Next week — next Tuesday, to be exact — is statewide School-Related Professionals Recognition Day. NYSUT was instrumental in getting the legislation passed that establishes this special day and is proud to showcase its SRP members. This year, we are celebrating our SRPs in two unique ways. NYSUT is sponsoring a friendly competition that will [...]

It takes a whole network of people to run a school system, and the loss of some of those people is starting to take a toll on the school buildings themselves. NYSUT members reminded lawmakers Feb. 15 during a day of advocacy and an Extraordinary Meeting of NYSUT’s Committee of 100 that school district employees [...]

“If you think it’s hard for you to be driving your car home, think about how much more difficult it is for our bus drivers, with a bus full of kids excited about the snow!” said NYSUT Vice President Kathleen Donahue. “These drivers have to be extra careful.”

NYSUT has been celebrating School-Related Professionals in the month of November. Here’s how the official SRP Recognition Day Nov. 16 went down in a few more NYSUT locals. Nyack The Nyack Teachers Association supplied breakfast to all five buildings in the Nyack district. The photos below are from the SRP Recognition Day celebration at Valley [...]

Did you know that today is SRP recognition day? Here’s a shout-out for all the School-Related Professionals who make being in school safer, healthier, cleaner, more efficient, more nutritious and more educational, too.

Janis Bianco comes to every SRP conference. Here’s she is with Karen Sheely, both of the Rondout Valley School Related Professionals, last year. Who is that grey hair on the right? I did an article about Janis’ fight against ovarian cancer in the 1990s. Another case of the union helping people. In this case, saving [...]

Annie McClintock of United Teaching Assistants of Harborfields brought  a bag of smiley faces painted onto brightly colored stones that her 89-year-old mother made for her. “They are to thank all of the people who supported me at the RA, and especially for the people like you who work behind the scenes,” McClintock said. (Annie [...]

Good afternoon folks! Check out NYSUT’s Flickr page for just a few of the images that have come streaming in from the One Nation March in Washington, D.C, from the Making Strides walks in Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Waterloo, and the SRP Leadership conference in Albany. It’s amazing how active NYSUT’s membership has been over [...]

Live from the One Nation march in Washington, NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi sends greetings to leaders attending conferences back home in New York state. “We know the training you guys are doing back there will help us carry our mission going forward,” says Iannuzzi. School Related Professionals (SRP) Leadership Conference Greetings Utica Regional Leadership Conference [...]

So far the SRP members have brought over 300 beautiful children’s book and,\ two HUGE tubs of toiletries. Also raffle tickets for NYSUT’s Disaster Relief Fund are selling as fast as people like Joanne Colombo of the Brewster TA, Mary Jo Roberge of the North Syracuse EA and Donna Signs of the Owego Apalachin EA [...]