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Newsletters

Sep 10, 2026

Issue 71

Enrollment, Teacher Shortage, Failure to Fill, Benefit Improvements

Jun 25, 2026

Issue 70

Local News BCTF Advantage Program

May 11, 2026

Issue 69

Postings, SD Budget, Failure to fill, SOSTU AGM, TTOC Tiered Callout

May 1, 2026

Issue 68

TTOC tiers, Remedy, AGM

Apr 21, 2026

Issue 67

Pay Grid, New Teachers' Conference, BCTF Advantage

Apr 14, 2026

Issue 66

Posting, Barg Reflection Survey, President Nomination Form

Apr 7, 2026

Issue 65

Teacher Regulation Branch, SOSTU President Nominations

Mar 30, 2026

Issue 64

Posting, Reduction, President Nomination, Callout

Mar 5, 2026

Issue 63

Provincial Bargaining Reflection

Mar 4, 2026

Issue 62

TTOC Tiered Callout, Mid Year Review

Feb 23, 2026

Issue 61

Voting Procedures in SOSTU #53

Feb 20, 2026

Issue 60

Tentative Agreement, MOA Memorandum of Agreement

Feb 10, 2026

Issue 59

Provincial Tentative Agreement (4 yr)

Feb 2, 2026

Issue 58

Sick Leave

Jan 28, 2026

Issue 57

Provincial Bargaining

Jan 20, 2026

Issue 56

Provincial Bargaining

Jan 12, 2026

Issue 55

Provincial Bargaining

Jan 8, 2026

Issue 54

Provincial Bargaining

Dec 9, 2025

Issue 53

Provincial Bargaining

Dec 2, 2025

Issue52

Provincial Bargaining

Nov 13, 2025

Issue 51

Red for Ed Campaign, Union Remedy Days, Inquiry Survey

Oct 28, 2025

Issue 50

Provincial Bargaining, Inquiry Survey, Class Composition

Oct 15, 2025

Issue 49

Bargaining, Retirement Planning, Intermediate Class Size

Oct 8, 2025

Issue 48

Bargaining, Health and Safety, Primary Class Size

Sep 25, 2025

Issue 47

Assessment, Telus Health, Supervision,

Sep 15, 2025

Issue 46

Health and Safety, Town Hall Barg Update, Part time teachers

Sep 10, 2025

Issue 45

Declining Enrollment, Provincial Bargaining, Remedy, Trends

Jun 12, 2025

Issue 44

Retirees, Secondary Spaces Survey Results

Jun 3, 2025

Issue 43

Provincial Bargaining, Elementary Spaces Survey Results

May 21, 2025

Issue 42

Bargaining, Spaces Survey, AGM elected, QR code,

May 14, 2025

Issue 41

AGM, Spaces Survey, End of Year Party, Meyers, Telus Health

May 2, 2025

Issue 40

TTOC appreciation, AGM, Spaces Survey, Provincial Bargaining

Apr 24, 2025

Issue 39

Pension, TTOC Appreciation, Notice of Motion, AGM, Survey

Apr 15, 2025

Issue 38

CRC, Budget, Spaces, Nominations, Election

Apr 8, 2025

Issue 37

CRC, Reporting, CEF, President Nomination, Posting

Apr 1, 2025

Issue 36

Sick days, Nomination, Reporting,

Mar 11, 2025

Issue 35

Technology Issues, Sick Leave, Non-certified TTOCS, Budget Survey, TTOC cost

Feb 25, 2025

Issue 34

Calendar, Budget, Failure to Fill, Harassment

Feb 10, 2025

Issue 33

By-law 14, Teacher Tuesday, Pro-D, Compassionate Care Leave

Feb 4, 2025

Issue 32

TTOC advance notice, Mentorship, GM, Teacher Tuesday

Dec 12, 2024

Issue 31

Bargaining, agreement-in-committee, failure to fill, sick days

Nov 21, 2024

Issue 30

New Teachers Conference, Teacher Tuesday, Local Bargaining, Leaves

Nov 8, 2024

Issue 29

Teacher Tuesday, Failure to fill, Leaves, Social Justice

Oct 24, 2024

Issue 28

Pro-d money, Social Justice, Remedy, Well teacher, Wellness

Oct 16, 2024

Issue 27

Jackson Arbitration, Autism, Remedy, Jackson Award

Oct 10, 2024

Issue 26

BC election, voting, advance polls

Sep 27, 2024

Issue 25

Pension, Failure to Fill, Election

Sep 19, 2024

Issue 24

Truth and Reconciliation, Union Remedy Days, Election

Sep 12, 2024

Issue 23

Union Remedy Days, Election, General Meeting

Sep 5, 2024

Issue 22

Wage increase, Bargaining, TTOC mtg

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School District 53

We are grateful to live, learn and play on the beautiful and traditional unceded territory of the Okanagan Syilx People.

@2023 Miles Derksen c/o SOSTU

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