Pennsylvania State Education Association

Week of 10-17-2022

Inside this issue

• Are you registered to vote on Nov. 8?
• PSEA recommends Josh Shapiro for governor because...
• Safety tips for School Bus Safety Week
• Upcoming Center for Professional Learning events and PEARL
• Member Benefits spotlight: Hear In America

Election day is right around the corner, and so is the deadline to register to vote. If you want to vote for pro-public education candidates in this November's election and have not yet registered, you must submit your application on or before Monday, Oct. 24.

PSEA members like you have worked hard to analyze and recommend pro-public education candidates up and down your ballot. We encourage you to consider voting for candidates like Josh Shapiro for governor, John Fetterman for U.S. Senate, and pro-public education candidates for the state Legislature. You can find all of these public school champions at www.schoolhouseballot.com.

Click the button to submit your voter registration application.

PSEA recommends Josh Shapiro for governor of Pennsylvania because Josh Shapiro respects PSEA members like us and he will listen to what we have to say about issues that impact our jobs, our salaries, our benefits, and our pensions.

PSEA has one goal in this important election: electing a governor who will respect us, listen to us, and share our priorities. 

Here's why PSEA members decided to recommend Josh Shapiro for governor.

Oct. 17-22 is School Bus Safety Week, a time for parents, students, school administrators, bus drivers, and motorists to come together and learn about the importance of school bus safety.

Join us in acknowledging school bus safety every day by encouraging students to: 

• Stay clear of traffic when waiting for the bus.
• Do not run after the bus if it has already left.
• Always walk at least 10 feet in front of the bus when crossing so the bus driver sees you.
• Never cross the street behind the bus.
• Always stay in your seat and never put your head, arms, or hands out of the window.
• Never play with the emergency exits.
• Listen to the bus driver's instructions if an emergency arises.

PEARL

Looking for an easy way to earn Act 48 credits, Chapter 14 verification, or postgraduate credits? As a PSEA member, you have exclusive access to over 95 courses through PEARL.

Here are just three courses you have access to:

• Formative Assessment in Remote Learning
• Inclusivity in Action
• Understanding Students and Trauma

Book Discussions

• Gender Queer: A Memoir
  • Oct. 25, 6-7 p.m.
• Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL
  • Nov. 3, 6-7 p.m.
• Poison for Breakfast
  
  • Nov. 15, 6-7 p.m.

Member Well-being

• Mindful Mondays
  • Nov. 14, 4:45 p.m.
• Mindful Mondays
  • Dec. 12, 4:45 p.m.

PSEA members and their extended family members can save on hearing aids with Hear In America. Hear In America has a low-price guarantee and no interest financing available. If you find the exact same hearing aid, warranty, follow up service, and batteries at a lower price than Hear in America’s, they will match that price and give you an extra five percent discount.

Program benefits include:

• Free enrollment and no premiums.
• Free annual hearing screening.
• Access to a nationwide network of nearly 6,000 hearing locations.
• Reduction on the price of most offered hearing aids.
• Low price guarantee on all styles of hearing aids from all major brands.
• Extended warranties available to purchase for your current hearing aids.
• Sixty-day money back trial period for exchanges and returns.
• Three years of repair warranty, loss and damage coverage, hearing aid cleaning and check up service, and free batteries with every hearing aid purchase.

To register for your benefits, call Hear In America at (800) 286-6149.