Meet Our Team

Meet our team of volunteer executives and be sure to contact us with any questions, ideas or comments.  

Kindra Harte

President
kharte@saanichschools.ca
Twitter handle: @Kharte12

Trish Kolber 

Vice President
BCATML.francais@gmail.com
Twitter handle: @trish_kolber

Wendy Yamazaki

Secretary 
wyamazaki@deltaschools.ca
Twitter handle:  @yamazakisensei

Teresa Ciccone

Treasurer
teresa.ciccone@gmail.com
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Kevin Sigaty

French Rep
​kevin_sigaty@sd33.bc.ca

Andrew McFayden

Spanish Rep
amcfayden@sd57.bc.ca

Andrea Carballo

Other Languages Rep
acarballo@shawnigan.ca

Lidija Bakovic

German Rep
bakoviclidija@gmail.com

Melissa Illing

Japanese Rep
illing.melissa@gmail.com

Meaghan Bowes

Web Master 
mbowes@saanichschools.ca
Twitter handle: @MmeBowes

Rome Lavrencic

Past President
rlavrenc@sd40.bc.ca
Twitter handle: @RLavrencic

Tanya Campbell

Elementary/ Middle Schools Rep
campbell_tanya@surreyschools.ca
Twitter handle: @one_schoolroom

Jasmine Yang

Mandarin Rep
chia-chun.yang@brentwood.bc.ca

Vacant

Punjabi Rep

The British Columbia Association of Teachers of Modern Languages (BCATML) is one of the many Provincial Specialist Associations of the BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF).

​The objectives of the BCATML shall be:

• to promote and advance the teaching of modern languages throughout the province;
• to communicate to members information related to modern language acquisition;
• to furnish recommendations and advice to the BCTF Executive Committee and other committees of the BCTF on matters affecting language teaching and language teachers; and
• to establish and maintain contact with other modern language associations.

​The BCATML Executive Committee is composed of dedicated and passionate teachers from around British Columbia. The Executive Committee is composed of the Table Officers: Past-President, President, Vice-President, Secretary/Membership, Treasurer and the Language Representatives for French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Other Languages, Punjabi, Spanish, and the Elementary-Middle Years. There is also the role of Web Manager with BCATML's Executive Committee. All of these positions are for a one-year term with the option to be re-elected during the Annual General Meeting at the annual fall conference (with the exception of the role of Past-President, which is for a term of one year). If you are interested in learning more, please view our documents below outlining the different Executive Roles, and handbooks for both the Executive and Conference Committees.

bcatml_executive_roles.pdf
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bcatml_executive_handbook.pdf
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bcatml_constititon2021.pdf
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bcatml_conference_handbook.pdf
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