The BC Professional Standards for Teaching is a great resource to better understand the responsibilities of a teacher. As a teacher, I have an important job within the community and that is to educate my students on their rights, responsibilities and equity inside and outside of the classroom. The standards give me as a teacher and every teacher the opportunity to focus our education on what is important which is the well-being of our students and their learning journey.
Standard 9 really opened my eyes as an Indigenous person to how the world is continuing to grow and move forward towards reconciliation for the Indigenous community. This standard is important because it recognizes and values the Indigenous knowledge and way of life and the impact of the past, present and future. This standard allows the Indigenous, Métis and Inuit students to feel like they belong and have a voice.