BCCCA Executives
BCCCA Board Members
Committees
Members:
Geoff Collier: President
Robert Adams: Treasurer
Krista Livingstone Clark : Secretary
Executive Director: Julie Bradley
The Student Finance Committee monitors changes in student finance, federal and provincial and presents suggestion for policy and proceedure improvements. There are many current concerns in this area for private education:
a) SABC - Current planning around Student Outcome Survey which would lead to input into the designation approval process in partnership with default information
b) Student Outcome Survey creation on its own in partnership with PCTIA, SABC and the Ministry of Advanced Education
c) Challenges with EI funding changes and new ESC RFP which will cover all potential students (EI and other) in their quest for sponsored education in BC. Current tuition maximum currently in place is $4000- not expected to change through 2012. RFP completes May 26, 2011 with new contracts in place dby March 2012.
d) Integration of Canada Student Loans and BC Student Loans into one document for all students by August 2011
Members:
Krista Livingstone Clark, Discovery Community College
Theresa Roper, Stenberg College
Tracey Otto, Academy of Learning - Langford
Steve Whiteside, Academy of Learning - Surrey, Burnaby
Steve Whiteside, Academy of Learning
Tracey Otto, Academy of Learning
Julie Bradley, Executive Director, BCCCA
This committee works on the the marketing and CIC processes that will support the ongoing issuance of study permits to international students. EQA qualified schools (as of January 31, 2011) were eligible to issue Post Graduate Work Permits to students at their College in BC.
Greater focus is instead on development of relationships within international markets using relations built with BCCIE in recent months.
Chair: Scott Jeary
The membership committee is a broad ranging committee that covers a variety of areas concerning all members of BCCCA. The current membership committee also has Sub committees that focus on specific industry issues for all membership:
Chair of Membership Committees - Geoff Collier, Thompson Career College
Trades Sub Committee
John McNestry - Discovery College
Vic Tesan, CDI
Maggie Harvie, Sprott Shaw
Dominique Trilokekar, Aveda Institute
Conference Sub Committee
Geoff Collier, Thompson Career College
Gwen Donaldson, CTC
Sue Murdi, Eton College
Krista Livingstone Clark, Discovery
Health Care SubCommittee
Sarina Corsi, Stenberg College
Sue Good, Drake Medox College
Mitch McCormick, Pacific Coast Community College
Krista Livingstone Clark, Discovery College
Purpose: To develop the annual conference that will give the industry information on all aspects of the business of quality education. This committee identifies and responds to industry needs by putting on Professional Development sessions throughout the year, including the always in demand Financial Aid Workshop seminars.
The 2011 Conference & AGM will take place at River Rock Resort in Richmond BC from October 27 - 29 2011. We have focused the planning on organizational and professional development for both staff and owners/managers alike within the industry. We have confirmed Rosalyn Kunin as our plenary session speaker (see www.rkunin.com) and we are working towards ensuring there is training leading to certification for staff and management alike throughout the conference.
Jenn Davis is working with the BCCCA Board to organize the conference events. For more information, stay tuned to the website and to the Twitter site (www.twitter.com/bcpca) as we move closer to October. Vendor packages will be ready by the second week of May. Delegate packages will be available the end of May 2011.
Members:
Geoff Collier, Thompson Career College
Gwen Donaldson, Canadian Tourism College
Sue Murthi, Eton College
Jenn Davis, BCCCA
Julie Bradley, BCCCA
Krista Livingstone Clark, Discovery Community College
Martin Theiss, CATO
Purpose: To work with government agencies and Ministries in a variety of areas of Health Care to ensure private education facilities participate in decision making with new standards, curriculum and policy. Currently the Health Care Committee is very active with seats on the BC Health Care Advisory Committee (Articulation and Curriculum for Practical Nursing), HCA Advisory Committee working towards new provincial standards for HCA in BC, and the BC Care Aide Committee.
Members:
Mitch McCormick, Pacific Community College
Krista Livingstone Clark, Discovery Community College
Sarina Corsi, Stenberg College
Geoff Collier, Thompson Career College
Recognition of Past Board Member
Derek Hamill, B.Comm. C.A.
Derek Hamill is recognized by the BCCCA for his contributions to our board and the sector over many years. He was President, Vice President, and Treasurer of the BCCCA starting in 1994. Derek also was a Director of the National Career Colleges Association from 2000 – 2005. Derek’s appointments have been with the Ministry of Advanced Education as Advisory Committee Member and member of Working Group on Defaulted Loans, Past Chair of PCTIA board, Director of PPSEC.
Derek brought over 30 years of academic and finance experience to the sector. He launched Western Academy of Learning operation in 1990, 2005 became President/ CEO of all 54 Academy of Learning centres.
Robert Prendergast, MBA, CGA
Robert served two terms plus one year on the Board of BCCCA starting in 2001. He is know for his passion for the sucess of a quality private training sector. Working on the board of NACC since 2002, one of Roberts contributions was sucessfully driving the development of a national survey of our sector. He brings 30 years of finance and management experience and has been involved with private education since April 2000 as CFO and President of Ai - CDIS. In 2004, became one of the founders of TEC The Education Company Inc. that operates Stenberg Colleges, the Centre for Trades and Technology, and the Centre for Arts and Technology. Our sector has benifited from Roberts experience in high growth and entrepreneurial organizations.
Joy Ellen McLean
Joy passed away peacefully after a short illness early Sunday morning, March 14, 2010. She spent her childhood in Surrey and later enjoyed travelling the world. Once she settled back in Vancouver in the late 1980\\\\\\\'s, she tackled varied professional challenges. After a number of years with the Blanche MacDonald School she was appointed the Executive Director of the British Columbia Career Colleges Association. She was enchanted by her grandsons, her great-nephews and niece and revelled in her self-styled role as great-fun-maker. Whether it was taking the boys to swimming lessons, kayaking with them on the ocean, building play-houses, or sharing her love of baseball (particularly the Vancouver Canadians and New York Yankees), she was always game for the fun of childhood.
Jindra Repa
Prague quite unassuming
Could lure even a child
It is cold The sky is shrouded
A low low ceiling
A few dim lights on the river
The distant hooting of steam boats
that approach but do not arrive
Nighttime in Prague
by J Repa, 2004