Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 #BCTLA awards 👏 I’m esp proud of Surrey TL helping teacher @mrsmacdonald.bsky.social for winning the President’s Award! She’s a prime example of the wonderful, hardworking TLs in Surrey!

Less than 48 hours to the STA Executive Committee election. Double check that you’ve registered and received your Simply Voting link. If you’ve haven’t registered, then go to www.surreyteachers.org/agm2025 And be ready to vote for me as your next ProD officer.

Vote for me as your next STA ProD Officer! I’m a current Teacher-Librarian, Local Rep to the BCTF, BCTLA leader and of course a ProD advocate. I’m committed to inclusive, teacher-led learning with a focus on anti-racism and Truth & Reconciliation. Let's build stronger, supportive STA together!

📢 The Surrey Teachers’ Association, CUPE 728, and Surrey DPAC have launched a joint campaign demanding action from Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social and Finance Minister @brendavancouver.bsky.social. Why? Because #SurreyStudentsDeserveBetter! 👉 surreystudentsdeservebetter.ca #bced #bcpoli #SurreyBC

Surrey teachers, parents & education workers have launched #SurreyStudentsDeserveBetter to demand urgent investment in our public schools. Overcrowded classrooms, cuts to supports, broken promises - our kids deserve better. 📢 Learn more: surreystudentsdeservebetter.ca #bced #bcpoli

SurreyDPAC, CUPE728 & STA have launched a campaign calling on the BC government to fully fund public education. Overcrowded classrooms, cuts to EAs & programs, and 360+ portables are unacceptable. Join the campaign: surreystudentsdeservebetter.ca #SurreyStudentsDeserveBetter #bced #bcpoli #SurreyBC

A heartfelt thank you to the Surrey Fire Fighters and Mayor Locke for your generous paper donation to our classrooms. Your continued support reminds us that we’re stronger when we stand together in solidarity for our community’s kids. surreystudentsdeservebetter.ca #bced #bcpoli #surreybc

Surrey schools are overcrowded, underfunded, and stretched thin—while provincial promises go unmet. STA, CUPE728 & Surrey DPAC say: enough is enough. It’s time to fund public education like our kids’ futures depend on it—because they do. 👉 surreystudentsdeservebetter.ca #bced #bcpoli #SurreyBC

Surrey has cut elementary band. People once moved here because of strong public programs. Now they’re being gutted. This is what chronic underfunding looks like. Cuts by the BC Liberals weren’t reversed by the NDP - and kids are paying the price. @lizannefoster.bsky.social on @vancolour.bsky.social

To all those celebrating #EidAlFitr and the end of #Ramadan May this #Eid bring you, your family & community happiness, blessings and peace

Read about the Angela Thacker Memorial Award, and Donald Hamilton School Advocacy Award winners in our winter edition of Canadian School Library Journal. journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/category/awa...

Good article. #BCTLA #sd36tl

Thanks to an #sd36tl colleague sharing her template for the post it notes, I’ve started a table of first in a series books and they’re moving quickly! #booklive #mglit #kidlit #teacherskybrarians

#ContestAlert 🎉 We're giving away a huge selection of #Canadian books featured in our latest Teaching Through Books series! 📌Like, follow & repost to enter 📌Contest ends March 31, 11:59 EDT Explore our free teaching resource here: bit.ly/4kO3MKq #CanLit #Giveaway #K12

I’m a proponent of tariffs but believe that books should be exempt. School library budgets are already stretched thin. Please take 5 mins to fill this in: forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm... The items to flag: 4901.10.00 4901.92.00 4901.99.00 4902.10.00 4902.90.00 4903.00.00 #BCTLA

Calling all BC teacher-librarians! Save the date for the 2025 BCTLA conference with keynote @mychal3ts.bsky.social Let’s celebrate how magical libraries - and teacher-librarians like you - are! #sd36tl #BCTLA

This week in the LLC at Morgan Elementary we are reading Surrey Schools narrative nonfiction picture book of the year nominee Jumper by Jessica Lanan. Q: what would the world look like if you were the size of a bean? #sd36tl #SSNNPBOY #BCTLA #narrativenonfiction

It’s that time of the year when the BCTLA starts planning our PSA day conference in October. If you’re a BC TL, consider leading a virtual or in-person session. #sd36tl #BCTLA

Morgan Elementary’s book of the week is “Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior” by C. Lindstrom and illustrator B. George. A #ssnnfboy nominee, this story is about Autumn, an Indigenous young woman who has dedicated her life to advocating for the protection of water. #sd36tl #BCTLA #sd36learn #ssnnfboy

Are you a teacher librarian or someone who wants to be sure that ALL of your students feel seen and valued? Then, you should sign up for this FREE webinar on January 8th I'm hosting with Book an Author.

The first 2025 Book of the Week at Morgan Elementary will be “Fail-a-bration!” by Brad & Kristi Montague. As adults talk about new years solutions, we’ll talk about how mistakes can help us learn and grow. #sd36tl #BCTLA #MorganBOTW

Niagara Falls library provides $36.5M economic benefit: study www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara... #libraries

Jimmy Carter also supported libraries. In 1976 he said: “I believe that federal help for the nation's library system should be funded on a sustained & stable basis. If we are to have an educated & informed population we need a strong & open library system supported by a committed administration.”

