Executive
Director of
PET interviewed on WWTN
Walter Jewell,
executive director of Professional Educators of Tennessee, PET,
was interviewed by
Michael DelGiorno for his show on 99.7 FM, WWTN,
Nashville, TN, on
August 25, 2009. Their topic of discussion covered some of
the main issues
concerning teachers in Tennessee, especially the fact that
most teachers don't know they have
a choice...they don't have to join the
"union" when they
are hired on to teach. Michael and Walter also talked about
the history of
educational associations and the union, explaining why PET was
established almost
20 years ago and why it is more important now than ever
before that
teachers be made aware of their right to choose which organization
they want to
belong to.
To listen to their
interview, click on the below link.
PET Executive Director, Walter Jewell, interviewed on 8-25-2009 on
WWTN - Nashville
(Michael DelGiorno
Show on WWTN 99.7 FM Nashville, TN)
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Welcome to
the web-site of Professional
Educators of Tennessee, a growing professional association representing
several thousand
educators throughout the state.
GIVING TEACHERS A CHOICE
Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET) is an
association developed to promote the professional status and
growth of educators and the welfare of students, in order to
make the state of Tennessee a better place to teach and
learn. Organized in the 1990-1991 school year with 67 members, PET was formed to give teachers a professional alternative to
union
membership. PET gives teachers a choice.
PET provides access to professional
liability insurance, legal assistance, state lobbyists that represent PET only in
Educational issues, state meetings with all professional members having an equal vote, and
much more-all for hundreds of dollars less than union dues.
FOCUS ON EDUCATION
PET is a growing professional association of teachers that supports and gets involved only
in educational issues. It does not use your name or money to endorse political candidates,
nor does it use your name or money to support controversial social
or gay rights issues. PET believes
that there are groups that specifically address those things if teachers want to get
involved. PET's focus remains exclusively on educational
issues.
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
When an educator joins a local NEA/TEA sponsored union, they are
forced to join the state (TEA) and national unions (NEA).
In contrast to this, members of PET retain the option of joining
other state, local and/or national organizations. PET
members retain the freedom of association that should be
provided to all who teach in a right-to-work state. Professional
Educators of Tennessee urge educators to check out all available
organizations, what they support and what they represent, before
making a decision as to which best fits their philosophy and
meets their professional needs.
We look forward to working together as educators with a
common goal: to do the best job we can for the education of the children we are
entrusted with.
To
contact us:
Phone: Voice: 615-778-0803
Fax: 615-778-0149
Email: pet@teacherspet.com
Mailing Address:
Professional Educators of Tennessee
810 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 130
Franklin, TN 37067
