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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Speaking Out for the Resources to Protect Communities
The purpose of the federal Department of Education (DOE) is to level the playing field and close opportunity gaps for students across the country. In a recent letter to the editor, Meriden Federation of Teachers President Lauren Mancini-Averitt (speaking in photo, above) shared why dismantling the agency will harm local communities like hers. She made…
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Laying the Groundwork for “Showing Up Stronger”
“Strength in numbers” is a central principle of our labor movement because it is consistently proven true in the workplace and at the negotiating table. Leaders of an AFT Connecticut-affiliated local paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) union realized its promise with a landmark agreement secured after nearly doubling the size of their membership. Unprecedented gains…
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“Rebuilding from the Ground Up” to Raise their Standards
Overdue economic gains and family-friendly work schedules go a long way toward addressing the chronic recruitment and retention challenges facing many employers in this post-pandemic era. That was the argument the “founding mothers” of an AFT Connecticut-affiliated healthcare union made in their recently concluded negotiations for a successor contract. Our latest collective bargaining wins report…
