Surrey Teachers Association

December STARA

STARA MEETING AND SOCIAL EVENT

The final STARA Meeting of 2019 will be held on Wednesday, December 18
at Eaglequest Golf Centre starting at 4:00 pm. As a thank you to our reps
for all the hard work they do, there will be a social event and dinner following
the meeting. If you require childcare for this meeting, please email Stacy
at repsupport@surreyteachers.org prior to Dec 6, 2019 to make arrangements.

STARA MEETING AND SOCIAL EVENT

The final STARA Meeting of 2019 will be held on Wednesday, December 18
at Eaglequest Golf Centre starting at 4:00 pm. As a thank you to our reps
for all the hard work they do, there will be a social event and dinner following
the meeting. If you require childcare for this meeting, please email Stacy
at repsupport@surreyteachers.org prior to Dec 6, 2019 to make arrangements.

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DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BCTF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THIS YEAR?

Each year over 750 delegates from around the province
attend the BCTF AGM. It is a great opportunity to see how
the BCTF operates, to hear new perspectives on important
issues, meet colleagues from other parts of the province,
and to have a voice in the decisions made by the union.
Surrey can send up to 60 delegates.

If you are interested in becoming a delegate, please email
your name and a brief statement to sta@surreyteachers.org
by Friday, January 10. Delegates will be elected at the
Special General Meeting on January 22 at the Bombay
Banquet Hall.

DO YOU WANT TO
GO TO THE BCTF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THIS YEAR?

Each year over 750 delegates from around the province
attend the BCTF AGM. It is a great opportunity to see how
the BCTF operates, to hear new perspectives on important
issues, meet colleagues from other parts of the province,
and to have a voice in the decisions made by the union.
Surrey can send up to 60 delegates.

If you are interested in becoming a delegate, please email
your name and a brief statement to sta@surreyteachers.org
by Friday, January 10. Delegates will be elected at the
Special General Meeting on January 22 at the Bombay
Banquet Hall.

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Grievance: Failures-to-Fill

The STA has ﬁled a grievance regarding the District’s practice to direct non-enrolling teachers to cover failure to ﬁll for classroom teachers. The STA is therefore collecting data to support this grievance by requesting that staff reps regularly report failures to ﬁll. In an effort to make this task as quick and efﬁcient as possible, we have created a new format for reporting failures to ﬁll.

Report Failures to Fill

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RT @MovingParadigms: Failure-to-fill occurs when, for eg, 10 teachers are absent but only 5 subs(TTOCs) are dispatched to cover the absence…December 12, 2019
RT @tag_mann: Multiple ‘fail to fill’ at my SD36 school this week @Rob_Fleming resulting in cancelation of specialists services to cover th…December 12, 2019
RT @ohana_annie: Powerful dinner with Committees from @SurreyTeachers discussing progress we see as activists in the fight to end gender v…December 12, 2019
RT @Julia_MacRae: Yay for Surrey teachers #RedforBCEd #bctf @bctf t.co/U340Qep6kPDecember 12, 2019
RT @Julia_MacRae: Surrey teachers Burma shaving right now. Lots of honks! Horrible rainy day. @bctf #teachershortage t.co/YVxsEMQlZPDecember 12, 2019
RT @TeriMooring: School District 82 urges the province to take immediate action to address teacher recruitment. They currently have 23 unce…December 12, 2019
RT @Mme_Mac: Another week, another list of unfilled teaching positions. I count over 50 classrooms without permanent teachers 😔 Why does th…December 12, 2019
RT @vauvent: There is a serious shortage of teachers in @Surrey_Schools. I recently spoke to an Ontario teacher who came here but is going…December 12, 2019
RT @bctf: The #BCteachershortage in Terrace, Kitimat and Hazelton is so severe the school board wrote to @Rob_Fleming about their "extreme…December 12, 2019
Surrey teachers unite by walking in & wearing #RedforBCED Why? Because #BCED is underfunded by $1800/student Becaus… t.co/F3bUPKyHnlNovember 26, 2019

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