Effective March 24, 2020, AFT Connecticut's headquarters in Rocky Hill is CLOSED until further notice due to COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) health emergency.
PreK-12 Teachers
Note - updates on the impact of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak on certified educators and members of PreK-12 local unions will be linked here.
Click here for the results of our latest joint survey with CEA and WFSB-TV Channel 3 on the pandemic (Dec. 23, 2020).
Click here for our Dec., 2020 “PreK-12 COVID-19 Update" newsletter (Dec. 16, 2020).
Click here for our "Q&A" on quarantine and illness policies (Aug. 25, 2020).
Click here to watch our BOE Unions Coalition's "reopen safely" press conference (Aug. 24, 2020).
Click here for the state Department of Education (SDE)’s webinar on contact tracing (Aug. 20, 2020).
Click here for AFT's online forum with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director (Jul 31, 2020).
Click here for our legal counsel's memo on COVID-19 and employment rights (Jul. 27, 2020).
Click here for a memo outlining members' workplace safety-related speech protections (Jul. 21, 2020).
Click here for SDE's blueprint for reopening school buildings (Jun. 25, 2020).
Click here to watch a roundtable discussion with SDE officials on resuming in-person learning (Jun. 25, 2020).
Click here for our national union's webinar on safely "reopening" (Jun. 3, 2020).
Click here to access SDE's "Superintendent’s Digest" portal (May 4, 2020).
Click here to hear our joint tele-town hall with the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) (Apr. 30, 2020).
Click here for our national union's "Plan to Safely Reopen America's Schools and Communities" (Apr. 29, 2020).
Click here to share your experience educating English Language Learner (ELL)s during the crisis (Apr. 17, 2020).
Click here for the SDE website's COVID-19 resources page (Mar. 31, 2020).
Click here for our national union's COVID-19 resources for PreK-12 teachers (Mar. 23, 2020).
Click here for the federal education department website's COVID-19 resources page (Mar. 21, 2020).
Click here for the state's official page with COVID-19 school resources (Mar., 19, 2020).
AFT Connecticut represents PreK-12 educator in school districts across Connecticut and is a proponent for public schools at the local level in members' districts and in the state legislature. From contract negotiations to student testing to pensions, our federation works to protect teachers' rights and provide professional support for members serving PreK-12 youth.
Click here to access our PreK-12 Council's open Facebook group. *
Click here to access Share My Lesson’s free resources for educators.
Click here to access Donors Choose and help teachers in need of supplies for their classrooms.
* requires approval to participate; does not require FB user account to access.