The AFT’s Summer Educator Academy 2026 is a comprehensive and intensive training institute that prepares educators to return to their locals as facilitators in specific course areas, and provides teachers and school support staff with tools, resources and turnkey strategies they can use to help build the professional capacity of their local unions—to amplify the voice of educators and advocate for what we know is needed to meet the challenges our members face in classrooms and work settings every day. Join educators from across the country for an immersive week of professional learning designed to strengthen instructional practice, inspire innovation and build collaborative leadership.
Participants must be recommended for the train-the-trainer sessions by a local leader or a designee. Limited space will be available.
