About IPSEA

the International Public School Education Association

What is IPSEA and what does it mean for a student?

  • IPSEA is an association that public schools join if they host international students.  There are member districts with over twenty five years experience hosting international students.  That means experience and expertise in meeting the needs of students from abroad.
  • IPSEA school districts have excellent systems of teaching ESL by highly qualified and competent ESL teachers.
  • IPSEA districts have homestay programs with careful screening methods for host families and comprehensive systems of support for students and host families.
  • IPSEA districts meet together regularly to discuss issues and to formulate policies which work best for students.
  • IPSEA districts work hard to develop and to promote best practices.
  • IPSEA requires members to provide proof of having reached the following industry standards:
    1. A clear and published refund policy
    2. Published rules and expectations for international students, along with a person in charge of the care and supervision of the students both in the schools and the community
    3. A homestay program that includes placement and supervision of students
    4. A clear admission process for new applicants using the procedures that comply with Citizenship and Immigration Canada policies.
    5. Ethical recruitment and marketing practices
    6. A system for ensuring all international students have medical insurance in compliance with the BC Medicare Protection Act

The core values of IPSEA are to:

  • promote collaboration and networking among member-districts
  • recognize the importance of working together in the interest of public education
  • work cooperatively towards the establishment of common standards and practices
  • support member-districts in their efforts to promote B.C. public education to the international community
  • communicate with others in the public sector who have an interest in Canadian international education (post-secondary institutions, governments, and K-12 international programs in other provinces)
  • encourage and promote best practices with international students so that they are supported in their schools and in their homestays
  • encourage and promote ethical recruitment and marketing practices

You can be certain that you have made a great choice when you have chosen to study in a BC school district that belongs to IPSEA! Contact us

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IPSEA Member School Districts:

The following BC Canada school districts are proud members of the International Public School Education Association of BC

  • Abbotsford #34
  • Burnaby #41
  • Campbell River #72
  • Central Okanagan #23
  • Chilliwack #33
  • Coquitlam #43
  • Como9x Valley #71
  • Cowichan Valley #79
  • Delta #37
  • Fraser Canyon #78
  • Greater Victoria #61
  • Gulf Islands #64
  • Kamloops-Thompson #73
  • Kootenay-Columbia #20
  • Kootenay #8
  • Langley #35
  • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows #42
  • Mission #75
  • Nanaimo-Ladysmith #68
  • Nechako Lakes #91
  • New Westminster #40
  • North Okanagan-Shuswap #83
  • North Vancouver #44
  • Okanagan-Skaha #67
  • Peace River North #60
  • Powell River # 47
  • Prince George #57
  • Quaicum #28
  • Richmond #38
  • Rocky Mountain #6
  • Saanich #63
  • Sea to Sky # 48
  • Sooke #62
  • Southeast Kootenay #5
  • Surrey #36
  • Vancouver #39
  • Vernon #22
  • West Vancouver #45

Links to IPSEA school districts can be found through the BC Region Map page