This project was designed to provide support for teachers of English 12 First Peoples. It has been developed by the First Nations Education Steering Committee, as an extension of the curriculum development process for English 12 First Peoples. This development process – undertaken pursuant to a jurisdictional agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the First Nations Education Steering Committee – represents a departure from past practice with respect to both the development of provincially prescribed curriculum and the provision of resource documentation to support for provincially prescribed curriculum. This distinctive development process is intended to ensure that

• teaching and learning with respect to First Peoples in British Columbia’s school system is based on authentic knowledge and understanding, as articulated by Elders, educators, and other content experts from within British Columbia’s First Nations and Métis communities
• decisions affecting teaching and learning with respect to First Peoples in British Columbia’s school system take appropriate account of the advice and opinion of community leaders from within the province’s First Nations and Métis communities.

English 12 and English 12 First Peoples both meet the same rigorous graduation requirements.   Students may choose to take one or both of these courses and they may use results from one or both provincial examinations towards provincial scholarships. It is intended that students who earn credit for English 12 First Peoples will qualify for entry into post-secondary educational institutions and programs on the same basis as those who earn credit for English 12. Accordingly, the final EFP 12 IRP has been forwarded to British Columbia post-secondary institutions for their review and consideration. 

Questions concerning material in this document should accordingly be directed to the First Nations Education Steering Committee, which is solely responsible for its content. READ MORE

News & Updates You are invited to review the English 10 and 11 First Peoples Response Draft curriculum (link to http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/drafts/ ) Response Deadline: March 26, 2010. English 12 First Peoples Online! The new English 12 First Peoples (EFP12) Integrated Resource Package (IRP) has been approved and signed off by the Minister of Education, Honourable Shirley Bond. The final approved IRP has now been posted to the Ministry of Education website at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp_ela.htm Distribution of hard copies of the EFP 12 IRP to the BC K-12 education system, post-secondary institutions and education stakeholders has begun in preparation for implementation in September 2008. The final versions of the Exam Specifications, Sample Questions, and Sample Exam for EFP 12 are now available on the Provincial Examinations website at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade12/efp/2007.htm Post-secondary Institutes that have accepted EFP12.    University College of the Fraser Valley University of Northern British Columbia Thompson Rivers University Nicola Valley Institute of Technology University of Victoria Simon Fraser University UBC Okanagan BC Institute of Technology North Island College Northwest Community College Capilano University Langara College Vancouver Community College Okanagan College Kwantlen Polytechnic University University of British Columbia College of the Rockies Camosun College Trinity Western Vancouver Island University Justice Institue of British Columbia Douglas College Northern Lights College College of New Caledonia	Current Files Poster - Principles of Learning EFP EFP 12 Website resource links EFP 12 Teachers Resource Guide 2008 ALL.pdf (1.6MB) EFP 12 Teachers Resource Guide 2008 part A Units 1-5.pdf (3 MB) EFP 12 Teachers Resource Guide 2008 part B Units 6-11.pdf (3 MB) EFP 12 Teachers Resource Guide 2008 Part C Unit 12.pdf (3 MB) FrontRunners Trailer (Quicktime - 5MB) - Trailer used with permission of Lori Lewis, Director, Frontrunners
If you would like a printed copy of the Teacher Resource Guide or IRP please call the FNESC office at 604-925-6087