However, these are busy people, and they should not be the ones to do the research and organize PSA ed-policy committees. Each PSA's education-policy committee should work closely with the PSA executive, since its decisions often affect or reflect association policy. The PSA Council communicates with the BCTF Professional Development Division and presents issues on behalf of PSAs. Although the amount of advance information on course revisions is sometimes limited, PSAs can help to improve communications in the field. The Ministry of Education controls the writing of prescribed courses and the issuing of textbooks.
School boards can approve local curriculum development.
School boards are developing their own programs and courses, which can be developed at the school district or school level or, in special circumstances, at the individual teacher level. The particular procedures teachers follow to develop programs and courses at the school district or school level depend on the regulations for curriculum decentralization and the interpretation placed on the regulations. The following summarizes the roles and responsibilities of curriculum development and is provided so each person involved may see, and gain some appreciation for, the total process. The Ministry of Education is responsible for articulating broad provincial curriculum directions. The Education Advisory Council provides advice to the minister of education on education-policy directions.