Better BC Schools

B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care

Put more EAs in our public schools, so that they can be there for our kids!

When kids get frustrated…

And act out at school…

What are they trying to say?

Education Assistants are trained to read what kids need.

But underfunding for B.C. schools means there are not enough school support workers.

And that’s making school harder. For everyone.

School should be an inclusive place for students – and for the EAs that support them.

Sign our petition and send a message to the B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care - We need to work together to make our inclusive public schools better for students by providing the support they need and deserve.

It’s time to put more EAs in our public schools, so that they can be there for our kids!

To: B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care
From: [Your Name]

We call on the Ministry of Education and Child Care and the Province of British Columbia to work with CUPE to address understaffing for direct student supports in B.C. public schools, and to take immediate action to invest in public education by:

Addressing recruitment and retention challenges by committing to wages and
hours that make a career in the K–12 public school sector sustainable and livable for support workers.

Providing a minimum of one support worker for every primary classroom across the province.

Ending the backlog of B.C. students waiting for assessments.

Increasing public school staffing to ensure that direct student support workers can support all students safely and effectively.