Every semester a group called the Maricopa Community College Professional Staff Association (MCCD-PSA) convenes to act as an advocacy group for all staff members at the college and throughout the district.
This is their mission statement taken from their website:
Maricopa County Community College District, Professional Staff Association is committed to providing a united voice for Professional Staff employees by encouraging professionalism, education, advancement, friendship, diversity and volunteerism.
I have mentioned in previous post that I have worked for several years at Maricopa Community Colleges, specically at Phoenix College, however this is my first permanent position at South Mountain Community College. As a permanent board approved employee I have the privilage of becoming apart of this group. Just to bring some prespective, PSA is one of several groups across the campuses. There is also the Faculty Group, Adjuct Faculty Group, Management, Administration, & Techonogy Group (MAT), and the Maintenance & Operations Group. PSA from my understanding is the largest epmployee group, we are considered the "worker bees", at least in terms of the day-to-day operations for the students, the college, and the many programs. Additionally we have more rights as employees laid out by our group charter, I'm still learning those right.
I attended the first meeting and got to know the other PSA members, vote for our group cabinet members, but above all I enjoyed the activities that the PSA members participate in every year. We are actively involved with book scholarship fundraisers where we raise funds to buy books for students who need help purchasing books. The help we offer is small but for the students it means a lot since they don't have to pay for some books. Even if we save them $100, they show their gratitude to the PSA groups, other employee groups do the same. I believe this is a great way for everyone to contribute a little, but together make a big impact on our community.
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