Pennsylvania State Education Association

Week of 10-30-2023

Inside this issue

• Voice preview: AI in the classroom
• Take the survey: Your voice can help shape PSEA’s future
• Do you know if you’re voting for a public education defender?
• PEARL and upcoming Center for Professional Learning events
• Member Benefits spotlight: Tele-therapy

In the November issue of Voice, which recently arrived in your mailbox, we discuss the rapid ascension of artificial intelligence and how it’s already reshaping the way we teach and learn. It’s an important topic and one everyone who works in education needs to understand.

Check out our web page, which has tips, resources, and more to help you get up to speed and stay ahead of the AI curve.

Click here to read a pdf version of the full cover story on AI in the November Voice.

Earlier this week, you received an email from PSEA President Aaron Chapin with a survey link. We need to hear your voice on the direction of PSEA in future years. Please take 10 minutes to complete this very important survey. If you did not receive it, first check your junk folder and, if it’s not there, please email surveys@psea.org for the link.

We look forward to hearing from you. If you have already participated in one of our in-person or online sessions, thank you.

Don’t forget to check out the PACE-recommended candidates on your ballot before Tuesday’s Municipal Election.

Click the link below so you can head to the ballot box prepared to vote for true champions of public education.

PEARL

Visit the new, improved PEARL today and choose from more than 95 asynchronous courses available for Act 48 credit and Chapter 14 verification.

You can find multiple courses that interest you in any of these tracks: 

• Book Studies
• Educational Equity
• Pedagogy
• Policy
• Pupil Services
• Special Populations
• Technology in Education
• SEL & Wellness

Webinars

• Early Career Educator: Behavior
  • Nov. 7, 7-8 p.m.
• Early Career Educator: IEPs
  • Nov. 14, 7-8 p.m.

Book Discussions

• The New Classroom Instruction That Works: The Best Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, Part 1, Chapters 1-4
  
  • Nov. 8, 7-8 p.m.
• Premeditated Myrtle
  • Nov. 16, 7-8 p.m. 
• The New Classroom Instruction That Works: The Best Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, PART 2, Chapters 5-7
  • Dec. 5, 7-8 p.m.

Postgraduate Credits

Earn postgraduate credits from PennWest University for $70 each!

More than 150 postgraduate credits are available across a wide range of teaching and learning topics.

These postgraduate credits (microcredentials) can count toward the 24 credits required for a Level II certificate and also may count toward salary advancement.*

For support professionals, these courses may meet Chapter 14 requirements.**

*Check your contract to determine if you can apply standalone postgraduate credits for column movement.
**Seek approval from your employer prior to completing hours to apply toward Chapter 14 requirements.

Enjoy convenient access to therapists and counselors from the comfort of home. Get support for anxiety, depression, stress/PTSD, panic disorder, grief, family and marriage issues, and more. Members, spouses, and any dependents age 18 years up to and including age 25 are covered under one membership. 

Only $23.99 per month for PSEA members

• Consults are always $0
• No insurance needed
• Designed for educators
• No contracts, cancel anytime
• 30-day money back guarantee