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STA AWARDS Deadline for Applications: September 18, 2020 The STA is offering 6 Academic Scholarships, 6 Bursaries and 2 Jennifer Wadge Social Justice Awards. These awards are available to students who graduated during the 2019/2020 Academic Year and are children of active STA Members. Deadline for applications is September 18, 2020 with the Awards being presented in October 2020. For more information and applications, please see our Scholarship & Awards page. The STA Office
is now closed for the summer
until Monday, August 31st.

Emergency inquiries can be directed
to sta@surreyteachers.org

Teachers are often the first to wipe away the tears and give emotional support to their students. From collecting funds and organizing countless assignments, to dealing with new technologies and coaching teams after school, teaching is not what it used to be. Classrooms today are complex places.

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  • Staff Rep Training January 2019

    Staff Rep Training January 2019

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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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