June 08, 2022

Join the PAT NEO Welcome Team

Volunteers needed for the PAT Welcome Team at New Educators Orientation, August 17th. Please join us!

A great way to help build a strong PAT is to welcome newly hired educators, and ask them to become members of PAT. Sign up here to be part of the NEW PAT Welcome Team.

Training will be provided prior to the August NEO. We will send out more information about time and location to all who sign up. We typically need volunteers in the morning to greet new educators as they arrive, and during the lunch break.

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President’s Message: We Are PAT

June 08, 2022

Dear Educator, It is a bittersweet task to write this, my final President’s Message. It has been my great honor to serve as the president of our union these past two years, and especially during a time of crisis, change, and uncertainty, when the...

Know Your Contract: Can I Be Required to Work This Summer?

June 08, 2022

PPS is sending frequent communications about opportunities for summer professional development and training. We want to make sure that everyone understands their rights. Article 6, Section 3.6 of your PAT/PPS Contract states: “Professional educators who work beyond the 192-day work year shall be paid...