McElroy, Edward

AFT Educational Issues Department Records

scaloia — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:20:16 -0400

The American Federation of Teachers is a labor union representing primary and secondary school teachers, paraprofessionals, higher education faculty and professional staff, and nurses and other health care professionals. The AFT Educational Issues Department, originally the Task Force on Educational Issues, is the research and development arm of the union. The department tracks education policies from local, state and national bodies, conducts research and analysis on those policies, produces briefs and reports, conducts workshops, and assists local AFT affiliates on educational issues. A major initiative of the department is the Education Research & Dissemination program (ER&D). The program began in 1981 with a grant from the National Institute of Education. It is focused on professional development through the collection of a body of research on education issues and translation of that material to classroom applications. Teachers are able to access research and apply new techniques in their classrooms. The ER&D program explores topics such as instruction methods, critical thinking, behavior management, and student motivation. Projects include the Visiting Practitioner program and Thinking Mathematics. The Educational Issues Department also organizes the bi-annual QuEST (Quality Educational Standards in Teaching) Conference.

The AFT Education Issues Department Records contain correspondence and chronological files, meeting minutes, reports, manuscripts and drafts, annotated articles, reports, conference packets, press releases, newsletters, fliers, photographs, negatives, and VHS and audiocassette tapes. The records contain communications with and publications from many education-related organizations as well as granting institutions.

AFT Great Lakes Regional Office Records

scaloia — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:34:48 -0500

The American Federation of Teachers is a labor union representing primary and secondary school teachers, paraprofessionals, higher education faculty, professional staff, and nurses and other health care professionals. Regional offices fall under the auspices of the Department of Organizing and are responsible for organizing efforts and other assistance to local and state federations. The Great Lakes Region includes Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West Virginia, and Indiana. The Great Lakes Region was once part of the Midwest Region, and records from that office are also included. The Midwest region included Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The records cover organizing projects, collective bargaining campaigns, field director and staff meeting notes and minutes, AFT Executive Council meeting packets, mergers between AFT state offices or locals and National Education Association affiliates, and national, regional, and local conferences. Audiovisual materials include VHS tapes, audiocassettes, photographs and negatives. Files from former Midwest Regional Director Mark Chaykin’s work in other areas of the country are also included.

AFT Secretary-Treasurer's Office Records

dgolodner — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:27:04 -0400

Papers covering the activities of various secretary-treasurers of the AFT. The secretary-treasurer oversees departments within the national office, collects per capita dues, responds to affiliates’ needs such as strike and collective bargaining assistance, and is closely involved with the AFT Executive Council and the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurers.

Part I topics of note include organizing, segregated locals, worker education, international teacher unions, federal aid to education, and academic freedom.

Part II contains additional content related to the subjects in Part I, as well as material related to union finances, various assistance programs, strikes, the AFT Executive Committee and Council, AFT National Conventions, the National Education Association, and the AFL-CIO, especially jurisdictional disputes and secretary-treasurers' meetings.

American Federation of Teachers Publications

dgolodner — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:23:31 -0500

The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 and immediately made the American Teacher, published by the New York City Teachers Union, as its official organ. Since then the AFT has published numerous publications that range from organizing tools to professional development materials for its members. It has also published materials dealing with the labor movement, tenure, civil and human rights as well as teaching tools. Official publications of the AFT also spoke directly to the AFT’s diverse membership, which includes higher education higher education faculty and staff, paraprofessionals, public employees and health care workers.

This is an artificial collection made up of these publications from AFT headquarters, AFT affiliates and individuals associated with the AFT drawn from the preexisting library collection and from various other shipments.

(31287) President Jimmy Carter and Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:58:31 -0500

Edward McElroy shakes hands with President Jimmy Carter, while AFT President Al Shanker looks on.

(31288) Senator Al Gore and Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:02:52 -0500

Edward McElroy shakes hands with Al Gore at an executive council meeting

(31289) Lech Welesa and Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:08:10 -0500

Lech Welesa and Edward McElroy pose for a picture

(31290) Walter Mondale, Albert Shanker and Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:17:02 -0500

(l to r) Robert Porter, Walter Mondale, AFT President Albert Shanker and Edward McElroy talk at the 60th AFT Convention.

(31291) President Jimmy Carter Shakes Hands with Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:21:50 -0500

Edward McElroy welcomes President Jimmy Carter as he arrives at an airport

(31292) Edward McElroy

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:24:17 -0500

Edward McElroy speaks at an IBEW dinner

(31293) Edward McElroy, Walter Mondale and Sandra Feldman

jhelpap — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:29:26 -0500

Sandra Feldman, Walter Mondale and Edward McElroy at the 1978 AFT Convention in Washington D.C.