Legislated Standards for Professional Misconduct, reporting Processes and Promotion of Awareness

That BCCPAC urge the Ministry of Education to: Work with partner groups to develop clear standards for professional misconduct; the standards would also include direction for school districts as to how professional misconduct must formally be handled by school boards.  Enshrine the standards in legislation and be based on The Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia. Work with partner groups to develop a clear standard for reporting professional misconduct to the British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT). Once developed, the standard of reporting would include a process for ensuring that the standard is uniformly understood and properly implemented; and, Mandate the BCCT and urge school boards to promote awareness of professional misconduct and the reporting process to its partner groups/educational community.