CANDIDATE FOR PSTA PRESIDENT
Hello Colleagues, my name is Matt Linner, and I have accepted a nomination to run for PSTA President. I am in my 15th year of teaching: 3 in Sun-West School Division and the last 12 in Prairie Spirit working at Warman High School.
In my career I have coached multiple sports in every year I have taught, and I’ve been lucky enough to get to know many PSTA teachers from across the division. Most recently I have been head coach of Warman High’s wrestling team and track and field team. In all 15 years of my career, I have directed Remembrance Day Ceremonies at my schools.
I have Commissioned Provincial Championships, coached athletes and teams who have won multiple Provincial Championships, been a Social Studies Department Head, and taken part in many school division PD’s and initiatives, and I’ve piloted the Storefront Program at Warman High which is an outreach program for students struggling to function within regular classes.
As a candidate for PSTA President, I have extensive knowledge and experience within both the PSTA and the STF. In my first 3 years of teaching in Eatonia, I was elected as an STF Councillor for Sun West Teachers Association. When I arrived at Warman High, I was an SSL for a year, and then served as Councillor between 2008-2009 and 2013-2014 for the PSTA.
These experiences helped me gain a strong understanding of the duties of the PSTA, how the STF functions, how resolutions are drafted, debated, and passed, and made many contacts within the STF and other local teacher associations.
As President, I would seek to continue the positive and honest relationships PSTA has with the local board and the senior administration at PSSD. Moving forward, our partnerships need to be strong as we continue on in a difficult financial climate. I look forward to representing all PSTA teachers to the best of my ability.