Residency 2025

Date

Location

18-22 August 2025

Summit Pacific College
35235 Straiton Rd
Abbotsford BC V2S 7Z1

Registration is now open!

What educators are saying about Residency!

“Everyone was helpful and clearly passionate about the program they were helping to coach. This helped inspire me as a learner as well.”

“It was a wonderful, jam-packed week, and I’m leaving a better teacher!!!”

“I would highly recommend this! Delivers exactly what it promises.”

What is the Residency?

The SCSBC Residency equips Christian educators with practical professional development, anticipating that these practices will lead to deeper learning opportunities for students. Over one week, teachers will participate in a growth track of their choosing and work with educational coaches and mentors in small ratio cohorts to design learning opportunities catered explicitly to their current practice.

We offer small coach-to-participant ratios to ensure all participants are equipped and confident in introducing or continuing their “deeper learning” practices in their schools. Participants may choose to follow a professional learning track or a covenant partnership track. In partnership with the Institute for Christian Studies, participants may also use their Residency experience as a scaffold for a Master’s program and receive program credits.

We are committed to working alongside schools, administrators and teachers to ensure that their professional growth fits the needs of the individual and/or the strategic priorities of their school. In partnership with CEBC, we are committed to offering professional development that meets the contractual obligations of Christian educators in British Columbia.

Find the Course that is Right for You

Christian Deeper Learning–Worldview

The Christian Deeper Learning–Worldview course is designed for educators seeking strategies to integrate a biblical worldview into their current practice. Participants will reflect on how worldview impacts their pedagogy, from daily classroom rhythms to the structure lessons and activities. They will be invited to apply their learning to plans for the new school year.

Teaching for Transformation

The Teaching for Transformation course immerses educators in the core practices of the TfT framework as part of their school’s TfT journey. Participants will develop or refine a deep hope, storyline and formational learning experience that invite students to see and live God’s story. They will be invited to participate in essential TfT practices and explore ways to implement them in the school year ahead.

LoP (Letter of Permission) Support: Teaching Christianly 101

For individuals entering the teaching profession through LoP, subject-restricted, or school and subject-restricted certification, this learning thread is designed as an invitation into the specifics of the profession that can support a successful transition to the classroom in September. Participants will come away from the week with tools and practices to help them build a strong learning community.

New Inclusive Education Coordinator Training

The Inclusive Education Coordinator training welcomes educators who have entered this role within the past three years. Participants will develop critical skills in leadership, conflict management, and collaborative practices with education assistants and teaching staff. They will build their understanding of designation requirements, file compliance standards, and BC Ministry of Education and Childcare policies, while exploring effective approaches to programming and service delivery that support diverse learner needs.

What to Expect

Practical
Our biggest aim for your Residency experience is to provide you with something practical! Throughout the week, you will learn protocols and activities to incorporate into your classroom on the first day back and throughout the year. You will culminate your week with a project and/or reflection on your learning and how it can directly impact your teaching and inspire your students. We are committed to ensuring your experience will be practical and have maximum impact.

Field Trips
The Residency experience is designed to give you practical training in best practices. Whether through the PBL, TfT, or Christian Worldview course, you will have the opportunity to experience these frameworks firsthand through an explorative field trip that will engage your thinking and planning.

Authenticity and Inquiry
In order to improve and build upon our practices, we need to reflect and ask critical questions that provoke change. All our participants expect this deep authenticity. Paired with an opportunity for sustained inquiry, we hope that the week will form your thinking so you can begin to form the thinking of your students.

Protocols
Protocols are designed to provide structured feedback on our projects or coursework. We introduce and participate in protocols in all our courses to give structured feedback to one another. These protocols will be given to you to use with your students—it’s a lived experience!

Critical Friends
The course you choose will determine the critical friends you journey with through the Residency week and beyond. These friends will provide feedback and perspective to challenge how you do things. All our critical friends are trained and encouraged to provide warm and cool feedback to grow you as an educator.

Breakout Sessions
Breakout sessions are designed to give you a new perspective on the week. Sometimes, we need a break to consider other course impact areas. Speakers may discuss assessment, global opportunities, or personal impact stories.

Celebrations of Learning
The week culminates in a celebration of learning. On our last day together, we showcase the work you complete during residency week. Celebrations are important—they show us how far we have come and encourage our colleagues. It is important that we introduce the support you may need moving forward to your peers and administrators.

Networking
You will build relationships with your critical friend groups and engage with educators and administrators from all different experiences and backgrounds. As much as this is an opportunity to learn, it is equally an opportunity to connect with fellow educators, administrators and directors. With the rich partnerships developed in the Residency, you will find opportunities to collaborate with others who want to journey through your failures and share in your successes.

Graduate Level Training
Our partnerships with ICS and Dordt University add rigour to the Residency. We are excited to connect with higher education institutions to help you in your professional careers. These universities are committed to working with you if you want to ladder into a Master’s program. All Residency courses qualify for partial course credit at our partnering universities. Contact us to learn more at residency@scsbc.ca.

Learning Tracks

Professional Learning track

The Residency has partnered with the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) in Toronto, Ontario to offer a professional growth track available to all Residency participants. Should participants want to continue their deeper learning journey, this partnership will provide partial graduate credit to pursue the Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from ICS.

*Note: Any participants that pursue a professional track must qualify for admittance to the program at ICS

Covenant Partnership Track

We are committed to developing long-term professional development plans with schools and educators. The SCSBC is available to support school development plans through learning leaders, Residency coaches and on-site professional development days for schools.

A covenant partnership would allow schools consecutive access to our Residency week and follow-up support so that we can continue to promote deeper learning training for the school’s educators. If a covenant partnership aligns with your school’s strategic growth plan, or you want to develop a professional learning growth plan for your school, please contact us directly at contact@scsbc.ca.