BCTF AGM Pensions Recommendations

2009 BCTF Pension Consultation Report

Surrey School District Budget Cut 2010-2011...

February 1^st, 2010

In this issue of the FSA Examiner:

• Teachers Win Compensation for Class Size and Composition Violations
• FSA Withdrawal
• Report Cards
• Special General Meeting/STARA Meeting
• College of Teachers
• Staff Rep Training February 2010
• Job Share Meeting
• BCTF Pension Recommendation - Information and Feedback Sessions
• Teachers refuse to complete Satisfaction Surveys
• February Calendar

School Calendar 2010-2011

January 14^th, 2010

In this issue of the FSA Examiner:

• Watch for advertisements, interviews and articles
• Locals in the news
• Partner groups express concern over ranking of BC schools
• Boards honour parent request
• Withdrawing students from FSA Tests: BCTF information & advice
• What FSA Literature can be sent home with students?

January 11^th, 2010

In this issue of the STA Examiner:

• Another Year, Another Calendar?
• Bargaining in 2011
• Bargaining History
• Pension Consultations
• Be a Delegate to the BCTF AGM
• Adult Educators
• What is trust?
• Extended Health Coverage in Surrey
• January Calendar

December 3^rd, 2009

In this issue of the STA Examiner:

• Foundation Skills Assessment
• Labour and the United Way
• White Ribbon Campaign/December 6 National Day to End Violence Against Women
• South Asian Students Advocacy by Teachers (SASAT)
• Support BC Paramedics CUPE 873
• STARA Meeting/Turkey Draw - December 16,2009
• We are the Champions - Annual Chili Cook-off
• BCTF 2010 Annual General Meeting
• STA Sunshine Fund Policy
• Teachers on Call
• Health and Safety
• I heard it on the grapevine: Gossip in Schools
• December Calendar

November 2^nd, 2009

In this issue of the STA Examiner:

• Local Versus Provincial Bargaining
• STA Ad Hoc Committee on Aboriginal Education
• Recent motions passed by the BC School Trustees Association
• Scholarship & Bursaries for STA members' Dependents
• Teacher: do not practice or mark the FSA
• SIP fee change
• Sick leave accumulation while on SIP benefits
• Strikes and Lockouts
• Pension Consultation under way
• Pension Seminars
• November 2009 STA Calendar

October 5^th, 2009

In this issue of the STA Examiner:

• I'd rather be "walking, dancing and playing in the park"
• BCTF Public Education Conference
• Your Pension
• TOC Task Force
• Call for Delegates
• Special General Meeting
• Seasonal Flu Vaccination Program
• Arbitration - Right of Teachers to Professional Autonomy
• Report Writing and Teacher Evaluation
• Commitment to a non-sexist environment
• New Teachers' Conference & Induction
• October 23 - PSA Day
• Call for Presenters
• October 2009 STA Calendar

September 10^th, 2009

In this issue of the STA Examiner:

• Welcome Back
• Volunteer & Committee Opportunities
• Avoid SPCs
• Review your pay category and increment
• Pension Indexing
• Payroll Deductions - What do they mean?
• September 2009 STA Calendar

September 8^th, 2009

In this issue of the STA Heads Up:

• The Dorsey Award on Class Size Composition
• Traing for Staff Reps