Mission: Develop the highest level in standards of education, through inclusion and collaboration.
Partners in Education (P.I.E.), recognizes a growing need for action in the representation of partner groups, including parents and students, in the education system. It is the desire of P.I.E. to develop a legacy of inclusion and collaboration with partner groups in the education system. P.I.E. believes that the education of students and the stability of our economy should not be jeopardized by the collective bargaining process. P.I.E. will endeavour itself to an attitude of respect and responsibility to all partners in education, in the promotion of ideas that bring benefit to students, parents and teachers, for the purpose of the development of education policies for higher learning.
Letter from the Founder
May 20, 2013
Hello Friends,
I am a married, stay at home mom in the Lower Mainland. I have an 8yr old son with autism and a 9 year old daughter.
I first became interested in politics a few years ago after my husband introduced me to Twitter. We were in the middle of a major teacher’s strike and our children were just beginning in the public system, I wanted to be informed.
Initially, I was very judgemental of the way government was handling the negotiations. Most of the active Twitter users were education activists and gave me a skewed view of reality. After being invited by BC Education Plan staff to attend a focus group, I became aware that perhaps the situation is a little different than is being presented online. I asked a lot of questions of teachers, administrative staff, parents, community members and our government.
I have been a BC Liberal Party member for a couple of years and am very excited about the possibility of a 10 Year Contract with the BCTF. There are many changes I’d like to see to our education system to keep it strong and moving forward. Stability is a key component. I am also hopeful the new BC Liberal team will be able to form a cooperative relationship with the BCTF. I am also hoping for a major review of public education. With a child on the autism spectrum, special needs services are a huge concern to me.
I’d like to see some of the funding challenges tackled by creating partnerships with other Ministries and businesses in our communities. The Ministry of Children and Families, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education all need to collaborate and come up with practical ways of making sure our children are well prepared for a bright future.
It’s my desire, and that of BC Partners in Education, to help all partners in education acquire the tools they need to effectively and collaboratively solve some of our challenges in education.
I hope you’ll join me in supporting equal representation of all education partners in BCs education system. It takes a village to raise a child and it takes strong communities to maintain healthy schools.
In partnership,
Melanie Anderson
BC Partners in Education
