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Agreement
- Digital Classroom collection contains a set of quality digital reference resources that have been evaluated for their usefulness in supporting B.C. curriculum and instruction.
Discover more about the Digital Classroom Collection including information on the resources, access codes, professional learning and technical supports.
Members who currently license the Core Collection receive an automatic renewal invoice each year. À la carte items may be selected in the same renewal period.
For new licensees to the Core Collection or to add à la carte products during the school year contact supplies@focusedresources.ca.
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- License agreements with SOCAN and Re:Sound for the use of music for non-education purposes.
The Copyright Act allows K-12 organizations to play a sound recording or live radio broadcasts in class as long as it is for educational or training purposes, not for profit, on a school's premises and before an audience consisting primarily of students, teachers or any person who is directly…
- The ZOOM Agreement provides access to Education Meeting licenses and Add-on features at competitive prices.
Focused Education is pleased to announce that we have negotiated and renewed the agreement with ZOOM for School Year 2023/2024. Focused Education will work with ZOOM to continue supporting the K-12 Community during the term of the agreement.
Scope of Agreement
The Agreement with ZOOM offers…
- Energy Management program provides access to a roster of qualified consultants who can support with energy audits and identifying projects to reduce carbon emissions.
Focused Education is pleased to announce that we have established a Qualified Consultant Roster ("Roster") with seven (7) Qualified Consultants. Focused Education will work with the Qualified Consultants to support the K-12 Community during the term of the Roster.
What You Can Expect
Qualified Consultants can support members in identifying and prioritizing capital projects that most effectively reduce their carbon emissions to meet established targets in…
- Discounts in areas of: auto, bus and truck parts, fuel (diesel, biodiesel, gasoline), tires, software, etc.
Focused Education has compiled a list of Price Discount Offers extended generally by Suppliers to the K-12 sector (I.e., Standard Education Pricing) and which Focused Education advertises for awareness of our members.
Focused Education makes no representation or warranty regarding the suitability of any person, organization or product listed in the directory or that the products they provide comply with appropriate product, health, or safety regulations and/or…
- Draw upon the strong relationships with existing school furniture suppliers and develop relationships with new suppliers.
Focused Education is pleased to announce the launch of the School Furniture Pilot Program with the following suppliers:
Grand and Toy Schoolhouse CDI Spaces Educan Staples Professional Jonathan Morgan & Company LimitedThis program allows Focused Education members, consisting of School Districts, First Nation and Independent schools, to draw upon the strong relationships with existing school furniture suppliers and develop relationships with new suppliers as the…
- Access to platforms supporting computer-based collection of student work samples collected over time as a tool to capture and celebrate the learning journey.
Memorandums of Understanding have been established with Doublethink (dba myBlueprint) and Seesaw Learning, Inc. (each a “publisher”) to support members of Focused Education to directly subscribe to their respective digital student portfolio application [Spaces by myBlueprint; Seesaw for Schools] along with associated services.
What You Can Expect
any member of Focused Education can directly purchase from… - Access a range of leading, pre-qualified IT professional services experts to meet organizational needs.
We are pleased to announce the availability of our first-generation services roster through a request for supplier qualifications (RFSQ) process for K-12 organizations in B.C. The roster offers access to pre-qualified, IT expertise and related services for four service categories across 9 pre-qualified suppliers.
A K-12 working group informed roster development to make it easier for you to engage suppliers of key services to support you with your focus on…
- Computing Devices program provides access to a wide-range of end-user computing devices products [laptops; desktops] at competitive prices.
Focused ED is pleased to announce that we have established master Framework Agreements with the following suppliers:
CDW Corp representing HP Devices DELL Canada Inc Northern Computer Inc NCI representing Lenovo DevicesFocused ED will work with the above…
- A suite of procurement documents, templates, and guides that have been vetted by legal counsel.
Recognizing that our members deal with many of the same issues in day-to-day operations (e.g., contracting for minor and major capital improvements, retaining consultants, entering into software licenses, arranging for student transportation, etc.) but vary in size, in complexity, and in resources available to devote to procurement activities, we saw an opportunity to cost-effectively procure and make available to you, our members, a broadly useful suite of procurement documents, templates,…
- Access a simple and engaging app for students to create content in the classroom and actively engage in the joy of learning.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been established with Tools for Schools Inc. (dba Book Creator) to support members of Focused Education to directly subscribe to their digital creation application along with associated services.
