Thank you, Arthur, for continuing to speak up for paraprofessionals. I have been a paraprofessional for 18 years, and your words truly resonate with me. Everything you described reflects what so many of us experience every day.
I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you dedicate to advocating for us. It gives me hope that one day paraprofessionals will receive the respect, job protections, and fair compensation we deserve. We are often overlooked, yet we play a vital role in supporting our students.
Please know that your voice matters and that many of us are grateful for everything you do on our behalf. Thank you for standing with us.
Thanks for your kind comment Jeannette. I'm glad to see a para reading this. There really need to be more activist paras if we want change. That's difficult with Unity having a stranglehold on information, particularly when so few of us find their info even worth our time.
It's pathetic that our union leaders are motivated only by maintaining their gigs. That's something we need to fix across the board. It's probably hurt paras more than anyone, I'm sorry to say.
I worked my entire teaching career with paras. I never could have done my job without them. They put more hours a day in with the students than the teachers. They deserve all you mention here Arthur. My gratitude to each one I worked with is enormous and never ending. They worked cooperatively, never complaining and more often than not contributed to the learning environment. They often calmed children in a way I wasn’t able because the children could get one to one attention. Every classroom should have a paraprofessional as far as I’m concerned for the expertise so many of them can provide.
One on one help is something many kids don't even get at home, and it's great that at least some kids get it in school. This is particularly true with the oversized classes I see all the time at Francis Lewis, where the new class size rules are nothing more than a distant rumor.
Thanks Arthur. What paraprofessionals are being subjected to can leave so many of us speechless -and that Unity knows how treacherous they're being to parade the word "respect" is just plain sickening.
Thank you, Arthur, for continuing to speak up for paraprofessionals. I have been a paraprofessional for 18 years, and your words truly resonate with me. Everything you described reflects what so many of us experience every day.
I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you dedicate to advocating for us. It gives me hope that one day paraprofessionals will receive the respect, job protections, and fair compensation we deserve. We are often overlooked, yet we play a vital role in supporting our students.
Please know that your voice matters and that many of us are grateful for everything you do on our behalf. Thank you for standing with us.
Thanks for your kind comment Jeannette. I'm glad to see a para reading this. There really need to be more activist paras if we want change. That's difficult with Unity having a stranglehold on information, particularly when so few of us find their info even worth our time.
It's pathetic that our union leaders are motivated only by maintaining their gigs. That's something we need to fix across the board. It's probably hurt paras more than anyone, I'm sorry to say.
I worked my entire teaching career with paras. I never could have done my job without them. They put more hours a day in with the students than the teachers. They deserve all you mention here Arthur. My gratitude to each one I worked with is enormous and never ending. They worked cooperatively, never complaining and more often than not contributed to the learning environment. They often calmed children in a way I wasn’t able because the children could get one to one attention. Every classroom should have a paraprofessional as far as I’m concerned for the expertise so many of them can provide.
One on one help is something many kids don't even get at home, and it's great that at least some kids get it in school. This is particularly true with the oversized classes I see all the time at Francis Lewis, where the new class size rules are nothing more than a distant rumor.
well Arthur i hope this is another nail in sham show for the power of the underdog. well done Arthur
Thank you Patrick.
Thanks Arthur. What paraprofessionals are being subjected to can leave so many of us speechless -and that Unity knows how treacherous they're being to parade the word "respect" is just plain sickening.
I'm not persuaded Unity knows the meaning of the word.