Vote Vancouver on schools: AI rules, cellphone limits, staffing and student voice
Vote Vancouver would require consultation with students, parents and teachers before new AI tools are used in class, give teachers clear rules on AI, restrict cellphones in younger grades, fill gaps in resource teacher help, and make sure every student can be represented on student councils.
EDUCATION · PAGE 27
Technology, Staffing and Student Voice: what the Policy Priorities says
This page gathers three items from Vote Vancouver's education list. The first is new rules for technology in classrooms. Before any new AI tool is used, the party would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff. Teachers would get clear guidance on using AI for marking, feedback and lesson planning. The party says AI should not deliver lessons directly. It would also restrict cellphones in elementary and younger grades.
The second item is staffing. The party would fill gaps where money for staff exists but help from resource teachers, the specialist teachers who work with students who need extra support, falls short. The third item is student voice: Vote Vancouver wants the Vancouver School Board to give every student a fair chance to be represented through student council work, with attention to students who are often left out. The Board of Education sets school rules, hires staff and approves the district budget, so these items are within its power. Teacher pay and the funding formula are set by the Province.
5 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
Consultation before new AI tools
Vote Vancouver would require mandatory consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools are put into use in classrooms.
- Who has the power
- School Board The Board of Education decides which tools and technology its schools use.
Clear AI guidance for teachers
The party would give teachers clear guidance on acceptable use of AI for assessments, feedback and lesson planning, with no direct instructional delivery by AI.
- Who has the power
- School Board Guidance to teachers on classroom practice is set by the school district.
Cellphone limits in younger grades
Vote Vancouver would restrict cellphones in elementary and younger grades.
- Who has the power
- School Board Rules on student devices in Vancouver schools are set by the school district.
Filling resource teacher gaps
The party would address staffing gaps where funding exists but dedicated resource teacher assistance is not enough.
- Who has the power
- School Board The board hires and assigns its teachers within the money the Province provides.
Student representation through student councils
Vote Vancouver would make sure the VSB gives equity-lensed opportunities for all students to be represented through student council initiatives, as part of fostering youth advocacy at the school board.
- Who has the power
- School Board The Board of Education sets how students take part in its decisions.
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about technology, staffing and student voice
What is Vote Vancouver's position on AI in Vancouver classrooms?
Vote Vancouver would require consultation with students, parents, teachers and staff before new AI tools are used, and give teachers clear rules for using AI in marking, feedback and lesson planning, with no direct teaching by AI (Policy Priorities, page 27).
Would Vote Vancouver ban cellphones in elementary schools?
The party proposes restrictions on cellphones in elementary and younger grades. The platform does not say how far the limits would go (Policy Priorities, page 27).
What would Vote Vancouver do about teacher shortages?
Vote Vancouver would address staffing gaps where funding exists but help from dedicated resource teachers is not enough (Policy Priorities, page 27).
How would Vote Vancouver give students a voice at the school board?
The party wants the Vancouver School Board to give every student fair opportunities to be represented through student council initiatives, with attention to fairness (Policy Priorities, page 27).
Can Vancouver School Board trustees set cellphone and AI rules?
The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools and sets rules for them, so Vote Vancouver's trustees would bring these proposals to the board, where they would need a majority (Policy Priorities, page 27).
ON THE BALLOT
The Vote Vancouver candidates behind this
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities SAYS SO ITSELFVote Vancouver · pages 27 · checked