March 5th Hearing: Testify for Class Size House Bill 3652
Portland Association of Teachers represents over 4500 professional educators in the Portland Public School system. We're working to create the best possible learning environment for our students, by protecting our profession and advocating for frontline educators.
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Please come to the last Retirement/ Financial Planning Seminar of the year, next Thursday, April 10, from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM. This session will be in person, at the PAT office, (345 NE 8th Ave, Portland). A light meal will provided. RSVP HERE.
This seminar is a benefit to PAT members and will focus on educators who are newer to PERS (but all educators are welcome!). The seminar will be given by Ed Foster (of Foster & Associates, Inc). Topics will include:
Don't miss out on our LAST retirement seminar this year!
Information provided is general and non-proprietary in nature and is not a recommendation for a specific product or investment. Securities and advisory services offered through Cetera Advisors LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, a broker/dealer and a Registered Investment Adviser │Foster & Associates, Inc. is not affiliated with Cetera Advisors LLC Cetera Advisors is under separate ownership from any other named entity.|
The PAT PAC board voted unanimously to endorse the candidates as recommended by our members. Here is our list of PAT PAC endorsed candidates: Zone 1: Christy Splitt Zone 4: Rachelle Chase-Miller Zone 5: Jorge Sanchez Bautista Zone 6: Stephanie Engelsman Here are the vote tallies for the endorsements to all PAT PAC members:
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In Solidarity, Your PAT PAC Board: Jacque Dixon Angela Bonilla Patrick McGee-Jenks Jacob Jonas-Closs David Scholten Tina Lamanna Emily Golden-Fields Gwen Sullivan |
Recruiting, supporting, and retaining educators of color is crucial, for our students and for our profession. We are excited to award two scholarships to Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) seeking a rewarding future career in education.
Deadline to apply is Friday, April 11, 2025.
Zone 1: Christy Splitt
Zone 4: Rachelle Chase-Miller
Zone 5: Jorge Sanchez Bautista
Zone 6: Stephanie Engelsman
PAT PAC Endorsement Flyer to learn more about our endorsed candidates!
Help us flip the School Board! We have amazing endorsed candidates for the four available seats: Christy Splitt for District 1, Rashelle Chase-Miller for District 4, Jorge Bautista Sanchez for District 5, and Stephanie Engelsman for District 6. We need to make sure we are all donating our time or our hard earned money to support our endorsed candidates, especially as we face our next contract bargain! Check out some opportunities to support:
The PAT PAC is Portland Association of Teachers' Political Action Committee. It is a voluntary, nonprofit, unincorporated association of individual educators and others and is not affiliated with any political party. PAT PAC's purpose is to elect to office candidates who are interested in the development of a better educational system in Oregon and Portland Public Schools.
PAT PAC Endorsements are chosen by the elected PAT PAC Board after researching and interviewing all candidates. Any PAT member who contributes at least $10 per year to PAT PAC may vote for the PAC Board members who represent them in this process. PAC funds are entirely separate from your dues dollars, which may never be used to help candidates.
PAT PAC does not ever use PAT Dues to fund candidates for political office. All PAT PAC funds are voluntary contributions. Please become a PAT PAC Member by filing out the form below.
The PAT PAC Board endorses candidates based on their record and their interview with the PAT PAC Board.
In races in which the PAT PAC Board chooses to make an endorsement, the Board offers an interview to all candidates who officially file to run, by the time the Board has made an endorsement. The Board may require a pre-interview questionnaire.
In the interview process, all candidates in the same race are asked the same questions, and given the same amount of time.
The PAT PAC endorsement panel consists of 8 educators, along with OEA staff. The panel considers the following criteria while making their endorsements: support for collective bargaining and the rights of workers; knowledge of education issues; commitment to racial equity; advocacy for strong, fully-funded public schools; and electability.
If you are seeking the endorsement of the PAT PAC, please contact [email protected] to learn about the process and timeline for the race.
The PAT PAC Board only interviews candidates who have filed for office. Please make sure you file before the deadline with the appropriate agency.
PAT PAC decisions are made by the Board of Directors, which include the PAT President, the PAT Legislative Committee Chair, PAT's OEA PAC Representative, PAT's OEA Legislative Advisory Council representative, and six at-large directors elected by the PAT PAC contributors.
To run to be elected as an at-large director of the PAT PAC, one must be a contributor to the PAC; a member of PAT or PMAE-Retired; and a member of the PAT Legislative Committee.
To learn more about the PAT PAC, please join the next Legislative Committee meeting. Go the PAT Calendar to see when meetings are scheduled. Legislative Committee meetings are open to all PAT members.