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On her very first day of student teaching at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, N.Y., Martha Strever pushed, pulled and pounded on the school’s door, which was locked. No one came. Where was everybody? It was, after all, the first day of school.

It turned out everybody was exactly where they were supposed to be: inside, having entered through the school’s front entrance. Strever had been knocking on a side door. Flustered but undeterred, she not only found her way inside, she also found her life’s calling.

Strever’s sentences are punctuated with laughs when she recounts the story to

Paraprofessionals and school-related personnel are often overlooked because of their support roles. They are the last ones hired and often the first ones fired when budgets get tight. This certainly seems true right now as the Trump administration withholds nearly $7 billion in education funds, effective July 1, which has hamstrung summer school programs, hindered English language support, halted professional development this summer, and left before- and after-school programs in limbo for the coming school year.

Paraprofessionals are key employees in all these programs. For example, in Alabama

The Executive Council Elections will be held in each building on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The seats on the executive council are uncontested.  Please click each name to view his or her respective resume in consideration for HTA election:

President
Nidya Degliomini

Executive VP
Rich Peck

VP Secondary
Scott Wilkolaski

VP Elementary
Donna Ilardo

VP Custodial
James Hollingworth

VP Clerical
Ginger Reime

Treasurer/ Secretary
Karen McLean

AFT Delegates
Nidya Degliomini
Donna Ilardo
Karen McLean
Rich Peck
Ginger Reime
Scott Wilkolaski

NYSUT Delegates
Nidya Degliomini
Donna Ilardo
Karen McLean
Kelly Morenus
Rich Peck
Ginger Reime

Thank you for all you do!

As the school year draws to a close, all of us at NYSUT want to thank you for your tremendous dedication. It’s been a challenging year — but through it all, you've stood strong and persevered. Over and over, you've shown how public schools are the place where students, parents and educators come together as a community.

U.S. Supreme Court hands down landmark cases

This week, the Supreme Court handed down multiple decisions that will touch the lives of millions of Americans. Earlier this week, in Carson v. Makin, the court laid the groundwork that states must provide publ

Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR

Please click each name to view his or her respective resume in consideration for HTA election:

Deirdre Bambrick

Nidya Degliomini

James Hollingworth

Donna Ilardo

Karen McLean

Richard Peck

Ginger Reime

Scott Wilkolaski