Curriculum Implementation Schedule
Curriculum Updates - July 2009
A complete listing of all ministry curricula is contained in the Education Program Guide Order [PDF 67KB], M333/99. The following chart provides an update of curricula to this order, with the curricula documents that are currently in the process of being finalized and/or are to be ready for implementation. Other curricula are status quo.
NOTE that for those curricula that are fully implemented in July 2009, only the new curricula are valid.
A complete listing of all ministry curricula is contained in the Required Areas of Study in an Educational Program Order [PDF 35 KB], M165/08, lists the required areas of study in an educational program that meets all the prescribed learning outcomes for BC students in each of the grades from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Optional implementation refers to a transition period in which teachers have the option of using the updated curriculum or the existing curriculum. Full implementation refers to curricula that must be used and that have replaced the former/older versions (i.e. former/older versions are no longer valid), or curricula that is new and available for use.
Curriculum documents (including response drafts) and learning resources can be found via the following websites:
- Response drafts of curriculum documents under revision
- The listing of Ministry recommended learning resources (Grade Collections)
- Ministry approved curriculum documents
Information concerning the Graduation Program and which courses can be used to satisfy the Graduation requirements, can be found in the Graduation Requirements Policy and in the Course Information Book, respectively.
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Curriculum Documents* that must be Fully Implemented during the 2009/10 School Year |
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Name |
Special Notes |
Grade 11 this year; Grade 12 July 2010 |
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Effective July 2009, Home Economics 11 and 12 IRP (1998), can only be used for Cafeteria Training 11 and 12 |
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Resource Sciences 11 and 12: Forests IRP (1997), and the Agriculture Curriculum Guide and Resource Book (1993) will be removed from the Educational Program Guide Order and no longer valid |
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Grades K, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 fully implemented |
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Curriculum Documents in Transition* |
Implementation |
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Name |
availability |
effective |
effective July 2009 |
effective July 2010 |
Pending |
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Pending |
Optional |
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June 2008 |
Optional: 11 |
Full: 11 |
Full: 12 |
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June 2008 - Draft |
Pilot |
Pilot |
Full |
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English 12 First Peoples |
June 2008 |
Full |
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English 10 First Peoples |
June 2010 |
full |
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English 11 First Peoples |
June 2010 |
Full |
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Mathematics based on Western Northern Canadian Protocol (WNCP) |
effective |
effective July 2009 |
effective July 2010 |
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Mathematics K-7 (2006) |
June 2008 |
Full: K, 1, 4, 7 |
Optional: 3, 6 |
Full: 3, 6 |
Mathematics 8 (2008) |
January 2009 |
Optional |
Full |
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Mathematics 9 (2008) |
January 2009 |
N/A |
Optional |
Full |
February 2009 |
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Full |
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February 2009 |
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Full |
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February 2009 |
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Full – |
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February 2009 |
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Full – |
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Pre-calculus 11 (2008) |
February 2009 |
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Full – |
February 2009 |
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Full – |
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February 2009 |
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Full – |
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Pre-calculus 12 (2008) |
February 2009 |
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Full – |
*For a complete listing of all other curricula, please refer to the Educational Program Guide Order[PDF 67KB] and the Ministry’s IRP website.
