Herricks Teachers' Association

Poignant Video

A few weeks ago members of the Executive Council participated in the NYSUT 47th Annual Representative Assembly (RA) in Albany. We celebrated our strength and reaffirmed our commitment to building an even stronger and more united union.

At the RA, NYSUT President, Andy Pallotta, reminded us of an old proverb, saying, "I am standing in the shade of trees I did not plant. Those that formed this great union almost 50 years ago put down strong roots. These roots have enabled us to weather our most recent storms and come out stronger.

As we look around our country, we see educators who've been on

2019-2020 HTA Governing Board Candidates’ Resumes

Elections to be held at each bldg on:

Wed., May 15, 2019

SRP Day Tuesday, November 20th

In 2007, Governor Spitzer signed into law a bill creating a permanent School- Related Professionals Recognition Day on the state calendar. SRP Recognition Day falls on the third Tuesday of each November.

NYSUT's 90,000+ SRP members perform a variety of key roles in schools, working as bus drivers, school nurses, custodians, secretaries, grounds and maintenance workers, food service workers, teaching assistants and aides and in dozens of other job titles.

We encourage members to recognize all our SRPs at Herricks on Tuesday, November 20th for the valuable work they do to help our students

Registration is Now Open for Nassau Regional Office Early Career Conference 12-1-18

NYSUT Early Career Member Conference

(Open to members in the first 5 years of their employment)

Saturday, December 1 @ Huntington Hilton Hotel in Melville.

Our new members are the future of NYSUT. Almost 150,000 of our current members are 50 or more years old and will be retiring in the near future. We have to be sure that the new members that replace them understand the value of union membership as well as their predecessors do.

For this reason, NYSUT created a special conference just for Early Career Members -- a category we define as members in the first 5 years of their employment. Last

HTA Apparel Deadline

Additional HTA apparel can be purchased via the online website until Sunday, September 9th:

https://herricksta.itemorder.com/sale

Pride in Education Reception

On Wednesday, June 20, from 4:30-7:30 PM, NYSUT will sponsor its 3rd annual Pride in Education Reception -- We Are One -- at The Refuge, 515 Broadhollow Rd. (Route 110) in Melville.

This is an opportunity for LGBTQ educators and their allies to socialize and discuss issues both related and unrelated to the challenges facing LGBTQ educators in educational communities.

Below is the flyer for this event. All are invited!