Tia Now Teaches the BC Curriculum, Grades 5 to 12

British Columbia's full curriculum from Grade 5 through Grade 12 is now built into Tia. Families can use personalised tutoring aligned to Ministry of Education and Child Care statements in Mathematics, English Language Arts and Science.

BC's curriculum sets the destination. Tia adapts the pace, level and explanation to the student, while parents see the exact Big Ideas, competencies and content covered.

The BC Curriculum is live now in Tia

Tia now covers Mathematics, English Language Arts and Science using British Columbia's curriculum as published by the Ministry of Education and Child Care.

All three subjects are aligned at every grade from 5 through 12. Grades 5 through 9 were already in Tia. This release adds the senior courses BC students take.

Stage	BC Curriculum used in Tia
Grades 5 through 9	Mathematics, English Language Arts and Science taught grade by grade
Grades 10 through 12	Named senior Mathematics, English Language Arts and Science courses

Parents can review the source curriculum on the Ministry's official BC Curriculum site.

You are invited to start a trial with Tia and choose the BC Curriculum. 14-day free trial, no card needed.

This release adds BC's senior courses

The expanded BC Curriculum coverage now runs continuously from Grade 5 through Grade 12.

Grades 5 through 9 remain aligned grade by grade. Grades 10 through 12 follow the specific courses students choose as they move toward graduation.

That course-level alignment matters because BC's senior years are where students begin choosing a path. The outcomes in Pre-calculus 11 are different from a general Grade 11 Mathematics sequence. Anatomy and Physiology 12 has its own Big Ideas, competencies and content.

A Pre-calculus 11 student working on quadratic functions receives support tied to that course. An Anatomy and Physiology 12 student studying homeostasis receives help pitched to the Ministry statement for that course. A Grade 7 student working on linear relations receives the same curriculum connection at their level.

The BC statement stays fixed as the destination. Tia changes the explanation, pace and example to help the student reach it.

BC's three-part curriculum structure is preserved

British Columbia organises each subject and course around three connected parts:

• Big Ideas identify the understandings students develop over time.
• Curricular Competencies describe what students should be able to do with their learning.
• Content sets out the essential topics and knowledge.

Tia carries all three parts as the Ministry publishes them. The relationship between them is preserved rather than flattened into a list of topics.

This means a lesson can address both what a student is learning and how BC expects the student to use that learning. In Science, for example, knowing content and demonstrating a competency such as questioning, analysing or communicating are both visible parts of progress.

The Big Ideas are taught in their own right. They are not used only as headings above the detailed content.

976 curriculum statements checked word for word

Tia carries 976 BC curriculum statements across Grades 5 through 12 in Mathematics, English Language Arts and Science.

The statements were taken directly from the Ministry's published curriculum for each grade and course. Each was checked word for word before going live.

The Ministry's wording is preserved in Tia and in parent progress reports. This creates a direct connection between a lesson, the report and the terms used by a BC teacher or course outline.

A parent can use the statement wording to compare tutoring activity with classroom work or find the related page on curriculum.gov.bc.ca.

Grades 5 through 9 are taught grade by grade

Students in Grades 5 through 9 receive support tied to the curriculum for their exact grade.

A Grade 7 student working on linear relations gets help connected to the Grade 7 Mathematics curriculum. Tia can use a visual model, slow the explanation or revisit an earlier idea, then return to the BC statement.

The same approach applies in English Language Arts and Science. A student receives a personalised route while the Big Idea, competency or content statement remains the destination.

For families using Tia alongside school, this keeps extra support connected to classroom learning. Parents see the specific curriculum statement addressed rather than only a broad subject name.

Grades 10 through 12 follow BC courses

Tia follows the senior courses BC students take rather than combining high school into one generic sequence.

