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Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship Application

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Reminders before you begin
- Review the required information
- Prepare all required information offline (you will not be able to save your work here)
- Submit your application by 3:00 pm PST on Monday, February 17, 2025

Section 1 - School Contact Information
Name of School*
Principal/School Head Name*
Principal/School Head Email*
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Section 2 - Applicant Information
Full Name (as it appears on high school records, such as your transcript)
First Name*
First
Middle Name
Middle
Last Name*
Last
Preferred Name (enter “N/A” if you do not have a preferred first name)*
Your preferred name will be used to communicate with you, such as by email if you are selected for this award, in which case your school will also be copied.
Date of Birth*
Personal Education Number*

This is a 9-digit number assigned to you by the Ministry of Education and Child Care (e.g., 123456789). You can find it on your high school report cards, your high school transcript, or through PEN Services.
Mailing address*
Street Address City Province Postal Code
Email*
Enter Email Confirm Email
Phone*
Please check all of the boxes below to confirm that you meet the following requirements:*
- I am a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant).
I am a resident of British Columbia.*
- I am a resident of British Columbia.
I will be graduating with a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) by August 31, 2025.*
- I will be graduating with a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) by August 31st 2025
AND, please select one of the boxes below:*
- I am enrolled in a B.C. public school (including Online Learning schools), or a B.C. Independent School (Group 1, 2, or 4), or Continuing Education Centre for the 2024/25 school year.
- I am a homeschooler registered with an above-noted eligible school in British Columbia.
AND, please check the box below to confirm your understanding of the following statement.*
- I understand that, under the Income Tax Act, the Ministry of Education and Child Care must issue scholarship recipients a T4A for the taxation year in which their scholarship cheque is issued. When redeeming a scholarship, recipients will need to provide a Canadian Social Insurance Number (SIN) for this purpose. Payments cannot be made to students with temporary SINs (beginning with ‘9’).
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Section 3 - Resume

Section 3 - Resume Part 1: Life or Volunteer or Work Experience

You can report up to seven life and/or volunteer and/or work experiences that you believe are relevant to your intended career in K–12 teaching.
- You can report up to seven different experiences; however, you are not required to provide that many.
- Start with your most relevant experience.
- Include experiences from grades 10–12 only. (Note: if an experience started before Grade 10 and/or will continue past Grade 12, report only the grades 10–12 portion.)
- There are character limits to the open textboxes; you may use point form in your responses.
Experience 1 - Start Date*
Experience 1 - End Date*
Experience 1 - Total Hours*
Experience 1 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 1 - Where did you gain the experience? Please be specific (e.g., if the experience was through an organization, please name the organization).*
CAUTION: any content over the 200 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 1 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 1 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of an effective teacher during this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 1 - Describe how this experience will prepare you for your intended career in K–12 teaching.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 2
Experience 2 - Start Date*
Experience 2 - End Date*
Experience 2 - Total Hours*
Experiences 2 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 2 - Where did you gain this experience? Please be specific.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 2 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 2 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 2 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 3
Experience 3 - Start Date*
Experience 3 - End Date*
Experience 3 - Total Hours*
Experience 3 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 3 - Where did you gain this experience? Please be specific.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 3 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 3 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 3 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 4
Experience 4 - Start Date*
Experience 4 - End Date*
Experience 4 - Total Hours*
Experience 4 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 4 - Where did you gain this experience? Please be specific.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 4 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 4 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 4 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 5
Experience 5 - Start Date*
Experience 5 - End Date*
Experience 5 - Total Hours*
Experience 5 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 5 - Where did you gain this experience? Please be specific.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 5 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 5 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 5 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 6
Experience 6 - Start Date*
Experience 6 - End Date*
Experience 6 - Total Hours*
Experience 6 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 6 - Where did you gain this experience? Please be specific.*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 6 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 6 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 6 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience
- Experience 7
Experience 7 - Start Date*
Experience 7 - End Date*
Experience 7 - Total Hours*
Experience 7 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
- 10
- 11
- 12
Experience 7 - Where did you gain this experience?*
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 7 - Describe your role and responsibilities.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 7 - Explain how you demonstrated one or more key attributes of effective teaching in this experience.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Experience 7 - Describe how this experience has contributed to your development as a future teacher.*
CAUTION: any content over the 800 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
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Section 3 - Resume

Section 3 - Resume Part 2: Other
Optional: You are invited to use this space to report anything else from grades 10–12 that demonstrates your commitment to and aptitude for a career in K–12 teaching. Do not link to external content; it will not be reviewed.
CAUTION: any content over the 1500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.

Section 3 – Resume

Section 3 - Resume Part 3: References

Please upload files that do not exceed 4MB. Contact the Provincial Scholarships team if you need assistance: scholarships@gov.bc.ca.
School reference letter*
Max. file size: 4 MB.
Community reference letter*
Max. file size: 4 MB.
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Section 4 –Written Statement

Statement question: Why do you want to be a K–12 teacher?

In addition to explicitly answering the statement question, you must also describe the following in your answer:
- how your relevant life, volunteer, and/or work experiences have provided a foundation to pursue a career as a K–12 teacher;
- how you demonstrated key attributes of an effective teacher in your relevant experiences; and,
- why these attributes are important for effective teaching.
The statement should be a well-developed, multi-paragraph response. Do not exceed the 500 word limit.
Written Statement*
After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
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Section 5 - Declaration

By submitting my application and entering my name and the date below, I attest to and understand the following:
- I want to be considered for the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship;
- to be considered, my application must be submitted complete, on time, and in the mandatory format;
- all information I have provided in this application is complete and accurate;
- the written statement is an original essay written solely by me;
- withholding relevant data or providing false or misleading data in this application or otherwise in support of this application shall be grounds for the Government of British Columbia to revoke my eligibility for this scholarship;
- the Ministry of Education and Child Care may access my student records to verify school, citizenship/residency, transcript, and graduation information;
- all information I have provided in this application is subject to verification;
- application material will not be returned to me;
- the Ministry of Education and Child Care may inform my school if I am selected as a conditional recipient; and,
- if I am selected as a conditional recipient, I must meet core and scholarship specific eligibility requirements by August 31, 2025, to receive the scholarship.
Your Name*
Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Please answer the following question. Your response will not affect your eligibility for receiving a scholarship.
Would you be willing to be contacted for the purpose of reporting or research?
Contacted for Research*
- Yes
- No
For the purpose of processing Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships, the personal information in this submission will be collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Section 26(c). Students’ personal information is used for the purpose of verifying eligibility, selecting successful candidates, and processing the scholarship payment.

Questions regarding the collection of personal information can be sent to the Ministry of Education and Child Care: Director, Student Transitions, at scholarships@gov.bc.ca, or, (250) 356-2443, or PO Box 9183 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9H9.
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Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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