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  • Health and Safety Recommendations to principal

    Health and Safety Committee members, thank you so much for becoming a health and safety representative. This is an important role in keeping you and your colleagues safe, particularly duringRead more

  • Masks

    Masks are not currently mandatory grades K-3 students, leaving our primary colleagues more exposed to COVID-19. Thank you to those teachers who are also parents of primary students who haveRead more

  • New phones in secondary schools

    We are concerned about the health and safety implications around unreliable phones in classrooms. It has come to our attention that some schools have introduced new, web-based phones. Some membersRead more

  • COVID-19 is still here. Please take care.

    COVID-19 has not gone away as much as we wish it would! While teachers are once again being asked to complete Daily Health checks each day it’s also important toRead more

  • Summary of Health and Safety Guidelines for 2021-22 School Startup

    General Approach Much less requirements than last year. Schools remain different than other public spaces. Be tolerant of others having different levels of comfort with the new guidelines. If youRead more

  • Election of your union reps

    Why not make this the year you get more involved in the STA? Every school and site needs STA reps. To be effective as a union, we need to ensureRead more

  • Late Summer 2021 Update

    As we embark upon a third pandemic school year, we want to bring a few issues to your attention before the start of school. Political action about the inadequate schoolRead more

  • Summer Pro-D

    If you feel frustrated with the limitations of the Summer Pro-D agreement, please know that the STA has asked for a renegotiation of the agreement, and the district has not been willingRead more

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge with gratitude and respect that STA members have the privilege of working on the unceded ancestral territory of the Coast Salish peoples, the qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qiqéyt (Qayqayt) and sɛmiˈɑːmuː (Semiahmoo) who have cared for this land for thousands of years, and who continue to care for this land. As educators, we are committed to actions aimed at healing the broken relationship between settlers and Indigenous peoples.

School Visit


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The Advocate


The Advocate is a seasonal publication for members. The Advocate contains a report from the President, information from the table officers, updates, and information on current educational issues and issues of importance to Surrey teachers.