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For AFT Members

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The American Federation of Teachers Has Your Back

Your union is about showing up, caring, fighting, and thriving. That’s why the team at AFT's Share My Lesson created a personalized space for AFT local unions. These resources have been curated, with the help of local leaders, to serve as your one-stop destination for high-quality, educator-vetted materials for teachers, higher education faculty, food service personnel, paraprofessionals, custodians, bus drivers, school secretaries, specialized instructional support personnel, and school staff.

We have timely resource collections and lessons tailored to meet the particular needs of each affiliate. Share My Lesson also offers ways to communicate with other union members in your local and across the country in unique community spaces. 

The AFT is here to help you keep students learning and communities thriving under continued difficult and unprecedented circumstances. That’s who we are as a union. Thank you for all you do.

Does your local or state union have an educational focus for the school year that you'd like to address? Share My Lesson can help! For details on the affiliate project and ways to participate, contact [email protected].

Find Your Local Affiliate Group

The following resources have been curated, with the help of local leaders, to serve as your one-stop destination for high-quality, educator-vetted materials. Within this section, you'll find timely resource collections and lessons tailored to meet the needs of each locality, and ways to communicate with other union members in your local and across the country.

Don’t see your affiliate?

Have your local leader contact us so we can create a customized page for your local union: [email protected]

AFT Member Benefits

  • Trauma counseling
  • Support with student debt relief
  • Mortgage and home services
  • Travel discounts
  • Insurance
  • AFT member-only professional learning
  • And much more

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Join your local union, or become an AFT associate member for as low as $70 a year and access member-only benefits. For $132 a year, an AFT associate membership gives you member-only benefits plus $1 million in occupational liability insurance and up to $10,000 in legal defense protection.

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AFT Member-Only Professional Learning

As a member of the American Federation of Teachers, you have access to a variety of programs and resources designed to enhance your professional growth. The AFT Professional Learning program represents one of the union’s major efforts to improve student achievement by making a difference in practitioners’ performance and professional growth.

Programs include:

AFT Member-Created Content

Some of our highest-rated, most valuable content on Share My Lesson comes directly from AFT members. Through our AFT Innovation Fund or working with our AFT professional development trainers, we’ve brought together AFT members to develop content to benefit educators nationwide.