Member Support & Legal Services

BCSTA offers in-depth professional services at our conferences and through online programs to support trustees in their vital work.
We also assist boards, regions or partners with programs and support materials to address specific education and training needs.

Member Support

BCSTA supports boards of education with organizational development through the following programs:

  • Organizational and financial reviews
  • Mediation 
  • Administrative reviews
  • Strategic planning
  • Superintendent search and evaluation
  • Communication reviews
  • Professional learning sessions

Legal Services

BCSTA’s Legal Services Department is the first point of contact for boards seeking guidance in legal, policy and governance matters. Requests from individual boards of education for summary legal advice are dealt with directly through BCSTA at no cost to members. In addition, BCSTA’s Legal Services Department provides legal and policy advice of provincial consequence to all member boards of education. BCSTA organizes legal, policy and governance topics at events. Staff also represents the association on external committees including the Schools Protection Program Advisory Committee, BCTF/BCSTA Group Life Insurance Committee and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act Technical Advisory Committee.

Group Life Insurance Plan

The BCTF/BCSTA Group Life Insurance Plan provides life insurance benefits to employees of participating B.C. public boards of education. The plan was established in 1967 and provides competitive benefits at reasonable rates. The current version of the Administrative Guidelines for Group Life Insurance (1MB ZIP) can be downloaded here. The plan is also available on the BCSTA Portal (our members only area) under the board chairs section.