Meetings & Minutes – December 16, 2021

Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association

COUNCIL MEETING
Thursday, December 16, 2021
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Croatian Cultural Centre

AGENDA

Chair: Omar Kassis
4:00	The VSTA acknowledges that we work and live on the unceded joint traditional territory of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil ̓ -Waututh) Nations.
	1.	Commitment to Solidarity (2021-12-10, EC)
	2.	Agenda
	3.	Minutes of October 28, 2021
	4.	Site Issues
	5.	Vancouver Secondary School Counsellor Association Goolieff/Reid THAT the VSTA support the formation of an LSA, the Vancouver Secondary School Counsellor Association, a subsection of the VSTA, and a member of the BCSCA, effective January 1, 2022. (Chris Tse)
	6.	Semester System
	7.	Staff Organizational Meetings
	8.	Susan McIntosh Gladstone Bursary VSTA Donation
	9.	VSB – Anti-racism and Non-discrimination Report
	10.	Challenging Student Behavior
5:15	RAFFLE!
	10.	VSTA Committees
		a)	Indigenous Education – Spirit Lavallee
		b)	Health & Safety – Michael-Don Borason
		c)	Professional Development – Kathryn Walks
		d)	Social & Environmental Justice – Sarah Ng
		e)	TTOC – Paul Falardeau
		f)	Working/Learning Conditions & Bargaining – Jesse Taylor
		g)	Technology – Carl Janze
	11.	Unfinished Business
	12.	New Business
		a)		Collaboration Time Willetts/Ganatra THAT 2022-2023 school year includes collaboration time at the 2018-2019 school year rate of 1 hour per month, and that the collaboration time from 2021-2022 be reimbursed.
		b)		Coup in Sudan Falardeau/ THAT the BCTF publicly condemn the coup in Sudan and the actions of the Sudanese military (which includes the arrest of teachers); while also supporting strike action by Sudanese workers resisting the coup.
6:00	13.	Adjournment

LINKS

Collective Agreement
BCPSEA-BCTF Provincial Collective Agreement
VSB-VTF Collective Agreement
At this time the only available version of the new 2019-22 Collective Agreement is from BCPSEA. VSTA is currently in the process of melding our local language with the provincial collective agreement. We will make the melded version available ASAP.

Post-Jackson Class Report Instructions

Governance
VSTA Constitution & By-Laws
VSTA Policies & Procedures
BCTF Code of Ethics
VSTA Structure (poster)

Meeting Resources
VSTA Meeting Schedule 2023-24
VSTA Sponsored Meetings Policy
Commitment to Solidarity
Quick Guide to Simplified Rules
Virtual Meeting Guidelines

Roles & Handbooks
VSTA Staff Rep Reference Manual
VSTA Staff Committee Handbook
Refusal of Unsafe Work
VTF/VSB Professional Development Handbook
Roles of the Executive Committee

Indigenous Education Resources
"Decolonization is not a metaphor" Article by Eve Tuck
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan 2022-27