The Advocate, September 21, 2022

• President’s Message: ONE MORE E-MAIL?! 
• Know Your Contract:
  • KYC: Give Your Schedule a Check-up!
  • KYC: Advancing on the Salary Schedule
  • KYC: Salary Placement for New Hires: Credit for Teaching Experience & Education Level
  • KYC: Using Professional Development Funds
  • KYC: Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Join a Committee!
• PAT Committees + PAT PAC Announcements
  • Social Justice and Community Outreach (SJCO) Committee
  • External Organizing
  • Racial Equity Committee
  • Legislative Committee
  • PAT PAC
• Hot Tips: Prepare for Absences
• NEW: Each One, Teach One
• OEA & NEA Opportunities
• Upcoming Events

The Advocate, June 8th, 2022

1. President’s Message: We Are PAT
2. Know Your Contract: Can I Be Required to Work This Summer?
3. Know Your Contract: When are Grades Due?
4. Donate to Sick Leave Bank Today
5. Apply Join Next Year’s PAT Advocacy Cadre!
6. March for Our Lives: Saturday Action to End Gun Violence
7. Join the PAT NEO Welcome Team
8. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, May 11, 2022

1. President’s Message
2. Donate to Sick Leave Bank Today
3. Time for PAT Rep Elections
4. Primary Election- Vote by May 17th
5. Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Month
6. Professional Learning Plan
7. Instructional Framework Advisory Group
8. Contract Exceptions Due 5/13/2022
9. PAT’s End-of-Year Party in the Park- May 20th
10. PAT's Educators of Color Social, May 27th
11. PAT's Retiree and Outgoing Officers Celebration June 8th
12. Register for OEA Summer Conference
13. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, April 27, 2022

1. President’s Message: What We Really Want for Educator Appreciation Week
2. Nominations & Elections: Run For Interim Seats on the PAT Executive Board
3. Advocacy: Deadline for Contract Exceptions May 13th
4. Solidarity with Custodians and Nutrition Service Workers
5. Help Elect Candidates Who Will Fight for Us
6. Registration Opening Soon! OEA Summer Conference
7. It's Time for PAT Rep Elections
8. PAT’s End-of-Year Party in the Park- May 20th
9. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, April 6, 2022

1. President’s Message: PPS Budget: Let's Lay the Groundwork for a Better Year
2. Nominations & Elections: Run For Interim seats on the PAT Executive Board
3. Aspiring Educators of Color Scholarship: Applications Due April 19th
4. Social Justice and Community Outreach Committee Update
5. It's Time for PAT Rep Elections
6. PAT PAC Endorsements for May Primary
7. Starbucks Workers Solidarity Caravan and Sip-in: Sat. April 16, 2:00-4:00 PM
8. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, March 9th, 2022

1. President’s Message: Our Community Stands with Us for Small Class Sizes
2. PAT PAC Endorsements for May Primary
3. Our Custodian and Nutrition Worker Colleagues Ask For Safe and Healthy Schools
4. Financial Seminar for Early-Mid Career Educators
5. PAT Scholarship for Future Educators of Color
6. What Does It Mean to Be Unassigned?
7. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, February 16, 2022

1. President’s Message: With Millions in New Funding, PPS Cuts Teachers
2. What Happens if I am Unassigned?
3. PAT Scholarships for Future Educators of Color
4. Know Your Contract: Unpaid Leave-- Deadline March 1st
5. PAT Election Reminder- Vote by February 24th
6. PAT PAC Makes Early Endorsements for May Primary
7. Get Involved: Join us at the OEA PAC Convention
8. Congratulations Promising Practices Grant Recipients
9. Rethinking Schools- Climate Justice Workshop
10. Thurgood Production: Affinity Night for Educators of Color
11. OEA Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Webinars
12. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, February 2nd, 2022

1. President's Message: Stabilize Our Schools by Supporting Educators
2. PAT Elections- Ballots Go Out on February 7th
3. Need a Contract Exception at Your Site? Learn More Here!
4. Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action (BLMWOA) February 7th-11th
5. PAT Stands with Portland City Workers
6. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, January 12, 2022

1. President's Message: We’re All In This Together
2. Know Your Contract: COVID-19 Safety Agreements
3. COVID-19 Screening for Educators
4. Know Your Contract: Study Leave and Unpaid Leave-- Deadlines to Apply
5. Know Your Contract: Retirement Deadline is Approaching
6. OEA-PAC Convention February 18-19th
7. PAT Elections: Vote In February
8. PAT Elections: Submit Questions for Candidates
9. Black Lives Matter at School
10. Request for Help with Newberg Education Association
11. Upcoming Student Loan Forgiveness Webinar
12. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, December 15, 2021

1. President's Message: Time to Get It Right
2. PAT Office and Advocacy Cadre Closed for Winter Break
3. Overage Payments for First Semester
4. Teacher for a Day
5. Reminder: Nominations for PAT Elections are Open
6. Grants for Students in Need
7. Know Your Contract: Retirement Deadline is Approaching
8. Donate to The PAT Sick-Leave Bank
9. Upcoming Retirement Webinar
10. Upcoming Student Loan Forgiveness Webinar
11. Upcoming Events