Association of Piedmont Teachers

WELCOME!

The Association of Piedmont Teachers is our local chapter of the California Teachers’ Association (CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA). APT members are the teachers, librarians, counselors, nurses, specialists and psychologists who work directly with the students of PUSD. Our union shares the mission of CTA “to improve the conditions of teaching and learning; to advance the cause of free, universal, and quality public education for all students; to ensure that the human dignity and civil rights of all children, youth and adults are protected; and to secure a more just, equitable, and democratic society.” We work to ensure smaller class sizes, meaningful curricula and instructional practices, and classroom safety, as well as to establish a true living wage and affordable health care for our members, so that PUSD can attract and retain excellent teachers and staff for our schools. We do what we do because Piedmont students deserve the best education, and the best educators, in the world!

APT - PUSD NEGOTIATIONS UPDATES

2023-2024 Negotiations

We are pleased to announce that APT reached a tentative agreement with PUSD District Management. APT Members voted to support the agreement as reported on Friday, May 31st. The new contract was ratified by the School Board on June 12, 2024. This contract freezes salary negotiations for the 23/24, 24/25, and 25/26 school years unless there are specific extenuating circumstances.

You can visit the APT negotiations page on this website for further details.

APT EXECUTIVE BOARD

Elise Marks
President
PHS/MHS
Jen Kessler
Elementary Director
Wildwood
Tiffany Cothran
Vice President
Beach/Havens
Kate Waldron
Middle School Director
PMS
Ali Martinez
Secretary
Beach
Mercedes Foster
High Schools Director
PHS/MHS
Linsey Sandrew
Treasurer
Havens
Michelle Kerwin
Director at Large
Havens

SITE REPS

SECONDARY


PHS Head Rep
Auban Willits
PHS Site Rep

MHS Head Rep
Gabrielle Baumgartner
PMS Head Rep
Karen Bloom
PMS Site Rep

ELEMENTARY

Pam Quintella
Beach Elem Head Rep
Jaimie Lasky
Beach Elem Site Rep
Aileen Finney
Havens Elem Head Rep
Diana ThomasHavens Elem Site Repp
Amiee Peri
Wildwood Elem Head Rep

CONTACT

We encourage on-site, in-person communications with any of your APT site leaders. Association business email should only be communicated via personal email addresses or dedicated APT email addresses. At this time, the following APT email addresses are available for your convenience.

President's Email Secretary's Email Treasurer's Email