The Association of BC Drama Educators is a Provincial Specialists Association    in the BC Teacher's Federation


Welcome to the ABCDE website, where you will find information about our Provincial Specialists Association, and support and resources for Drama teachers in BC.

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                                               ​Your ABCDE Presents: Behind The Mask

OCT. 22, 2021
Join us for a VIRTUAL CONFERENCE connecting Drama Educators across the province on the annual day dedicated to unite Provincial Specialist Associations!

The Association of BC Drama Educators (ABCDE) is proud to announce another creativity-boosting, capacity-building, community-rooted conference on October 22, 2021 (8am-5pm).

Supported by the BCTF and elected by conference delegates annually, your ABCDE executive committee is passionate about provincial advocacy, professional development, and an equitable performing arts education for all BC students.
We are stronger together!

Join us from wherever you are in BC, wherever you are in your teaching journey: Let's learn, collaborate and celebrate together.

Conference fees are just $75 for BCTF members this year, $100 for non-members and only $60 for students/retirees.
Don't forget that membership is included in conference fees, and membership matters at the bargaining table and in our advocacy work.

As a special way to extend our thank you for all that you do, all registered delegates will receive a post-conference goody bag mail-out including a fresh copy of Kim Senklip Harvey's powerful play "Kamloopa" (winner of the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama) and a few surprises. Many will recall Kim's excellent keynote at our last in-person conference in 2019! Our goody bags will hopefully lift your spirits and diversify your bookshelves while we hope to reunite in person in 2022.

Conference registration opens Monday, September 20 - with just a few clicks you'll be all set!

Add this site to your browser today:
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Covid-19 Update

The ABCDE is here for you!
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Your ABCDE (Association of BC Drama Educators) executive committee colleagues have collaborated and started a living document that we invite all of you to both make contributions in and use for whatever works in your circumstance. 

​ We acknowledge that there are currently many different expectations in schools and homes around our province, and there are perhaps an overwhelming multitude of concerns during this unprecedented time. 
When world-altering challenges like this arise, coming together to support each other, get creative, and find a reason to play are some of the most positive and productive actions we can take to help reduce these stresses.

We encourage you to stay connected with your ABCDE community of support, stay healthy, and work together.  We have multiple platforms available for teachers to communicate with each other (our email list serve, ABCDE on Facebook, Twitter - @BCDRAMATEACHERS, Instagram - BCDrama). 
The documents collected here will be a resource we can continue to build and access in years to come.

**Please note that we don’t want anyone to edit within this document, but rather take lessons out and adjust for your circumstance and use.  Having said that, please contribute what you can for others to access.

Together apart as we all practice resilience and patience,

- Heather, Lana, Colin, Zelda, Brian, Gordon, Ryan, Laurie-Anne, Jenn and Coco

*Link for ABCDE Shared Googledrive.google.com/drive/folders/1xCJ7XciBuZ0CgScfOd-0XJcNOzoOqHSe Drive:*

 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xCJ7XciBuZ0CgScfOd-0XJcNOzoOqHSe?usp=sharing

The Association of BC Drama Educators is designed to serve Drama teachers by providing help with professional development, resource availability and communication.

We hope that this web site will be a source of such information for you in your teaching practice, and show you there is a network of Drama teachers in BC committed to helping each other advocate and professionally develop.

Please feel free to contact any of the volunteer ABCDE Executive members with questions, comments, or ideas on how we might better serve your needs.