Mathematics courses

• Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-calculus 10
• Pre-calculus 11
• Pre-calculus 12

English Language Arts courses

• Composition 10
• Composition 11
• English Studies 12

Science courses

• Science 10
• Life Sciences 11
• Anatomy and Physiology 12

Course-level alignment keeps support connected to the student's chosen path. A Pre-calculus 11 student working on quadratic functions receives help tied to that course's curriculum. An Anatomy and Physiology 12 student working on homeostasis receives support connected to the course's Big Ideas, competencies and content.

The course name and Ministry wording remain visible in the progress record.

What a BC-aligned lesson looks like

A BC-aligned lesson begins with the relevant Big Idea, Curricular Competency or Content statement for the student's grade or course. Tia then adjusts how the student works toward it.

Tia can:

• slow down an explanation
• revisit an earlier idea beneath the current work
• change the example
• use the student's interests to make an idea more concrete
• offer another practice activity before moving forward
• ask the student to demonstrate a BC Curricular Competency
• connect detailed content to the course's Big Ideas
• record the statements covered

For a Grade 7 Mathematics student, that may mean plotting a linear relation visually before describing it. For a Pre-calculus 11 student, it may mean breaking a quadratic function into smaller steps. For an Anatomy and Physiology 12 student, it may mean applying the idea of homeostasis to a new example.

The teaching route changes. The BC Curriculum destination does not.

Progress reports name the BC statements covered

Every Tia progress report names the BC Curriculum and lists the specific Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies and Content the student worked on.

The report uses the Ministry's wording. A parent sees more than “worked on math” or “completed science.”

A report can show:

• BC Curriculum as the curriculum alignment
• the subject, grade or senior course
• the Big Idea addressed
• the Curricular Competency demonstrated
• the Content statement covered
• the learning activity
• progress over time
• honest engaged time in Tia

That detail is useful during a teacher conversation, when reviewing a course outline or when deciding what the student should revisit next.

For more on useful learning records, read what parents should see in a tutoring dashboard.

A BC Curriculum tutor alongside school

Students attending BC schools can use Tia for extra support after school, on weekends or during breaks.

A student may need help because a class moved forward before one idea felt secure. Another may understand the content but need a different explanation before demonstrating the relevant competency independently.

Families searching for a BC tutor can use Tia as:

• a BC Math tutor from Grade 5 through Grade 12
• a BC English tutor from Grade 5 through Grade 12
• a BC Science tutor from Grade 5 through Grade 12
• support for Pre-calculus 11 or Pre-calculus 12
• support for Composition 10, Composition 11 or English Studies 12
• support for Life Sciences 11 or Anatomy and Physiology 12
• a clear record of the Big Ideas, competencies and content covered

The student gets another way into the material. The parent can see how the work connects to BC's curriculum.

BC homeschooling support

British Columbia families who choose homeschooling register the student with a school by September 30 each year and set their own educational programme.

The Ministry explains registration and responsibilities in its official homeschooling policy.

Tia progress reports can support the records a family keeps by listing:

• the subject studied
• the BC grade or senior course used for alignment
• the Big Idea addressed
• the Curricular Competency demonstrated
• the Content statement covered
• the learning activity
• progress and engaged time

Families should confirm current registration, programme and record requirements with their registering school.

Tia does not claim that its reports satisfy any homeschooling requirement. Parents remain responsible for registration, their programme and their records.

BC's curriculum also serves Yukon families

British Columbia joins Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as provinces with their own curriculum in Tia.

BC's curriculum also serves Yukon families, who follow it in Yukon schools.

Provincial curricula are not interchangeable. BC uses its own Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies, Content and senior course structure. Tia preserves that organisation rather than presenting every Canadian student with one generic sequence.

Families can also read how Ontario's curriculum is built into Tia, how Alberta's curriculum is built into Tia and how New Brunswick's curriculum is built into Tia.

FAQ

One last thing

BC families should not have to choose between provincial curriculum alignment and support that adjusts to the student. Tia keeps the Ministry statement fixed, personalises the route and gives parents a record of exactly what was covered.