Collective Agreement - Surrey Teachers' Association

The Collective Agreement protects your professional rights and ensures that your salary, working conditions, and responsibilities are clearly defined and fairly negotiated.

Full Collective Agreement: The complete agreement between the STA and the Surrey School District.
Negotiated Agreements: Negotiated changes that build on or adjust existing working conditions.
Restored Language: Provisions that have been restored to the agreement, ensuring continued protection of important rights like class size and composition. (See guide to class size and composition.)
Salary and Benefits: Detailed information about salary and benefits.

Salary and Benefits

Salary

Teachers are reminded to check their monthly pay stub to ensure that Payroll has you on the right category and experience scale on the salary grid. This information is located on the bottom left of your paystub.

Salary grid for School District No. 36 (Surrey) effective July 1, 2025

			Prov Cat 5+
Step	Cat 4	Cat 5	Cat 6-	Cat 6
1	$61,502	$66,485	$71,473	$73,030
2	$64,318	$70,058	$75,424	$76,921
3	$67,133	$73,632	$79,376	$80,813
4	$69,947	$77,204	$83,328	$84,705
5	$72,763	$80,775	$87,280	$88,598
6	$75,579	$84,348	$91,232	$92,489
7	$78,394	$87,921	$95,185	$96,381
8	$81,208	$91,494	$99,136	$100,274
9	$84,022	$95,066	$103,090	$104,164
10	$90,652	$102,971	$111,206	$112,806

Salary grid for School District No. 36 (Surrey) effective July 1, 2026

			Prov Cat 5+
Step	Cat 4	Cat 5	Cat 6-	Cat 6
1	$63,347	$68,480	$73,617	$75,221
2	$66,248	$72,159	$77,687	$79,229
3	$69,147	$75,841	$81,757	$83,237
4	$72,046	$79,520	$85,828	$87,246
5	$74,946	$83,198	$89,899	$91,255
6	$77,847	$86,878	$93,969	$95,264
7	$80,746	$90,558	$98,041	$99,273
8	$83,645	$94,239	$102,111	$103,282
9	$86,543	$97,918	$106,182	$107,289
10	$93,372	$106,060	$114,542	$116,190

Salary grid for School District No. 36 (Surrey) effective July 1, 2027

			Prov Cat 5+
Step	Cat 4	Cat 5	Cat 6-	Cat 6
1	$65,248	$70,534	$75,825	$77,478
2	$68,235	$74,324	$80,017	$81,606
3	$71,222	$78,116	$84,210	$85,734
4	$74,207	$81,905	$88,403	$89,864
5	$77,195	$85,694	$92,596	$93,993
6	$80,182	$89,485	$96,788	$98,121
7	$83,169	$93,275	$100,982	$102,251
8	$86,154	$97,066	$105,174	$106,380
9	$89,139	$100,855	$109,368	$110,507
10	$96,173	$109,242	$117,978	$119,675

Salary grid for School District No. 36 (Surrey) effective July 1, 2028

			Prov Cat 5+
Step	Cat 4	Cat 5	Cat 6-	Cat 6
1	$67,205	$72,650	$78,100	$79,802
2	$70,282	$76,554	$82,418	$84,054
3	$73,358	$80,459	$86,736	$88,306
4	$76,433	$84,363	$91,055	$92,560
5	$79,510	$88,265	$95,373	$96,813
6	$82,588	$92,169	$99,692	$101,065
7	$85,664	$96,073	$104,012	$105,318
8	$88,738	$99,978	$108,329	$109,572
9	$91,813	$103,881	$112,649	$113,823
10	$99,058	$112,519	$121,518	$123,266

Please note that the final format of the salary grid has not been agreed with BCPSEA yet, however, the above step numbers and salary figures are agreed upon and finalized.

Deferred Salary Leave Plan

Did you know? Since September 2016, teachers have been able to apply for the Deferred Salary Leave Plan, which allows you to be paid less for four years and then take the fifth year off.

Benefits

Information regarding our negotiated benefits package and related forms can be found on the BCPSEA Benefits page. You can file your claims and look up coverage information on Pacific Blue Cross, our health benefits provider.