The Myth of the Tenured Faculty, By Barbara McKenna

Kathleen Lopez comes from a family of teachers. Her mother was an adjunct professor until she retired two years ago at the age of 82. Her daughter has a doctorate and is headed down an education path. Lopez hopes her daughter’s degree will lead her through the hallowed hallways of academe, not along the asphalt roadways that have marked Lopez’s teaching career. In her view, “the big myth in higher education is, if you work hard, get a degree, take on extra, you will get hired as full-time faculty.” She wishes someone had clued her in earlier that that wasn’t going to happen.

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Do schools kill creativity? (Ken Robinson, TEDTalks) Microsoft

President Pam D'Almeida's Message 2008

Welcome Back!   

    Welcome back family. I want to begin by saying thank you for electing me as the new President of PESPA. I have had an exciting summer and want to share some of it with you. I started off my summer with a new President’s training in Washington, D.C. ending in Tallahassee. What a whirlwind session on leadership.more...

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Workplace Stress

Stress is a part of everyday life; we all experience it to one degree or another. Although it is an unavoidable part of many activities at work and at
home, stress becomes harmful when it reaches an intensity that impairs daily activities.

Read more about Stress and some of its warning signs on this specially Union prepared attachment entitled "what is Workplace Stress"...

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HFA President Betty Pilchard and Public Relations Co-Chair Alaina Winters at graduation, May 2006

Family and Medical Leave Act

      Overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)


The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 28 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., applies to most employers with fifty or more employees. The FMLA requires covered employers to grant up to twelve weeks of family and medical leave each year to eligible employees.

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