AFT Connecticut represents thousands of school-related personnel (PSRP) in local and regional districts across the state. PSRPs work as paraeducators, teaching assistants, tutors, secretaries, school nurses, custodians and others who provide critical services that support student learning. From contract negotiations to professional development, AFT Connecticut works to secure the pay, benefits, conditions and respect they deserve as both professionals and “the engine that keeps their schools running.”
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Click here for the state education department website’s School Paraprofessional Advisory Council page.
PRSP News
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Investing in Livable Wages to Assure Brighter Futures for All
Multiple studies have found improved outcomes for students when resources are directed toward recruiting and retaining the education support staff they depend on. In a recent op-ed, Hartford Federation of Paraeducators President Shellye Davis (at podium in photo, above) called for overdue investments to reverse the learning crisis plaguing the capital city. She urged district…
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Risking Arrest to Demand Action on a “Justice Issue”
Throughout the General Assembly’s 2025 regular session, members of AFT Connecticut-affiliated unions focused on securing more robust and equitable investments in neighborhood and magnet schools. Escalating efforts reached a peak in late May when activists joined their students, along with parents and education advocates, in civil disobedience inside the State Capitol building. Their voices were…
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Tapping the “Resources to Take the Federal Government On”
The White House has taken aim at higher education, withholding federal funding from institutions that won’t bend to its political pressure tactics. At the same time, the Trump Administration is sabotaging student debt relief, denying access to tools aimed at college access and affordability for those who might benefit most. Members of AFT Connecticut-affiliated unions…
