PreK-12 Public Education

When you become a member of the AFT, you help make real solutions for kids and communities a national priority. And we help you by offering educator-designed programs and resources that will enhance your professional growth and ensure children recover and thrive. This brochure highlights many of these opportunities. 

This publication is designed to help and highlight the roles of teachers, nurses, administrators, paraprofessionals, and school personnel as they work to meet the needs of children with significant medical conditions. It also includes valuable information on training, health and safety, legal rights and responsibilities.

A cadre of K-12 AFT members from across the nation have jointly designed standards-based, integrated content, featuring capstone project ideas that are grade-level and developmentally appropriate. These project-based learning lessons and activities will enable students to demonstrate learning in a variety of ways, that adapts to in-person, hybrid or remote learning.

Colorín Colorado is the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12. Colorín Colorado has been providing free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities around the country for more than a decade.

Share My Lesson is a free platform that gives access to high-quality, user-generated, standards-aligned preK-12 lesson plans, educational resources and professional development webinars to support teachers, school-related personnel, specialized instructional support personnel, parents and caregivers in their work with students. Help your colleagues find new ideas and inspiration and save time by introducing them to Share My Lesson, an AFT member offering.

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