix Alexandra School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) Teacher, Elementary Vancouver Island
Donna Morgan School District No. 41 (Burnaby) Education Consultant Lower Mainland
Leanne Atkinson School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) Teacher, Secondary Okanagan
Erin Pickering School District No. 72 (Campbell River) Teacher, Middle School Vancouver Island
Mary Redfearn Mount Boucherie Secondary School Teacher and Indigenous Education Department Head, Central Okanagan Public Schools Okanagan
Abbas El Gazzar School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)

Principal On-Call
Intern/Faculty Advisor at UBC-Okanagan School of Education and UBC-Vancouver

 Okanagan
Brenda Ball Urban Academy Principal, Middle and Senior School Lower Mainland
Chris van der Pauw Catholic Independent Schools Vancouver Archdiocese Office Associate Superintendent, CISVA Lower Mainland

 

 

Teacher education program experts

List of experts with experience in teacher education. Their term expires June 2027.
Name Organization Position/Work Area Regional Zone
Sheryl MacMath University of the Fraser Valley Director, School of Education  Fraser
Jaqueline Buitelaar Trinity Western University Associate Dean, Professional Year Program Coordinator, and Faculty Associate - Elementary Stream Fraser
Bonnie Fuller University of Northern British Columbia B.Ed. Coordinator and Senior Instructor Northern
Allyson Fleming Vancouver Island University Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair Vancouver Island
Stephen Smith Simon Fraser University Director, Professional Programs Fraser
Rob Wielgoz Thompson Rivers University Associate Professor Interior
Kerry Robertson University of Victoria Teacher Education Manager Vancouver Island
Karen Ragoonaden University of British Columbia Associate Dean Vancouver Coastal