Share My Lesson is a free platform that gives access to high-quality, user-generated, standards-aligned preK-12 lesson plans, educational resources and professional development webinars to support teachers, school-related personnel, specialized instructional support personnel, parents and caregivers in their work with students. Help your colleagues find new ideas and inspiration and save time by introducing them to Share My Lesson, an AFT member offering.

The AFT and NASSP are launching a virtual learning series, “Leading Forward, Together,” focused on transformative labor-management collaboration. Sessions are designed to equip participants with the tools to build teams that can navigate and thrive in a rapidly changing school environment. Join us for our kickoff webinar, “New Leadership for a New World,” on Monday, Oct. 25 from 4-5:30 p.m. EDT. Ashoka, the world's largest network of leading social entrepreneurs with decades of experience enabling social innovation and changemaking, will introduce the concept of changemaking and how to encourage others to activate their changemaker potential. Register now.

Members of the AFT have access to a variety of programs and resources designed to enhance your professional growth. Many of these opportunities are detailed in this brochure. By addressing the professional needs of our educator members, we are able to help them become even more successful in their careers; in their union; in the institutions in which they work; and in serving the students, families and communities they serve.

A cadre of K-12 AFT members from across the nation have jointly designed standards-based, integrated content, featuring capstone project ideas that are grade-level and developmentally appropriate. These project-based learning lessons and activities will enable students to demonstrate learning in a variety of ways, that adapts to in-person, hybrid or remote learning.

Colorín Colorado is the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12. Colorín Colorado has been providing free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities around the country for more than a decade.

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