SRP Leadership Conference

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first NYSUT School-Related Professionals Leadership Conference with current and former NYSUT officers are, seated from left, Shelvy Young Abrams and Maria Portalatin of the United Federation of Teachers and Arlene Hanley of the Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals. Standing, from left, NYSUT Vice President Kathleen Donahue, Florence Fidell of the UFT, Tom Hobart, NYSUT president emeritus, and NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira.

From left, Hector Ruiz of the UFT, John Green of NYSUT's legislative department and Arlevia DeLoach of the UFT send an e-mail to lawmakers urging affordable health care for working families.

Whether it's participating in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks or contributing to VOTE-COPE, you can always count on a united effort from SRPs in the Sachem Central TA. Two members include, from left, Maryellen Scarola and Valerie Cafarelli.

Teachers at the 'center' of learning

NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira chats with participants at the state Teacher Center Institute summer meeting in Corning. From left are Neira, Riva Korashan of the UFT Teacher Center, Joe Pesavento of the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center and Mike Moon of the State Education Department.

Meeting at the fair

Teaching assistant Donna Kurtz, a member of the Solvay School Employees Union, may have been surprised to run across a district colleague, Mike Emmi of the Solvay TA, working the NYSUT booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse this summer. Flanking Kurtz are her son, Daniel, and NYSUT Secretary-Treasurer Lee Cutler.