#SOR #Edusky

This sounds interesting. I’ve signed up. I’m double booked but hoping my other meeting ends on time. #BCTLA #sd36tl

I saw this study and few years ago & did an audit of the pic book collection at Morgan. Our results were close. I’ve made a concentrated effort to purchase books featuring characters who are Indigenous, Asian, other POC, neurodiverse, and Immigrants, authored by own voice. #sd36learn #BCTLA #sd36tl

Here’s a list of PD conferences that could work for the $5000 STA ProD Funding Draw. Although these conferences are for 2025, it may give you fun ideas to research for 2026. The form for the draw can be sent in anytime before the May 1st, 4pm deadline. #Surreyteachersassociation

To those who celebrate, Happy Kwanzaa!

Give the gift of reading by wrapping up one of Surrey Schools Book of the Year Nominees. #thegiftofreading #surreyschoolsbookawards #surrreyschoolsbookoftheyear #sd36tl #mglit 🎄📚

Happy Holidays friends!

@fuse8.bsky.social makes 31 (!!) year-end lists that are just stellar for building future order lists of things I’ve missed. Here’s one fave: afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/02/3... I know I was just meant to do the announcer voice sound effects she mentions in Dog Vs Strawberry. Plus…

Here’s the top ten books Morgan Elementary students checked out in 2024. Happy to see half were 2023/24 Surrey Schools Book of the Year nominees. #SSBOY #sd36tl #BCTLA

Morgan Elementary students from K to gr 3/4 listened to all 10 of the Surrey Schools Picture Book of the Year nominees. They then voted for their favourite. Our winner is Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf. We look forward to the district results in Spring. #sd36tl #sd36learn #skybarian

"I hope the premier keeps his promises. We’ll be watching, expectantly," Surrey Teachers' Association president Lizanne Foster said at a press conference www.cloverdalereporter.com/local-news/s...

“The violence acting out is saying, ‘Please help me, please help me, please help me,'” Foster said. “And they are saying that to people who cannot help because they don’t have the resources, we are stretched too thin.” globalnews.ca/news/1092060...

“There are ways to deal with and respond to the teacher shortage,” said Lizanne Foster, president of the Surrey Teachers’ Association. ... there are not enough teachers for the needs of students to be met.” bc.ctvnews.ca/teachers-par...

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Entice your BC TL colleagues over to BlueSky🦋!- use this starter pack link as a one-stop-stop of BC TL friends 🫶 #BCTLA Let me know if you are a BC Teacher Librarian to be added to the list! #TLSky 📚 go.bsky.app/5cfJDML

Have you signed up for The Ontario Library Superconference yet? Be sure to add TMC8 to your full conference experience. OR come to the TMC8 conference for $275 Full details: tmc.canadianschoollibraries.ca/.../TMC8... #TLSky #EduSky

Yesterday was spent with members of the STA Convention committee. This small but mighty group plans pd for over 5000 Surrey teachers! Also open to more volunteers. #surreyteachers #STAconvention #BCTF

Fellow BC teacher-librarians, we need to support these American authors. Many of the books we purchase for our collections are American and we need to have books that represent the lived experience of ALL our students. #BCTLA #sd36tl #CanadianSchoolLibraries

I had a busy week as a rep for the STA/BCTF at the biennial BCFed Convention. Highlights included listening to guest speakers like Jagmeet Singh & Len Pierre, seeing the support unions are giving 2SLGBTQIA+ workers, and connecting with fellow teachers. #sd36tl #BCTF #BCFed2024

glad to be here!

So… is this new place where the cool (aka accepting, anti-oppressive) book lovers hang out? #sd36tl #sd36learn #BCTLA #teacherlibrarian

Morgan Elementary K - gr 4 students voted for their favourite Surrey Schools Picture Book of the Year. Our winner is Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind by Monica Silvia. Looking forward to seeing how other schools vote #sd36tl #SSPBOY #BCTLA

Yesterday I watched the Centre for Freedom of Expression presentation “school libraries, and curriculum under attack.” It’s disheartening to hear the rise of book challenges, esp 2SLGBTQIA+ ones. But it’s also good knowing TLs don’t stand alone. #BCTLA #sd36tl #CFE

I genrefied the NF section at my K-7 school. What are your students fav nonfiction books published in the last five year? #askalibrarian #BCTLA #teacherlibrarian

Thanks to #sd36tl @mshurtubise.bsky.social for hosting a #GenrefyingNF round table discussion today. So much work and consideration put into her collection, and all worth it for the increased checkout and ownership in the NF section! 👏

Thanks to @amandamacgregor.bsky.social for sharing this deep dive into the current climate regarding MG/YA book sales, written by Teen Librarian Toolbox blogger/librarian @tltkaren.bsky.social My thoughts? We need more Upper MG to fill the gap #kidlit teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...