Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Marking Information

Teachers of Grade 12 examinable subjects are invited to apply for the marking of provincial examinations.

Teachers must submit an application form to be considered for participation on a marking team. The application form is an interactive form Adobe form and meant to be filled in by typing the request information in each field and then submitting the form via email to the Ministry. Please submit one application form per school year.

Marker Application Form (PDF, 613KB)

Note: Personal information is collected by the Ministry of Education under section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purposes of keeping an eligibility list of markers for the current year and administering marking contracts. If you have any questions about the collection of your personal information, please contact the Manager - Awards, Marking & GED, Student Certification Branch, at P.O. Box 9143, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9H1, or phone 250-356-7270.

General Policy Guidelines for the Hiring of Team Members

The following notes are intended to inform teachers about the rules and procedures established for the purpose of equitably selecting marking team members.

Participation in any one session does not guarantee inclusion in the following sessions; for example, participation in the February session does not guarantee inclusion in the July session. Teachers who apply to mark in only one session do not thereby diminish their chances of being selected. Team members are selected in October for the February session and in March for the July session.

Members selected without previous team experience may be given the opportunity to mark for up to two or three years not necessarily at consecutive sessions, depending upon subject committee and marking performance. After a maximum of four to six marking sessions, team members will be rotated from a marking team in order to provide other teachers opportunities to participate in the marking process.

The following qualifications are considered in the selection process of each applicant:

* currently a teacher of the appropriate Grade 12 subject
* teaches at a Public school, or an Independent school recognized by the Ministry
* has at least two years of experience teaching the provincially-examinable subject
* holds a valid British Columbia teaching certificate
* has post-graduate education

In order to participate on a marking team, an application form must be submitted annually. However, due to the large number of applications received each school year, selection of an applicant to a team might not be possible.

Only those teachers selected to mark in a given session will be notified.

During the July marking session, NO marking teams will be required to mark for the entire period of July 1 - 12. The various subject marking teams will be organized to begin and end marking on differing dates. Nevertheless, when planning personal schedules, applicants should be prepared to mark during any portion of the entire session.

Application Deadlines

• Applications for the February 2013 session must be submitted
  no later than September 28, 2012.
• Applications for the July 2013 session must be submitted
  no later than February 15, 2013.

Credentialling

Markers of English 12 and Communications 12 must first attend and successfully pass a credentialling workshop. For more information, click here.