What You Can Expect
any member of Focused Education can directly purchase from Tools for Schools if they elect to do so. Tools for Schools will provide Book Creator subscriptions on an “if, as and when… - This program provides access to a wide range of custodial supplies and equipment across manufacturers / brands at competitive prices.
We are excited to share news of updates in our Custodial Supplies program. Having welcomed proposals from both new and existing suppliers, we have refined these programs to elevate their relevance and value for our members.
Two primary distributors have been selected; one was part of the previous program – Bunzl Canada– while the other, though new to Focused Education, will likely be a familiar name to many – Imperial Dade Canada(…
- This program provides access to a wide range of office supplies across manufacturers / brands at competitive prices.
We are excited to share news of updates in our Office Supplies program. Having welcomed proposals from both new and existing suppliers, we have refined this program to elevate its relevance and value to our members.
In our new Office Supplies program, two primary distributors have been selected. While Staples Professional continues as a familiar name, we are pleased to introduce Hamster (a division of Novexco Inc.) as a new addition. Hamster is the…
- This program provides access to a wide range of classroom supplies across manufacturers / brands at competitive prices.
We are excited to share news of our new Classroom Supplies program. Having welcomed proposals from suppliers, we have added this program [closely related with our refreshed Office Supplies program] to expand value to our members.
In our new Classroom Supplies program, four primary distributors have been selected. While Grand and Toy, Mills and Staples…
- Copy Paper program provides access to a wide-range of white and coloured copy paper products at competitive prices.
Focused ED is pleased to announce that we have extended the Copy Paper agreement with Grand & Toy until 2025. Grand & Toy has been supplying the K-12 sector through Focused ED with paper since 2018 and will continue to support us over the next two years.
The agreement with Grand & Toy offers the sector competitive…
- Agreement for procurement of modular or portable classroom facilities.
Are Portable Classrooms part of your district’s Facilities Plan for School Year 2023/24? If they are, Focused ED can help.
Currently, Focused Education has price structures set up with Aurora Cascade, Fort Modular and Freeport Industries.
Continued changes to student demographics (numbers, district of residence, etc.) coupled with the pace of major renovations and/or new school builds…
The Master Agreements with Konica Minolta and Xerox expired as of June 30, 2021 and, at this time with other program priorities, Focused ED does not have plans to re-establish the Multi-Function Devices program. Opportunities for this program may be re-assessed in the…
- Competitively priced range of equipment and supplies to meet all your menstrual product needs.
Grand & Toy is the supply partner for Menstrual Products teamed with HOSPECO to provide Focused Education Resources and the K-12 Education Sector with a comprehensive package of supplies, dispensers, and disposal receptacles.
Grand & Toys’ relationship with the K-12 Education Sector includes agreements for Menstrual…
- An agreement for Natural Gas for meters using more than 2,000 gigajoules annually.
Focused ED has established an agreement for Natural Gas for meters using more than 2,000 gigajoules annually.
In addition, Focused ED has engaged a third party consultant – Independent Energy Consultants – to support members …
- The Microsoft Campus and School Agreement (CASA) provides access to the Microsoft 365 Education A3 solution.
The Focused Education Provincial Microsoft Licensing (PML) Agreement delivers the Microsoft 365 A3 Solution (M365 A3), which gives all participants access a full suite of Microsoft online solutions, as well as the ability to use components on-premise where applicable.
The Microsoft PML Agreement is one of Focused Education's most successful…
- The Affinity suite of creative applications is made up of Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher.
The Affinity suite of creative applications is made up of Affinity Photo (photo editing), Affinity Designer (vector graphic design) and Affinity Publisher (desktop publishing).
Discounts and flexible licensing options are available to schools and Districts when an education volume license agreement is purchased. To qualify for this, at least 10 licenses of an application need to be purchased at one time. Members can choose to buy one, two or all three applications. Further discounts…
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- Code a widget to display BC Digital Classroom Core Collection Access links
To create an widget to display the BC Digital Classroom access page resources within an iframe on your school or district web pages; you or your IT/ web support person(s) must have the ability to access and edit the code (HTML and CSS) that renders the pages for the school or district web site.
There are 2 basic options to create the widget.
Option 1: HTML Code Only
This uses HTML code only and is not considered to be a ‘responsive’ design… Effective Date: September 2023
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This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information our website collects, how we use and share it…