hhs secretary shalala to address aft s paraprofessional and school related personnel conference here is a press release from the american federation of teachers hhs secretary shalala to address aft s paraprofessional and school related personnel conference to national and assignment desks education writer contact jamie horwitz of american federation of teachers news advisory secretary of health and human services donna shalala will speak to the th annual aft paraprofessional and school related personnel conference at p m friday april at the washington hilton shalala will discuss hhs s agenda for helping children over the next four years aft s paraprofessional and school related personnel division includes school workers such as paraprofessionals and teacher aides school bus drivers school secretaries school custodians and maintenance workers and school food service workers more than a thousand school employees will attend the conference which is being held at the washington hilton april most of the school workers attending the conference come from urban school districts where child health and nutrition welfare reform and the availability of head start and other preschool programs are major issues workshops scheduled for the conference include sessions addressing issues around reauthorization of chapter how paraprofessionals and school related personnel especially minority men can serve as student role models the increasing problem of school violence dealing with abused children and assisting children with serious health problems for a complete conference schedule contact jamie horwitz at the american federation of teachers represents elementary and secondary teachers paraprofessionals and school related personnel higher education faculty nurses state and municipal workers canada remote systems toronto ontario
