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ShareThisAFT PSRP (Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel)
The Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRP) division of the American Federation of Teachers represents school support staff in K-12 districts, colleges and universities throughout the country. Our jobs include office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, instructional paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants and hundreds of other job titles.
The AFT has organized school and college support staff since the early 1930s. Our first local affiliate of support staff was the Education Secretaries of Chicago. The work of the AFT PSRP division is directed by the PSRP program and policy council, an appointed leadership group of 28 members from around the country. This group provides guidance and advice on new programs and services for AFT PSRP members.
The PSRP division has been actively working toward protecting the health of our members through OSHA measures and school safety reforms, as well as improving the condition of our members’ work environments through the Building Minds, Minding Buildings campaign, which focuses on school infrastructure improvement initiatives and legislation. AFT PSRP regularly issues tips, tools and resources on injury prevention, health and safety precautions, ergonomics, school safety, team building and more.
In some parts of the country, we’re called classified school employees; in others, we’re called school support staff. In all cases, we’re proud to be members of the AFT, part of the team—along with our teacher and faculty co-workers—that provides a high-quality education to students.
The AFT PSRP division is affiliated with:
Tish Olshefski, Director, AFT PSRP; tolshef@aft.org.
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