{"id":2691,"date":"2019-01-15T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2019-01-15T18:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:22:49","slug":"5000-pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship-to-graduates-wanting-to-pursue-teaching-due-february-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2019\/01\/15\/5000-pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship-to-graduates-wanting-to-pursue-teaching-due-february-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"$5000 Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship to graduates wanting to pursue teaching: Due February 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship is awarded to 20 outstanding high school graduates who have demonstrated a commitment and aptitude for a career path in K-12 teaching. Winners receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to redeem when they are registered and attending an approved K-12 teacher education program at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcteacherregulation.ca\/teachereducation\/teachereducationoverview.aspx\" target=\"_self\">one of BC\u2019s nine Faculties of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcteacherregulation.ca\/TeacherEducation\/TeacherEducationOverview.aspx\" target=\"_self\">Find out more about all of the approved teacher education programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"bc_h2\">Application<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gov.bc.ca\/education-training\/bc-pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship-application\/\" target=\"_self\">Application<\/a>, including the written statement worth 60% overall, and the resume worth 40% overall. It\u00a0must be completed online\u00a0using the mandatory format. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/support\/awards\/pathway_teacher_education_scoring_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoring guides (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0are available for reference. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Completed applications must be submitted to the Ministry no later than February 15, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Selection of winners will be finalized after August 31, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"bc_h2\">Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p class=\"bc_paragraph\">You must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/basic-eligibility-requirements\" target=\"_self\">Meet basic eligibility requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Be in your graduation year with graduation to occur by August 31 of the school year in which you apply<\/li>\n<li>Be eligible for a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) and fulfill graduation requirements of the Graduation Program (2018) by August 31, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Have at least a:\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; (73% or above) in your Language Arts 11 final mark<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;B&#8221; average in final course marks that fulfill graduation requirements of Science 11 or 12, Math 11 and Social Studies 11 or 12, with no more than one &#8220;C+&#8221; (67% or above) final course mark, (marks lower than \u201cC+\u201d are not accepted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a \u201cB\u201d average or better in Grades 11 and 12 final course marks required for graduation<\/li>\n<li>Write and pass a Language\u00a0Arts 12 provincial examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bc_paragraph\">You cannot win both a Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/bc-excellence-scholarships\" target=\"_self\">BC Excellence Scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bc_paragraph\">Your application package must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resume in the mandatory format<\/li>\n<li>Two reference letters, one from your\u00a0community and one from your\u00a0school<\/li>\n<li>A written statement, maximum 500 words, which describes why\u00a0you\u00a0want to be a teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bc_paragraph\">Winners must redeem their vouchers within 7 years of their high school graduation.\u00a0The expiry dates are shown on the vouchers. When redeeming, winners must provide a letter from their Faculty of Education confirming their enrolment in the K-12 teacher education program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bc_paragraph\">Schools will be notified in June if there is a conditional winner from their school. Winners will be notified directly in September when eligibility is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Conditional winners and their schools will be notified by email in May. Winners will be notified directly in September when eligibility is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship is awarded to 20 outstanding high school graduates who have demonstrated a commitment and aptitude for a career path in K-12 teaching. Winners receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to redeem when they are registered &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/2019\/01\/15\/5000-pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship-to-graduates-wanting-to-pursue-teaching-due-february-8th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions\/2694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/byrnecreek-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}