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Meet the 2023-2025 AFT Pennsylvania Executive Council

On Sunday, July 2, 2023, leadership elections for AFT Pennsylvania, the state federation of the American Federation of Teachers, were completed as part of the federation’s constitutionally required biennial reorganization. The senior leadership of President Arthur G. Steinberg, Executive Vice President Nina Esposito-Visgitis, and Treasurer LeShawna Coleman were reelected at their convention in Philadelphia, along with a diverse Executive Council slate comprising AFT Pennsylvania locals from across the Commonwealth.

SAVE THE DATE: AFTPA 2025 Biennial Convention

AFT Pennsylvania Delegates: SAVE THE DATE for the 2025 Biennial Convention - July 11-13, 2025 in Philadelphia

Welcome to Share My Lesson PA!

AFT Pennsylvania members provide their students with outstanding educational opportunities, and AFTPA helps by making sure you have the resources you need. AFTPA and Share My Lesson are bringing together vital educational resources:

Lesson plans and materials
Information on certification, professional development and evaluations
Curriculum, standards, and testing.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT SHARE MY LESSON PA!

We hope you find these materials useful and will upload your own successful lesson plans and ideas to share with colleagues across the commonwealth.

Vouchers, EITC, ESAs don't help students

AFT Pennsylvania opposes taxpayer-funded school vouchers, education scholarship tax credits (Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs), which are back-door vouchers that use tax breaks to subsidize private and parochial schools. Vouchers represent a false hope for a few children, while most vouchers/scholarships are used by students already attending private schools. Vouchers do not deliver better outcomes for students and leave fewer resources for public school programs that are proven to work.

AFTPA opposes eliminating school property taxes

AFT Pennsylvania's Executive Council has approved a resolution opposing legislative efforts to eliminate school property taxes across the commonwealth. The resolution was approved unanimously by the Executive Council March 10. The property tax elimination bill has not been introduced yet.