
Highlights
Feature:
Certifiably Excellent
Certified PSRPs promote high professional standards on the job
Leave no Child (or Para) Behind
AFT affiliates go all out to help paraprofessionals meet new Title I standards
AFT pilots new para program
Safe & Sound
A focus on workplace health and safety brings benefits to PSRPs--and their unions
Five PSRPs win Porter Scholarships
Student kitchen volunteers pose safety hazard
AFT members in Washington state lobby for regulations and stricter controls
Making a case for better training
10 locals mount campaigns for professional development
State and local budget woes continue
Worst financial shortfalls in more than 150 years











