Amarillo AFT

02/05/2025

Teacher Appreciation Week is 5/5/25 - 5/9/25! Show your teachers how much you appreciate the hard work they do!

17/10/2024

Hey Amarillo ISD community!! With the recent announcement of AISD Superintendent Doug Loomis's retirement, AFT would like to take a moment to reflect & thank Mr. Loomis for his 40+ years of service with AISD & our community.

We'd love to hear from you. Who do you think would make a great leader for AISD?

Drop your thoughts and suggestions, & let's shape the future of AISD together!

# Leadership

06/05/2024

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of our Educators!! We know you work hard and often put aside your own needs to help our future leaders grow.

AMARILLO AFT APPRECIATES YOU!!!

12/12/2021

I felt this in my soul!! 😂🤣😅😆

The struggle is real! 💯
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29/07/2021

I'm pretty sure we warned them of this but nobody listened.

With the first day of school just weeks away, many Texas school districts are having a very difficult time filling teacher vacancies. Some large districts are reporting hundreds of openings while…

07/07/2021

Requirements for what to include in your lesson plans vary by district, but here's what you need to know about state requirements.

07/07/2021

Well stated!! 👏👏

01/07/2021

Finally!! It may not be much but at least it's a step in the right direction.

Recapping our 30th biennial convention: Texas AFT resolves to call upon the Texas Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to all retired TRS members effective immediately, with an initial 9% increase followed by an annual COLA based on the Consumer Price Index.

19/05/2021

This bill is up for a vote tomorrow. Take action now!

Senate Bill 1365 gives "final and unappealable power" to the unelected commissioner of education to override the will of thousands of voters by taking over an elected school board. Public schools should be governed by boards elected in your local community, not a bureaucrat in Austin. Can you send a...

01/05/2021

Next week is teacher appreciation week. Show your teachers some love. They need it now more than ever.
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27/04/2021

Show some love for our educators!

Parents - PTAs - Churches - Businesses May 3-7 is Teacher Appreciation Week...what are you planning? It’s been such a stressful year, this specific week is a great time for you to step up and show your appreciation for your entire school staff.

23/04/2021

Amarillo AFT & Friends, WE DID IT!!! Educator ally Rep. Eddie Rodriguez's amendment to SB 1 has passed & is now officially part of the state budget bill. This is a HUGE step toward making the state release nearly $18 billion in federal relief $$ directly to public school districts, as intended.

We now need to make sure that provision STAYS in the final budget next month, but for now, we celebrate!!! Many districts in the state used $$ from other budgeting areas to support students & teachers in a new virtual learning platform & need that $$ returned to them w/o Texas making them jump through unnecessary hoops!!