Maple Leaf Schools
British Columbia Certification
BC Ministry of Education's Offshore
School Program Certification Requirements
Includes such items as:
- Approval of appropriate education authorities.
- All courses taught in English.
- Principal and teachers are all British Columbia certified.
- Instruction meets subject time requirements.
- Courses meet specified learning outcomes.
- Official British Columbia student records are maintained.
- Sufficient courses are offered to enable students to meet all grade 10-12 requirements.
- British Columbia’s Performance Standards are used in K-9 student assessment.
- Grade 10 -12 students write all British Columbia Provincial Examinations.
- School must pass rigorous, annual, on-site inspections by British Columbia’s Ministry of Education.
- Inspectors review such items as:
• Course overviews.
• Teachers' daily lesson plans.
• Student assessments.
• Classroom resources/facilities.
• Student work samples.
• Administrative practices.
• Teacher certification.
• Student records.
- British Columbia’s Offshore Certification requirements are spelled out in its Agreement and Inspection documents. These documents may be viewed by following this link.
Students and Graduates from
Maple Leaf International Schools are Unique
Includes such features as:
- Provided with a high school education that blends the strengths of East and West and prepares them well for the global world of the future
- High school students are enrolled as both Chinese and British Columbia, Canada students
- Foreign nationals school and international high school students are enrolled as British Columbia, Canada students
- Chinese equivalency credits are granted for British Columbia courses
- Issued two high school diplomas - Chinese and British Columbia
- Taught and assessed by British Columbia, Canada certified teachers
- Assessed in the same manner and on the same curriculum learning outcomes as students residing in British Columbia
- Write the same provincial examinations as all resident students in British Columbia
- Exams are invigilated by British Columbia-certified teachers under a supervising British Columbia-certified principal
- Exams are evaluated by working teams of teachers in British Columbia
- Receive the same British Columbia Ministry of Education official transcript of marks and high school Graduation (Dogwood) Diploma as any resident student graduating in British Columbia, Canada
- Graduates applying to study at universities or colleges in Canada receive study permits (student visas) through a streamlined process based on an agreement dealing with immigration issues signed by British Columbia and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
- Maple Leaf graduates are actively recruited by, and attend a large number of universities and colleges in Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Australia and other countries.